The 2012 Pac 12 Basketball Tournament is scheduled to occur from March 7th through March 10th, 2012 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. This is the first season that the conference will feature 12 teams instead of the 10 teams traditionally found under the PAC-10 conference. The following is the tentative 2012 PAC 12 Basketball Tournament Bracket along with the 2012 PAC 10 Basketball Tournament TV schedule to be filled in when announced. The times listed are those used by the PAC 10 for last year’s games and are subject to change based on league confirmation of the actual 12 team format being used this season. There is confirmation that there will no longer be a play-in game and is what this notional bracket is based on. The winner of the 2012 PAC 12 Tournament will receive an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Tournament.
2012 PAC 12 Tournament Venue
The 2012 PAC 12 Tournament will be played at the Staples Center in Los Angeles again this season. There have been formal proposals made to the league to host the tournament at Seattle’s KeyArena, Salt Lake City’s EnergySolutions Arena, and other unmentioned locations. Since the tournament was restarted in 2002 (was previously held 1987-1990 at various locations), it has been held at the Staples Center which has been open in downtown Los Angeles since October 17th, 1999. The arena is normally home to the L.A. Lakers and L.A. Clippers, The L.A. Kings (NHL), and L.A. Sparks (WNBA). Additionally, the Staples Center hosts more than 250 events over the course of the year and seats just over 19,000 in a basketball configuration.
Past PAC 12 Tournament Champions (Known as PAC 10 Previously)
Year Champion Arena (City)
1987 UCLA Pauley Pavilion (Los Angeles, California)
Staples Center
1988 Arizona Arizona McKale Center (Tucson, Arizona)
1989 Arizona Great Western Forum (Inglewood, California)
1990 Arizona University Activity Center (Tempe, Arizona)
2002 Arizona Staples Center (Los Angeles, California)
2003 Oregon Staples Center (Los Angeles, California)
2004 Stanford Staples Center (Los Angeles, California)
2005 Washington Staples Center (Los Angeles, California)
2006 UCLA Staples Center (Los Angeles, California)
2007 Oregon Staples Center (Los Angeles, California)
2008 UCLA Staples Center (Los Angeles, California)
2009 USC Staples Center (Los Angeles, California)
2010 Washington Staples Center (Los Angeles, California)
2011 Washington Staples Center (Los Angeles, California)
2012 PAC 12 Basketball Tournament Bracket and TV Schedule
*All times listed are U.S. Pacific Time
2012 PAC 12 Tournament – First Round – March 7, 2012
Staples Center Seating Chart
2012 PAC 12 Basketball Tournament – Quarter Finals – March 8, 2012
Game 5 #1 Seed vs. #8/#9 Winner 12:00 p.m. FSN
Game 6 #4 Seed vs. #5/#12 2:30 p.m. FSN
Game 7 #2 Seed vs. #7/#10 Winner 6:00 p.m. FSN
Game 8 #3 Seed vs. #6/#11 Winner 8:30 p.m. FSN
2012 PAC 12 Basketball Tournament – Semi Finals – March 9, 2012
March 9, 2012
2012 PAC 12 Basketball Tournament 2011 – Championship Game – March 10, 2012
March 10, 2012
2012 PAC 12 Basketball Tournament Championship 3:00 PM CBS
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