2012 Pac-12 Tournament Bracket & Predictions

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2012 Pac-10 tournament site:
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In our most recent calculations, we project as the most likely winner of the , with projected win odds of --. The second most likely team to top the Pac-10 bracket is , with a -- chance to win the in 2012.

Seed Team

NOTE: We use the structure below to calculate home advantage:

The 2012 Pac-10 tournament bracket odds table above lists the round-by-round survival odds for every 2012 Pac-10 tournament team. Using win odds calculations derived from our sophisticated power ratings, we analyze the likelihood and expected outcome of every possible path to the Pac-10 tournament championship for every team in the 2012 Pac-10 bracket.

Pac-10 Standings

The 2012 Pac-10 standings determine the seeds of the teams in the bracket. The teams with the best Pac-10 conference records receive top seeds in the .

A team's relative odds to win the depend only partly on their Pac-10 bracket seed. Winning the also depends on the dynamics of the 2012 Pac-10 bracket. In some cases, the team with a better seed may actually face a harder path to the championship than a team with a worse Pac-10 tournament seed.

In addition, because Pac-10 tournament seeds are based on win-loss records in Pac-10 conference games, Pac-10 tournament seeds are not always the most accurate measure of a team's true performance level. This is another reason why higher seeded teams in the Pac-10 bracket can have better odds to win the than lower seeded teams in the Pac-10 bracket.

2012 NCAA Conference Tournaments