The 2021–22 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season began with practices starting in October, followed by the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season which started on November 9. Conference play began on November 28. This was the tenth season under the Pac–12 Conference name and the 62nd since the conference was established under its current charter as the Athletic Association of Western Universities in 1959. Including the history of the Pacific Coast Conference, which operated from 1915 to 1959 and is considered by the Pac-12 as a part of its own history, this was the Pac-12's 106th season of basketball.
The Pac-12 tournament was played March 9–12, 2022 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.
Pre-season
Recruiting classes
Preseason watchlists
Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.
Preseason All-American teams
Preseason polls
Pac-12 Media days
The Pac-12 will conduct its 2021 Pac-12 media days at the Pac-12 Studio, in San Francisco, California, on October 13, 2021 (Pac-12 Network).
The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:
Pac-12 Commissioner – George Kliavkoff
Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer(MBB) – Jamie Zaninovich
Arizona – Tommy Lloyd (HC), Bennedict Mathurin (G/F), Ąžuolas Tubelis (PF) Arizona State – Bobby Hurley (HC), Marcus Bagley (SF), Kimani Lawrence (PF) California – Mark Fox (HC), Grant Anticevich (PF), Andre Kelly (SF) Colorado – Tad Boyle (HC), Evan Battey (PF), Elijah Parquet (SG) Oregon – Dana Altman (HC), Will Richardson (PG), Eric Williams Jr. (SG) Oregon State – Wayne Tinkle (HC), Warith Alatishe (SF), Jarod Lucas (PG) Stanford – Jerod Haase (HC), Jaiden Delaire (SF), Spencer Jones (SF) UCLA – Mick Cronin (HC), Jaime Jaquez Jr. (SF), Johnny Juzang (SG) USC – Andy Enfield (HC), Isaiah Mobley (PF), Drew Peterson (SG) Utah – Craig Smith (HC), Riley Battin (PF), Branden Carlson (C) Washington – Mike Hopkins (HC), Jamal Bey (SG), Nate Roberts (PF) Washington State – Kyle Smith (HC), Efe Abogidi (PF), Tyrell Roberts (PG)
Source:
Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference
First Team
Second Team
Honorable Mention
Efe Abogidi (So., WSU); Daejon Davis (Gr., WASH); Jaiden Delaire (Sr., STAN); Harrison Ingram (Fr., STAN); Jabari Walker (So., COLO); Peyton Watson (Fr., UCLA).
Midseason watchlists
Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.
Final watchlists
Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.
Regular season
The Schedule will be released in late October. Before the season, it was announced that for the seventh consecutive season, all regular season conference games and conference tournament games would be broadcast nationally by CBS Sports, FOX Sports, ESPN Inc. family of networks including ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, and the Pac-12 Network.
Early season tournaments
Records against other conferences
2021–22 records against non-conference opponents through the 2022 Season:
Regular season
Postseason
Record against ranked non-conference opponents
This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):
Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking
† denotes game was played on neutral site
Conference schedule
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.
Points scored
Through 2022 Season
Rankings
^AP poll is not released for the Final Week.
Head coaches
Coaching changes
On March 16, 2021, Utah fired Larry Krystkowiak as head coach after 10 seasons. Utah hired former Utah State coach Craig Smith in March 27, 2021.
On April 7, 2021, Arizona fired Sean Miller as head coach after 12 seasons. April 15, Arizona announced it hired long time Gonzaga assistant coach Tommy Lloyd.
Coaches
Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Pac-12 records are from time at current school.
Notes: Overall and Pac-12 records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2020–21 season. NCAA tournament appearances are from time at current school only. NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools Conference titles refer to amount of tournament titles each coach has and not regular season titles.