Bracket set for 2021 Pac-12 men’s basketball tournament hosted by New York Life

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SAN FRANCISCO The bracket for the 2021 Pac-12 men’s basketball tournament hosted by New York Life is set with the champion of the regular season, OREGON, who is the no. The 24th edition is expected to take off on Wednesday, March 10, for its fifth year at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

OREGON achieved its second consecutive title in the regular season based on the best percentage of the conference (14-4, .778). The Ducks have now earned the last six league titles in the regular season, at least part of four.

USC (15-5, .750) finishes as runner-up and will be the number 2 seed, with the number 3 seed COLORADO (14-6, .700), no. 4-seed UCLA (13-6, .684) and number 5-seed OREGON STATE (10-10, .500) who also earned bees in the first round. The Beavers finished STANFORD (10-10, .500) for the final farewell based on their previous win over the top-seeded Ducks.

With 11 teams eligible to take part in the 2021 tournament, the format of the event has been adjusted to ten matches in total that include three matches in the First Round on Wednesday 10 March, followed by four quarter-finals on Thursday 11 March , some semifinals on Friday, March 12, and the championship on Saturday, March 13.

The five best seeds will receive the first round event, with the seed no. 4 and no. 5 who will meet in Thursday’s second quarterfinals.

In addition, tipping times have been adjusted to allow for improved testing protocols and adequate inter-game disinfection.

In the event that one or more teams are unable to participate in the tournament, the tournament bracket will be changed and the teams will be tested again. All changes to the bracket and the new sowing must take place on Tuesday 9 March at 11:30 PT. If a team has to withdraw from the tournament on Tuesday, March 9 at 11:30, the bracket will not be changed, and the opponent of the team will receive a farewell in the next round of the tournament.

2021 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament Hosted by New York Life
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nev.

Wednesday 10 March
Game 1: No. 8 ARIZONA STATE vs. No. 9 WASHINGTON STATE, 1:00 PM PT – PAC12
Match 2: no. 7 UTAH vs. no. 10 WASHINGTON, 16:00 PT * – PAC12
Game 3: No. 6 STANFORD vs. No. 11 CALIFORNIA, 19:00 PT * – PAC12

Thursday 11 March
Game 4: No. 1 OREGON vs. Game 1 winner, 11:30 PT – PAC12
Match 5: no. 4 UCLA against no. 5 OREGON STATE, 14:30 PT * – PAC12
Game 6: No. 2 USC vs. Game 2 winner, 17:30 PT * – PAC12
Match 7: no. 3 COLORADO vs. match 3-winner, 20:30 PT * – ESPN

Friday 12 March
Match 8: Semifinal 1, 17:30 PT – PAC12
Match 9: Semifinal 2, 20:30 PT * – ESPN

Saturday 13 March
Match 10: Championship, 19:30 PT – ESPN

Playtimes are local; * – estimated tip time