2023 Pac-12 Tournament field officially set

Barkley-Truaxby:Barkley Truax•03/05/23•

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The Pac-12 Tournament field is officially set following an exciting 2022-23 regular season. UCLA won the Pac-12 regular season championship with ease following an 18-2 conference record and won the league title by four games.

After UCLA and Arizona and USC, who were already locked into the top three slots before Saturday’s final college gameday slate, the rest of the field filled in behind accordingly. Here’s a look at the final Pac-12 Conference standings before next week’s tournament:

  1. UCLA, 27-4 (18-2)
  2. Arizona, 25-6 (14-6)
  3. USC, 22-9 (14-6)
  4. Oregon, 18-13 (12-8)
  5. Arizona State, 20-11 (11-9) 
  6. Washington State, 16-15 (11-9)
  7. Utah, 17-14 (10-10)
  8. Washington, 16-15 (8-12)
  9. Colorado, 16-15 (8-12)
  10. Stanford, 13-18 (7-13)
  11. Oregon State, 11-20 (5-15)
  12. California, 3-28 (2-18)

The Pac-12’s top two seeds, No. 4 UCLA and No. 8 Arizona, have set themselves apart from the rest of the group as two of the elite college basketball programs this season. The two teams duked it out in their respective regular-season finales Saturday night, where the Bruins evened the season series with an 82-73 victory at home.

Regardless of the outcome, it was a preview of what many expect to be the Pac-12 Tournament championship game when it’s all said and done. Still, an impressive win for UCLA over a top-10 ranked Arizona team isn’t something the committee can ignore, and if they go on to run the gauntlet in next week’s tournament — the Bruins are looking at a one-seed when March Madness rolls around.

With the final standings and potential NCAA Tournament fallout in mind, here is a look at the official game schedule and times for next week’s Pac-12 Tournament:

Wednesday, March 8 (TV Talent)
Game 1: Washington vs. Colorado, 12:00 p.m. PT Pac-12 Network (Roxy Bernstein, Don MacLean)
Game 2: Washington State vs. California, 2:30 p.m. PT Pac-12 Network (Roxy Bernstein, Don MacLean)
Game 3: Utah vs. Stanford, 6:00 p.m. PT Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson, Bill Walton)
Game 4: Arizona State vs. Oregon State, 8:30 p.m. PT Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson, Bill Walton)
Thurs., March 9
Game 5: UCLA vs. Game 1 winner, 12:00 p.m. PT Pac-12 Network (Roxy Bernstein, Don MacLean)
Game 6: Oregon vs. Game 2 winner, 2:30 p.m. PT Pac-12 Network (Roxy Bernstein, Don MacLean)
Game 7: Arizona vs. Game 3 winner, 6:00 p.m. PT Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson, Bill Walton)
Game 8: USC vs. Game 4 winner, 8:30 p.m. PT ESPN (Dave Pasch, Bill Walton)
Fri., March 10
Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 6:00 p.m. PT Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson, Bill Walton)
Game 10: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 8:30 p.m. PT ESPN (Dave Pasch, Bill Walton)
Sat., March 11
Game 11: Championship, 7:30 p.m. PT ESPN (Dave Pasch, Bill Walton)