2021 Pac-12 NCAA Tournament Team Capsules
Colorado Buffaloes
Season Record: 22-8
Seed: 5 East (First time they have ever been higher than an 8 seed)
Record as Seed: First time as a 5 seed
Total Bids: 15th NCAA Appearance
All-Time NCAA Record: 10-16
Best NCAA Finish: Won 3rd place game in 1955
Final Fours: 2 (1942 & 1955)
First Game: Saturday vs Georgetown
Record vs Georgetown: First meeting between the teams.
Last appearance in NCAA Tournament: 2016
Record in Round of 64: 2-4
Current Streak: Four-game Tournament losing streak.
USC Trojans
Season Record: 22-7
Seed: 6 in West Region
Record as a seed: 3-2 (3-1 with 2008 Vacated)
Total Bids: 19th NCAA Appearance (18th Officially 2008 vacated)
All-Time NCAA Record: 14-20 (14-19 with 2008 loss vacated)
Best NCAA Finish: Final 4 (Lost 3rd place game in 1954, no 3rd place game in 1940)
Final Fours: 2 (1940 & 1954)
First Game: Saturday vs Wichita St/Drake winner
All-time record vs: Drake 0-1 (3/13/1975 in National Commissioners Tournament), Wichita State 2-1 (Last meeting: November 2015 72-69 W in Orlando)
Last appearance in NCAA Tournament: 2017
Record in Round of 64: 5-6 (5-5 with 2008 vacated)
Current Streak: One-game Tournament losing streak.
Oregon Ducks
Season Record: 20-6
Seed: 7 in West Region
Record as Seed: 1-2 (0-1 in 2000, 1-1 in 2014)
Total Bids: 17th appearance in NCAA Tournament
All-time NCAA Record: 25-15
Best NCAA Finish: 1939 NCAA Champs
Final Fours: 2 (1939 & 2017)
First Game: Saturday vs VCU
Record vs VCU: 0-1 (The Rams were 77-63 winners in November 2014 in the Barclays Center in Brooklyn)
Record in Round of 64: 8-4
Last Appearance in Tournament: 2019
Current Streak: One-game Tournament losing streak.

Oregon State Beavers
Season Record: 17-12
Seed: 12 Midwest
Record as a seed: 0-1 (Lost 70-61 to Louisville in 1988)
Total Bids: 18th NCAA Appearance (15th officially 1980,81 & 82 vacated)
All-time NCAA record: 12-20 (10-17 official record with vacated games)
Best NCAA finish: Lost 3rd place game in 1949 & 1963
Final Fours: 2 (1949 & 1963)
First Game: Friday vs Tennessee
Record vs Tennessee: 3-1 (Most recently 82-66 Beaver win at home in December 1990)
Last appearance in NCAA Tournament: 2016
Record in Round of 64: 0-5
Current Streak: Seven-game Tournament losing streak dating to 1982. (8 games with vacated 1980-82) They last “officially” won an NCAA Tournament game in 1975— the longest drought between NCAA Tournament wins (46 years) of a team from a major conference.
UCLA Bruins
Season Record: 17-9
Seed: 11 East (Play-in)
Record as a seed: 2-3 (Lost in First Four in 2018, Went 2-1 in 2015 and 0-1 in 2005)
Total Bids: 50th NCAA appearance (48th officially—if Bruins win their 2021 play-in—with 1980 & 1999 vacated)
All-time NCAA record: 106-42 (100-41 with 1980 & 1999)
Best NCAA finish: 11-time NCAA Champion most recently 1995
Final Fours: 18 most recently 2008 (17 with 1980 vacated)
First Game: Michigan State on Thursday
Record vs Michigan State: 6-4 (Most recently a 75-62 Spartans win in the 2019 Maui Classic)
Last Appearance in NCAA Tournament: 2018
Record in Round of 64: 20-5 (20-4 with 1999 vacated)
Record in First Four Game: 0-1
Current Streak: Two-game Tournament losing streak.
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