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Villardo: Pac-12 Tournament Team Capsules

Tourney records, history, seed performances, and NCAA outlooks for each team
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Posted on March 9, 2021


  By Stephen Vilardo, SuperWest Sports
These Pac-12 Tournament team capsules include all-time tournament records, best finishes, scheduled first games, records against next opponent, NCAA outlooks, and records as their assigned seeds.

Pac-12 Tournament Team Capsules
1. Oregon Ducks

All-Time Tournament Record: 33-16

Best Finish: Champion on five occasions, most recently in 2019

Last Game: Friday, 5:30 am PST vs. Oregon State

NCAA Outlook: Safely in the field

Tournament Record vs. Oregon State: 1-0

Record as a One Seed: 7-3

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2. USC Trojans

All-Time Tournament Record: 19-19

Best Finish: Champion in 2009

Last Game: Friday, 8:30 pm PST vs Colorado

NCAA Outlook: Safely in the field

Tournament Record vs. Colorado: 0-2

Record as Two Seed: 3-2

3. Colorado Buffaloes

All-Time Tournament Record: 14-8

Best Finish: Champion in 2012

Las Game: Thursday 7:30 pm PST vs OSU

NCAA Outlook: Safely in the field

Tournament Record vs. OSU: 3-1

(This is the first time the Buffs have been higher than a five seed.)

4. UCLA Bruins

All-Time Tournament Record: 25-19

Best Finish: Champion, on four occasions most recently in 2014

Last Game: Thursday 2:30pm vs Oregon State

NCAA Outlook: Safely in the field.

Tournament Record vs. Oregon State: 1-2

Record as a Four Seed: 4-5

5. Oregon State

All-time Tournament Record: 13-20 

Best Finish: Runner-up in 1988

Last Game: Friday, 7:30pm vs. Colorado

NCAA Outlook: Will need to win the tournament to get in. A pair of wins should get them in the conversation for an NIT bid, barring too many upsets in conference tournaments of regular season champions.

Tournament Record vs. Colorado: 1-3

Record as a Five Seed: 4-2

6. Stanford Cardinal

All-time Tournament Record: 16-23

Best Finish: Champion in 2004

Last Game: Wednesday, 7:00 pm vs California

NCAA Outlook: On the NIT Bubble, lower conference tournament upsets have already put the Cardinal on the fringe of NIT. 

Tournament Record vs. California: 2-3

Record as a Six Seed: 4-5

7. Utah Utes

All-Time Tournament Record: 7-10

Best Finish: Runner-up in 2016

Last Game: Thursday, 5:30 pm vs. USC

NCAA Outlook: Out of contention.

Tournament Record vs. Washington: 2-0

(First time as a seven seed.)

8. Arizona State Sun Devils

All-Time Tournament Record: 9-22

Best Finish: Runner-up in 2009

Last Game: Thursday, 11:30 am vs. Oregon

NCAA Outlook: Out of contention.

Tournament Record vs. Oregon: 0-5

Record as an Eight Seed: 5-5

9. Washington State Cougars

All-time Tournament Record: 6-21 

Best Finish: Semifinals most recently 2008

Last Game: Wednesday 1:00 pm vs Arizona State

NCAA Outlook: Out of contention.

Tournament Record vs. Arizona State: 0-2

Record as a Nine Seed: 0-4

(This is the first time the Cougars have been a single digit seed since 2015.)

10. Washington Huskies

All-Time Tournament Record: 20-20

Best Finish: Champion, three times- most recently 2011

Last Game: Wednesday 4:00 pm vs Utah

NCAA Outlook: Out of contention.

Tournament Record vs. Utah: 0-2

Record as a 10 Seed: 1-2

11. California Golden Bears

All-Time Tournament Record: 18-23

Best Finish: Runner-up twice, most recently in 2010

Last Game: Thursday, 8:30 pm vs. Colorado

NCAA Outlook: Out of contention.

Tournament Record vs. Stanford: 3-2

(First time as an 11 seed. The Bears have been a 12 seed twice going 0-2.)

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