Pac-12 Conference NCAA Tournament Betting
This is the best season that the Pac 12 has had in quite some time. Arizona, UCLA, and USC are all ranked in the top 20 and considered locks to make the NCAA Tournament.
Oregon and Colorado have a chance of making it to March Madness too, but reigning conference champion Oregon State has been atrocious this season with a 1-17 conference mark and a 3-25 overall record heading into the last weekend of the regular season.
The Arizona Wildcats are in line to earn a No. 1 seed for the first time in eight years. Sean Miller was finally fired after numerous NCAA scandals, and Tommy Lloyd has made Arizona an immediate contender once again. Lloyd has led the Wildcats to a 26-3 record this season, and Arizona’s only losses came against Tennessee, USC, and Colorado. Underclassmen Azuolas Tubelis, Bennedict Mathurin, and Christian Koloko are three of the top players in the Pac 12.
UCLA is finally starting to turn the corner under Mick Cronin. The former Cincinnati head coach led the Bruins to a No. 11 seed in his first two seasons in Westwood, but there’s no doubt they will have a much more favorable bracket this year. This offense doesn’t make mistakes, and Johnny Juzang and Jaime Jaquez Jr. are an exciting backcourt although they don’t shoot threes well.
Andy Enfield has overcome a rough few years to make USC a team to reckon with in the Pac 12 once again too. The Trojans are one of the best teams in the nation at defending in the paint, and that helped them win 13 straight games at the start of the year. Isaiah Mobley and Drew Peterson have both been solid players, and Chevez Goodwin has emerged too.
Pac-12 Tournament Format
The 2022 Pac 12 Conference Tournament will be held at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada for the fifth straight season. Arizona is guaranteed to be the No. 1 seed and Oregon State is guaranteed to be the No. 12 seed, but the other 10 teams will be jockeying for position over the last weekend of the regular season.
Arizona, USC, UCLA and either Oregon or Colorado will be the top four seeds. Those four teams will receive a bye into the quarterfinals, while the other eight Pac 12 teams will have to play on Wednesday, March 9. The quarterfinals will take place on Thursday, March 10, while the semifinals will be held the following day. The Pac 12 Championship Game is slated to start at 6 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 12, on FOX.
Most Wins All-Time in Pac-12 Tournament
| WINS |
TEAM |
LAST |
| 7 |
Arizona |
2018 |
| 5 |
Oregon |
2019 |
| 4 |
UCLA |
2014 |
| 3 |
Washington |
2011 |
| 1 |
Oregon State |
2021 |
| 1 |
Colorado |
2012 |
| 1 |
USC |
2009 |
| 1 |
Stanford |
2004 |
The Pac-12 Tournament dates back to 1987, but it lasted only four years before disappearing through the 1990s. The Pac-12 and Ivy League were the lone remaining conferences without a tournament to determine an automatic bid until 2002 when the Pac-12 brought it back.
That explains why Arizona, which has easily been the most consistently dominant team in this conference, has the most conference title wins with seven. Oregon won its fifth title in 2019 as a No. 6 seed, breaking a tie with UCLA for the second-most titles.
Of the current Pac-12 teams, only Washington State has never played in the conference final. Conference newcomers Colorado and Utah each have one trip to the Pac 12 Championship Game apiece, along with Oregon State and Arizona State.
Pac-12 Tournament Championship Games
| YEAR |
WINNER |
RUNNER-UP |
VENUE |
| 2021 |
Oregon State |
Colorado |
T-Mobile Arena |
| 2019 |
Oregon |
Washington |
T-Mobile Arena |
| 2018 |
Arizona |
USC |
T-Mobile Arena |
| 2017 |
Arizona |
Oregon |
T-Mobile Arena |
| 2016 |
Oregon |
Utah |
MGM Garden Grand Arena |
| 2015 |
Arizona |
Oregon |
MGM Garden Grand Arena |
| 2014 |
UCLA |
Arizona |
MGM Garden Grand Arena |
| 2013 |
Oregon |
UCLA |
MGM Garden Grand Arena |
| 2012 |
Colorado |
Arizona |
Staples Center |
| 2011 |
Washington |
Arizona |
Staples Center |
| 2010 |
Washington |
California |
Staples Center |
| 2009 |
USC |
Arizona State |
Staples Center |
| 2008 |
UCLA |
Stanford |
Staples Center |
| 2007 |
Oregon |
USC |
Staples Center |
| 2006 |
UCLA |
California |
Staples Center |
| 2005 |
Washington |
Arizona |
Staples Center |
| 2004 |
Stanford |
Washington |
Staples Center |
| 2003 |
Oregon |
USC |
Staples Center |
| 2002 |
Arizona |
USC |
Staples Center |
NCAA Basketball Conferences
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