SAN FRANCISCO - The Pac-12 Conference, in coordination with its Athletic Directors' and Senior Woman Administrators' Committees, announced Wednesday updated policies regarding men’s and women’s basketball administration for the remainder of the 2021-22 seasons. The updates are largely based on policies instated for the 2020-21 basketball seasons.

With regard to health and safety protocols, Pac-12 member institutions are subject to local public health requirements and local/state regulations and mandates; at a minimum, Pac-12 members must adhere to guidance from the Pac-12 COVID-19 Medical Advisory Committee which is publicly available at Pac-12.com/health.

League play is scheduled to resume for men’s basketball on Wednesday, Dec. 29, and begin for women’s basketball on Friday, Dec. 31.

Game Cancellation Policy

The Pac-12 has established a minimum roster count with which a team is considered available to play a scheduled basketball game (“Minimum Roster”): at least seven (7) scholarship players and one (1) countable coach available to participate. Each institution shall provide a complete roster list to the Conference office prior to the conference season. If a team has fewer than the Minimum Roster available for a scheduled game, as confirmed by the institution’s medical representative, the impacted institution may elect to play the game with fewer than the Minimum Roster seven (7) scholarship players. Otherwise, upon review and approval by the Commissioner, the game may be rescheduled at a mutually agreeable date or declared a no contest.

In the event a team is unable to begin or complete a regular season Conference contest because of the unavailability of participants due to COVID-19, the Conference shall reschedule the contest, while being mindful of student-athlete health and safety considerations. If the contest cannot be rescheduled, the contest may be considered a “no contest” upon review and approval by the Commissioner. The Conference office shall have the option to levy a forfeit in the event league standards of sportsmanship are not met in the process of attempting to reschedule a contest.

This policy shall be retroactive to any results beginning with the 2021-22 Pac-12 basketball seasons. Therefore, the previously canceled December 5 UCLA at Washington men's basketball contest may be rescheduled at a mutually agreeable date or declared a no contest.

Return to Play Following Quarantine

If team member(s) have been placed in a minimum required quarantine for an extended period due to contact tracing/identified high-risk contacts (per campus, local, and/or state regulations), resulting in less than the seven (7) scholarship player Minimum Roster being available, once the Minimum Roster is available, the institution shall have a minimum of two days to conduct full practices before resuming competition. The impacted institution may elect to play the game earlier than the two-day minimum buffer if the quarantined individuals (who are not infected) engage in conditioning during the quarantine period.

Regular-Season Championship Determination

Men's Basketball

The team with the highest won-lost percentage for all Conference games shall be the Conference champion. This shall apply even in the event one or more teams cannot play their entire 20-game Conference schedule. In order for teams to be eligible for the Conference championship, teams must play no less than three fewer Conference games than the average number of Conference games played by all Conference teams (rounded up/down at .50). If that percentage is shared by more than one team, a co-championship shall exist.

Women’s Basketball

The team with the highest won-lost percentage for all Conference games shall be the Conference champion. This shall apply even in the event one or more teams cannot play their entire 18-game Conference schedule. In order for teams to be eligible for the Conference championship, teams must play no less than three fewer Conference games than the average number of Conference games played by all Conference teams (rounded up/down at .50). If that percentage is shared by more than one team, a co-championship shall exist.

Postseason Tournament Seeding & Tiebreakers

Tiebreaking procedures for determining all Tournament seeding will be:

TWO-TEAM TIE
a. Results of head-to-head competition during the regular season.
b. Each team’s record (won-lost percentage) vs. the common opponent occupying the highest position in the final regular season standings, and then continuing down through common opponents in the standings until one team gains an advantage.
    When arriving at another group of tied teams while comparing records, use each team’s record (won-lost percentage) against the collective tied teams common opponents as a group (prior to that group’s own tie-breaking procedure), rather than the performance against individual tied teams common opponents.
c. Won-lost percentage against all Division I opponents.
d. Coin toss conducted by the Commissioner or designee.

MULTIPLE-TEAM TIE
a. Results (won-lost percentage) of collective head-to-head competition during the regular season among the tied teams.
b. If more than two teams are still tied, each of the tied team’s record (won-lost percentage) vs. the team common opponent occupying the highest position in the final regular season standings, and then continuing down through common opponents in the standings, eliminating tied teams common opponents with inferior records until one team gains an advantage.
    When arriving at another group of tied teams while comparing records, use each team’s record (won-lost percentage) against the collective tied teams common opponents as a group (prior to that group’s own tie-breaking procedure), rather than the performance against individual tied teams common opponents.
    After one team has an advantage and is seeded, all remaining teams in the multiple-team tie-breaker will repeat the multiple-team tie-breaking procedure. When the multiple-team tie is reduced to two teams, the two-team tie-breaking procedures will be applied.
c. Winning percentage against all Division I opponents.
d. Coin toss conducted by the Commissioner or designee.