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Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament
Pride and a guaranteed spot in the NCAA tournament are on the line every March in the Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament. All 12 teams in the Pac-12 Conference are eligible to participate, with the top four teams receiving a first-round bye, giving every team a shot at making the Big Dance. After an 11 year run at the Los Angeles' Staples Center, since 2013 the Pac-12 Tournament has been held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada: First at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, then moving to the T-Mobile Arena in 2017 (which seats 18,000 for basketball).
Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament History
The Pac-12 Conference was originally founded in 1959 as the Athletic Association of Western Universities, but it has ties to the Pacific Coast Conference, which existed from 1915 to 1959. What was first dubbed the Pac-8 became the Pac-10 in 1978, with the addition of Arizona and Arizona State, and further realignment in 2011 led to the inclusion of Utah and Colorado, and the current moniker. The Pac-12 has won 15 NCAA championships, tying the Atlantic Coast Conference for the most titles by a conference.
After an initial attempt at a Pac-10 Conference Tournament from 1987 to 1990, the format was reintroduced in 2002 with greater success. The Pac-10 was among the last conferences to adopt a conference tournament format, with the Big Ten introducing its tournament in 1998, and the Ivy League finally getting one in 2017. UCLA won the inaugural tournament in 1987, with Reggie Miller securing the Pac-10 tourney's first MVP award. Arizona won the next four tournaments, including the last three in the original series and its reintroduction in 2002. Many stars and legends have dominated in the tournament, including two-time MVPs Sean Elliott and Isaiah Thomas, as well as 2018 No. 1 NBA draft pick Deandre Ayton. The 2019 tournament saw Oregon upset Washington 68-48 in the championship, behind the performance of tourney MVP Payton Pritchard.
The game did not have the emotion that I would expect. It may need the fan bases to become more used to going to Vegas. The Ka demo at halftime was pretty cool. I liked the ability to have the arena, mall shops and hotel as one connected experience.
Great atmosphere in an intimate setting at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Much better venue than previous years at STAPLES Center in terms of atmosphere, fan attendance, and school spirit
Great event, holding the PAC 12 conference tournament at the MGM. Only problems are the high price of snacks, and the funnellike exit from the arena. Too narrow for the crowd, plus the second session was trying to come in.
Great venue, not a bad seat in the place. I'm excited that they moved the PAC 12 tourney from LA. The turnout was great, and there is an endless amount of activities beyond the games.
Keep the tourney in Vegas!!! Best venue ever.... No lack of food or drink. Really enjoyed the crowd being mixed teams around us... made for meeting people :-) MGM did it right!
Great games, great venue, great seats. The only bad thing is our team lost. We will definitely come back next year. I loved that you could go in and out during the games and bring in food and drinks to the arena. I went out during halftime to get a Starbucks. Staff were really nice and helpful.
We had wheelchair accessible seats for these games. At the beginning of game 6 we had two Arizona fans who would not allow a Colorado fan to take his seat and threatened him. Security had to be called. Once settled the Arizona fans (2) and the Colorado fan, despite no one was standing in front of them, refused to sit down thus blocking our view of the court. When we requested them to sit down to allow us to see they refused and claimed they had the right to stand if they wanted. I spoke to arena personnel and they refused to ask them to sit so I requested we be moved which they did do.
Although out played for most of the game, UCLA players and coaches displayed great determination and character in salvaging a win against the Sun Devils!
excellent!! we enjoyed !!!! will definitely purchase other tickets for other events.
Super fun! All the games have been competitive and 1 session even had two Overtime games. Recommend not to sit directly behind the basket.
Excellent viewing at MGM,neutral zone, good midpoint for Pac 12 fans!
Thoroughly enjoyed it. Recommendation would be to have more concessions open. Only about half were open, causing long lines unnecessarily.
Great atmosphere! Good time even though my team lost.
great tournament! Only comment for event...you should have posted a sign to "well call" directions!!! Come on...... We had tickets for Wed / Thurs and Fri! Keep'em coming Vegas!
Glad we went. Though Arizona didnt win the title, it was an amazing event I got to share with my family. We plan on doing it next year.
The best part was screaming at the AZ players when they'd come close to my seats. I bet they were annoyed. They only made one out of about six shots when I did this. I used to play a lot of basketball so I know what to do before they shoot. Just yell in their face! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Next time Bruins.
It was my first Pac 12 Tournament, and I was super excited. On Wednesday I got to see the evening games, had a GREAT time. Not too crowded but still a good turn out in my opinion. Fans were cheering , bands were playing and it was a great place to be. I also went to the Thursday night games, still very excited. Stanford and Cal were playing when I got there so cought the end of that game. The Oregon vs. Colorado was about to start. A gentleman next to me asked what team I was going for, I said no team I`m just here to watch. He whispered to me that Oregon fans were horrible and to be careful. Well now I`m thinking these people get rowdy and will become mean. Well the mean part was right...but rowdy, not so much. The game started and like at most games, people were not cheering for the same team. Oregon fans here, Colorado fans there...and fans of other teams there to watch as well. Games going, Colorado fan yells out his cheers, while Oregon fans sit below us. More cheers from the the Colorado fans, looks form the Oregon fans start. The Oregon fans cheer because a basket was made...no problems yet. Then a man starts to yell out " Let go buffs!!"....thats when the fun went down hill. One of the Oregon fan ladies was tell the Colorado fans to be quiet...more like shut up n sit down. We were all kinda confused because we didn`t know what she was talking about. So more of us began to cheer on Colorado, and again...Oregon fans telling us to be quiet. This was my first game, but I know this wasn`t normal. More cheering, more mean looks...now an Oregon lady stands up, walks over to security and points at the men that were cheering for Colorado. She walks over to them and points in there faces while saying "you`re out and you`re and you`re out"...for cheering asked my self. So as we continued cheering now a Oregan gentleman gets involved, and at this time I`m starting to believe that what the gentle had told me was true...Oregon fans are jerks! He started waiving down security and saying "we wnat them out, get them outta here!". Fans beiging to boo him, and at this point I had to say something. I said 'you need to relax, all they are doing is cheering for their team.. there is no reason for them to get kicked out'..many others fans (not Oregon) agreed and said let them cheer. This was horrible...were other teams fans not suppose to support? I was really shocked at the way the Oregon fans were acting....like children!! Well needless to say, Colorado ended the game with a win and they send Oregon home. Besides all the mess, I had a great time and would go back....but wil probably stay away from the ducks : )
Excellent event . Excellent venue with awesome seating.
It was an awesome game having to go to overtime with Isiah Thomas hitting the overtime shot. Great game truly enjoyed it.
the game was everything it was hyped to be! Would have been nice to know that the women's game was GA. I wouldn't have purchased an expensive ticket. still watching the mastery of the Stanford women was a thing of art.
