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When is 2024 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament? Bracket, TV schedule, how to watch games

jeremy cluff, arizona republic
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The final Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament for the conference as we know it is this week.

When is it? Where is it? Which teams will participate? How does the bracket for the tournament work? What are the seeds for the tournament? What's the game schedule? Who are the announcers? How can I watch the games on TV?

Check out what to know about the upcoming Pac-12 Tournament, the last tourney for the conference with Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Utah, UCLA, USC, Washington, Oregon, California and Stanford as members (leaving just Washington State and Oregon State remaining).

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When is the Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament?

The Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament is scheduled to run Wednesday, March 13 through Saturday, March 16.

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Where is the Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament?

The 2024 tournament will be played at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, which has a capacity of 18,000.

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Who will be in the Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament?

All 12 teams in the conference qualify for the tournament, so every team — Arizona, Arizona State, California, Colorado, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington and Washington State — has a chance to win the tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.

A Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament logo is shown on the side of a ball rack before the championship game of the tournament between the Arizona Wildcats and the UCLA Bruins at T-Mobile Arena on March 11, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
A Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament logo is shown on the side of a ball rack before the championship game of the tournament between the Arizona Wildcats and the UCLA Bruins at T-Mobile Arena on March 11, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

How does the Pac-12 Men's Tournament bracket work?

The top four seeds (based on final conference regular-season standings) earn byes into the second round of the tournament, while the fifth through 12th teams face off in the first round on Wednesday, March 13 with these matchups: No. 8 vs. No. 9, No. 5 vs. No. 12, No. 7 vs. No. 10 and No. 6 vs. No. 11.

The winners of those games face the top four seeds in games on Thursday, March 14, with the winners of those games playing in the semifinals on Friday, March 15.

The championship is scheduled for Saturday, March 16.

It is a straight bracket, like the NCAA Tournament, with no reseeding after each round.

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What are the Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds?

This is how the teams are seeded in the Pac-12 Tournament, based on conference standings at the end of the regular season.

  1. Arizona (15-5 in Pac-12)

  2. Washington State (14-6)

  3. Colorado (13-7)

  4. Oregon (12-8)

  5. UCLA (10-10)

  6. Utah (9-11)

  7. California (9-11)

  8. Washington (9-11)

  9. USC (8-12)

  10. Stanford (8-12)

  11. Arizona State (8-12)

  12. Oregon State (5-15)

Tommy Lloyd's Arizona Wildcats are currently in position to be the No. 1 seed in the Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament.
Tommy Lloyd's Arizona Wildcats are currently in position to be the No. 1 seed in the Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament.

What's the Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament game schedule?

Wednesday, March 13 Pac-12 Tournament schedule

  • Game 1: No. 8 Washington vs. No. 9 USC, noon PT, Pac-12 Network (Roxy Bernstein, Don MacLean)

  • Game 2: No. 5 UCLA vs. No. 12 Oregon State, 2:30 p.m. PT* Pac-12 Network (Roxy Bernstein, Don MacLean)

  • Game 3: No. 7 California vs. No. 10 Stanford, 6 p.m. PT Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson, Bill Walton)

  • Game 4: No. 6 Utah vs. No. 11 Arizona State, 8:30 p.m. PT* Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson, Bill Walton)

Thursday, March 14 Pac-12 Tournament schedule

  • Game 5: No. 1 Arizona vs. Game 1 winner, noon PT Pac-12 Network (Roxy Bernstein, Don MacLean)

  • Game 6: No. 4 Oregon vs. Game 2 winner, 2:30 p.m. PT* Pac-12 Network (Roxy Bernstein, Don MacLean)

  • Game 7: No. 2 Washington State vs. Game 3 winner, 6 p.m. PT Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson, Bill Walton)

  • Game 8: No. 3 Colorado vs. Game 4 winner, 8:30 p.m. PT* FS1 (Jason Benetti, Casey Jacobsen, Alison Williams)

Friday, March 15 Pac-12 Tournament schedule

  • Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 5 p.m. PT Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson, Bill Walton)

  • Game 10: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 7:30 p.m. PT* FS1 (Jason Benetti, Casey Jacobsen, Alison Williams)

Saturday, March 16 Pac-12 Tournament schedule

  • Game 11: Championship, 6 p.m. PT FOX (Jason Benetti, Casey Jacobsen, Alison Williams)

*-approximate start time for games

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