One by one, Oregon players and coaches carefully stepped up the ladder at the south end of MGM Grand Garden Arena to cut themselves a piece of history.

“It was the greatest feeling in my life,” Chris Boucher, who finished with 15 points and seven rebounds, said.

Casey Benson let out a roar.

Dillon Brooks lifted an “O” to the remaining fans.

Dylan Ennis, boot and all, crawled up and let out a big smile.

“It was weird,” Ennis said about stepping up the ladder with a cast on his foot. “You don’t think that your senior year, you’re going to be cutting down Pac-12 tourney nets with a cast on your foot. But being able to share that with them, besides my injury, it was the moment that I’m never going to forget.”

Last, but not least, three-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year Dana Altman cut his piece before turning to family, friends and fans, thanking them for their support throughout the year.

Selfies were taken. Dwayne Benjamin and Jordan Bell made confetti angels at center court.

Single strings of net were tied around the plastic snaps of the Pac-12 branded hats.

“I didn’t want to put it in my pocket and forget about it,” Ennis joked.

Top-seeded, No. 8 ranked, NCAA tournament-bound Oregon (28-6) made history on March 12 by winning both the outright regular season and tournament title. Oregon ran Utah out of the gym 88-57 at Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

The margin of victory was the largest in Pac-12 Tournament Championship game history, breaking the mark set by Arizona in its win over Oregon a year ago.

Turnovers were forced — 20 to be exact. Points were scored off those turnovers — 28 to be exact. Team defense was unforgiving — Utah finished the game 19-of-44 from the floor (43.2 percent). The ball was shared — Tyler Dorsey (23 points), Brooks (18 points), Boucher (15 points) and Elgin Cook (11 points) all finished in double figures.

“It was really just teamwork,” Boucher said. “We won as champions. We’re champions as a team.”

Most notable, Oregon limited Pac-12 Player of the Year Jakob Poeltl to 13 points on six shot attempts. Poeltl, Utah’s leading scorer and only player in double figures, also coughed up the ball five times.

“We lost this game basically in the first half, at the end of the first half,” said Poeltl. “We didn’t have the energy or focus to come back from those easy baskets we gave them from the mistakes we made.”

Cliché or not, Oregon realized the simple importance of playing for one another heading into the season, and turned that mentality into a memorable finish to the conference season in March.

There is a reason why Cook was named Pac-12 Tournament MVP. There is a reason why four of Oregon’s five starters were named to the All-Tournament team: Dorsey, Cook, Boucher and Brooks.

“It means we’re a good team, and when we work together, we can do great things,” Boucher said. “We always said that from the beginning.”

This team utilized its many weapons — Boucher’s blocking, Dorsey’s three-point shooting, Brooks’ mastery of the mid-range game, Cook’s finishing touch at the rim — and manipulated its opponents all season.

These diverse skills made them difficult to guard and allowed them to win their second conference tournament title in four years.

“Everybody works together and everybody is talented,” Boucher said

The day before the game, Brooks told a small circle of media members that he wanted to make history. After all the confetti had fallen, Brooks’ wishes had come true.

“It means so much,” said Brooks. “My name being in Oregon’s history is a beautiful thing. I can look back and I’ll remember every single one of these players, and every single one of the managers, and every single one of the coaching staff because this season was special.”

After losing in the semifinals, Arizona’s Sean Miller called Oregon “one of college basketball’s best teams” because of how well they play together.

For those that have been around the game, that is the ultimate compliment.

“What we did as a whole collective group, it’s a special thing,” Brooks said.