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2014 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament
2014 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2013–14
Teams	12
Site	MGM Grand Garden Arena; Paradise, Nevada
Champions	UCLA (4th title)
Winning coach	Steve Alford (1st title)
MVP	Kyle Anderson (UCLA)
Television	Pac-12 Network, FS1
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2013–14 Pac-12 Conference
men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Arizona	15	–	3	.833	33	–	5	.868
No. 20 UCLA †	12	–	6	.667	28	–	9	.757
Oregon	10	–	8	.556	24	–	10	.706
Colorado	10	–	8	.556	23	–	12	.657
Arizona State	10	–	8	.556	21	–	12	.636
Stanford	10	–	8	.556	23	–	13	.639
California	10	–	8	.556	21	–	14	.600
Utah	9	–	9	.500	21	–	12	.636
Washington	9	–	9	.500	17	–	15	.531
Oregon State	8	–	10	.444	16	–	16	.500
Washington State	3	–	15	.167	10	–	21	.323
USC	2	–	16	.111	11	–	21	.344


† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2014 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Pac-12 during the 2013–14 season. It was played from March 12–15 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The champion received an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA tournament. The UCLA Bruins won the tournament with a 75–71 victory over the Arizona Wildcats in the championship game.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Arizona†#	15–3	28–3
2	UCLA#	12–6	23–8
3	Arizona State#	10–8	21–10	5–3 vs. Cal, Col, Oreg & Stan
4	California#	10–8	19–12	3–1 vs. Col, Oreg & Stan
5	Colorado	10–8	21–10	2–0 vs. Oreg & Stan
6	Stanford	10–8	19–11	1–0 vs. Oregon
7	Oregon	10–8	22–8	0–1 vs. Stanford
8	Utah	9–9	20–10	1–1 vs. Wash, 0–2 vs. Ariz, 1–1 vs. UCLA
9	Washington	9–9	17–14	1–1 vs. Utah, 0–1 vs. Ariz, 0–1 vs. UCLA
10	Oregon State	8–10	16–14
11	Washington State	3–15	10–20
12	USC	2–16	11–20
† – Pac-12 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. # – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Pac-12 Tournament.

Teams will be seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.^[1]

Schedule

Wednesday–Saturday, March 12–15, 2014

The top four seeds received a first-round bye.

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Final Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 12
1	1	12:00 pm	#8 Utah vs. #9 Washington	67–61	Pac-12 Network	8,734
1	2	2:30 pm	#5 Colorado vs. #12 USC	59–56	Pac-12 Network	8,734
2	3	6:00 pm	#7 Oregon vs. #10 Oregon State	88–74	Pac-12 Network	9,047
2	4	8:30 pm	#6 Stanford vs. #11 Washington State	74–63	Pac-12 Network	9,047
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 13
3	5	12:00 pm	#1 Arizona vs. #8 Utah	71–39	Pac-12 Network	12,916
3	6	2:30 pm	#4 California vs. #5 Colorado	56–59	Pac-12 Network	12,916
4	7	6:00 pm	#2 UCLA vs. #7 Oregon	82–63	Pac-12 Network	12,916
4	8	8:30 pm	#3 Arizona State vs. #6 Stanford	58–79	Fox Sports 1	12,916
Semifinals – Friday, March 14
5	9	6:00 pm	#1 Arizona vs. #5 Colorado	63–43	Pac-12 Network	12,916
5	10	8:30 pm	#2 UCLA vs. #6 Stanford	84–59	Fox Sports 1	12,916
Championship – Saturday, March 15
6	11	3:00 pm	#1 Arizona vs. #2 UCLA	71–75	Fox Sports 1	12,916
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round March 12			Quarterfinals March 13			Semifinals March 14			Championship March 15

			1	#4 Arizona	71

			8	Utah	39
8	Utah	67

9	Washington	61
						1	#4 Arizona	63

						5	Colorado	43



			4	California	56

			5	Colorado	59
5	Colorado	59

12	USC	56
									1	#4 Arizona	71

									2	UCLA	75



			2	UCLA	82

			7	Oregon	63
7	Oregon	88

10	Oregon State	74
						2	UCLA	84

						6	Stanford	59



			3	Arizona State	58

			6	Stanford	79
6	Stanford	74

11	Washington State	63

Game summaries

March 15
3:00pm PDT

Box score

UCLA Bruins 75, Arizona Wildcats 71
Scoring by half: 43-40, 32-31
Pts: Anderson, 21 Rebs: Anderson, 15 Asts: Anderson, 5		Pts: Johnson, 21 Rebs: Gordon & Hollis-Jefferson, 8 Asts: Gordon, 8

MGM Grand Garden Arena
Attendance: 12,916
Referees: Dick Cartmell, Randy McCall, Mike Reed

In a matchup of the two best teams in the Pac-12, UCLA upset No. 4 Arizona 75–71 to win the conference tournament final.^[2] The Bruins' Jordan Adams made a three-point field goal that broke a tie with 45 seconds remaining. Teammate Kyle Anderson had 21 points, 15 rebounds and five assists, and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.^[3] "I don't know that I've ever seen [those numbers] and just one turnover for a point guard," said Arizona coach Sean Miller of Anderson's performance.^[4]

UCLA twice led by 11 in the first half, including 12–0 spurt at the start of the game that put them ahead 14–3.^[2]^[3] It temporarily quieted Arizona fans, who made up an overwhelming majority of the crowd.^[5] The Wildcats used a 12–2 run to cut the Bruins lead to 43–40 at halftime.^[6] UCLA exceeded Utah's 39 points from their entire second-round game against Arizona, and matched Colorado's game total of 43 against the Wildcats in the semifinals.^[3] One the nation's top defenses, Arizona allowed the Bruins to shoot 58.1 percent, making 18 of 31 from the field.^[2]^[3] The Wildcats defense tightened in the second half, when the game saw seven ties and eight lead changes.^[3] Arizona took their second lead of the game with less than 16 minutes remaining in the game—they first led 3–2 early. Arizona's Nick Johnson, the Pac-12 Player of the Year, scored 14 of his 22 in the second half. However, Anderson countered with 10 points and nine rebounds in the half.^[7]

Free throws were a key difference in the game, with UCLA making 21 of 25, while Arizona was only 6 of 16.^[3] The Wildcats surrendered 75 points just twice all season, both times to the Bruins; UCLA lost 79–75 to Arizona earlier in January.^[6]

Tournament notes

Arizona's 71-39 win over Utah tied the tournament record for largest margin in a game (32), set in 2006 when UCLA won 79–47 over Oregon.^[8]
The No. 1 and 2 seeds met in the final game for the first time since 2008, which UCLA also won.^[8]
Travis Wear of UCLA tied the record for best field goal % in a tournament game at 100% (8-of-8), vs. STAN, Mar. 14, 2014. This perfect % had been done only twice before with a min. of 7 attempts.^[8]
Six teams were invited to the NCAA tournament: Arizona, UCLA, Colorado, Oregon, Stanford, and Arizona State. Arizona received a number one seed.^[9]
Oregon became the first Pac-12 team to play all eleven other Pac-12 opponents in the conference tournament upon playing Oregon St.

All-tournament team

The following were honored as the top players of the tournament:^[3]

Kyle Anderson, UCLA — Most Outstanding Player
Askia Booker, Colorado
Aaron Gordon, Arizona
Nick Johnson, Arizona
Chasson Randle, Stanford
Joe Young, Oregon

Most outstanding player

The MVP was determined after the Tournament. Kyle Anderson, who scored 21 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for UCLA in the championship game, was named Tournament MVP.