2010 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200910
Teams9
SiteStaples Center
Los Angeles, California
ChampionsWashington (2nd title)
Winning coachLorenzo Romar (2nd title)
MVPIsaiah Thomas, (Washington)
Attendance15,851
TelevisionFSN, CBS
2009–10 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
California135 .7222411  .686
Arizona State126 .6672211  .667
Washington117 .6112610  .722
Arizona108 .5561615  .516
USC*810 .4441614  .533
Oregon State810 .4441418  .438
UCLA810 .4441418  .438
Stanford711 .3891417  .452
Oregon711 .3891616  .500
Washington State612 .3331615  .516
Conference tournament winner
As of March 25, 2010
Rankings from AP Poll
* Ineligible for conference tournament

The 2010 Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament was played with the first round on March 10, 2010 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, with quarterfinals on March 11, semifinals on March 12, and the finals on March 13 (3:00 p.m. PT).[1] Washington, the tournament champion, became the NCAA tournament automatic qualifier from the conference.

Seeds

All Pacific-10 schools except USC played in the tournament.[2] USC was banned from post season play as a result of self-imposed sanctions for illegal benefits received during the 2007–2008 season. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Record:
Conference (Overall)
Tiebreaker
1 California 13–5 (21–9)
2 Arizona State 12–6 (22–9)
3 Washington 11–7 (21–9)
4 Arizona 10–8 (16–14)
5 UCLA 8–10 (13–17) 2-0 vs. Oregon St.
6 Oregon State 8–10 (14–16) 0-2 vs. UCLA
7 Stanford 7–11 (13–17) 2-0 vs. Oregon
8 Oregon 7–11 (15–15) 0-2 vs. Stanford
9 Washington State 6–12 (16–14)

2010 Pac-10 tournament

Schedule

  • Wed., Mar. 10: Oregon vs. Washington State, 8 p.m. FSN;
  • Thur., Mar. 11: Arizona vs. UCLA, 12 noon FSN; Oregon vs. California, 2:30 p.m. FSN; Stanford vs. Arizona State, 6 p.m. FSN; Washington vs. Oregon State, 8:30 p.m. FSN
  • Fri., Mar. 12: Semifinal 1, 6 p.m. FSN; Semifinal 2, 8:30 p.m. FSN
  • Sat., Mar. 13 Championship Game, 3:15 p.m. CBS (Pacific time)
First Round
March 10
Quarterfinals
March 11
Semifinals
March 12
Final
March 13
            
1 California 90
8 Oregon 74
8 Oregon 82
9 Washington State 80
1 California 85
5 UCLA 72
4 Arizona 69
5 UCLA 75
1 California 75
3 Washington 79
2 Arizona State 61
7 Stanford 70
7 Stanford 64
3 Washington 79
3 Washington 59
6 Oregon State 52

Tournament notes

  • Officials: Dick Cartmell, Scott Thornley, Michael Reed
  • The championship game attendance (15,851) declined for the second consecutive year and dropped by over 1,000 from 2009.
  • Cal earned its first regular season conference title in a half century and was the top seed in the conference tournament for the first time.
  • Jerome Randle became Cal's leading scorer during the tournament when Cal defeated UCLA 85–72 in the semifinals, surpassing Sean Lampley with 1,790 career points[3] and was perfect at the free-throw line (16–16), a new record. The old mark was made by Sean Elliott of Arizona, who was 96.3% (26–27) in 1989.
  • The Golden Bears shot 87.0% free throws (20–23) at the championship game and set the Pac-10 tournament team record of 85.2% (52–61) for the three games, breaking Arizona's 1989 mark of 82.6% (57–69).
  • This was the second meeting between Cal and Washington in the Pac-10 tournament, Cal won 84–81 in the play-in round in 2008.
  • Cal and Washington both were invited to participate in the NCAA Tournament, with Cal getting an at-large bid.
  • Arizona State was invited to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT)
  • Oregon State was invited to the College Basketball Invitational (CBI)

All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player

  • Isaiah Thomas, G, Washington

2010 Hall of Honor inductees

Pac-10 men’s basketball Pac-10 Hall of Honor luncheon was held on Saturday, March 13, 2010 to honor an individual from each of the Pac-10 member schools.[4]

See also

  • 2008–09 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings

References

  1. "Pac-10 Tournament official site". Archived from the original on February 22, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2009.
  2. ESPN USC punishes itself for rules violations, ESPN.com, January 3, 2010
  3. "California beats UCLA 85–72 in Pac-10 semifinals". Pac-10.org. March 13, 2010. Archived from the original on March 23, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  4. Pac-10 Basketball Hall of Honor to Induct 2009–10 Class Archived 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine, Pac-10.org
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