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2002 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament

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FieldValue
Year2002
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
GenderMen's
Teams8
ArenaStaples Center
CityLos Angeles, California
Champions[Arizona](2001-02-arizona-wildcats-men-s-basketball-team)
TitleCount4th
CoachLute Olsen
CoachCount4th
MVPLuke Walton
MVPTeamArizona
Attendance18,997 (final game)
Different Previous[1990](1990-pacific-10-conference-men-s-basketball-tournament)

The 2002 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament was played March 7–9 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The event was revived after eleven seasons without, and USC made its first appearance in the final. The champion of the tournament was Arizona, which received the Pac-10's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Most Outstanding Player was Luke Walton of Arizona, and a capacity crowd of 18,997 attended the championship game on Saturday.

Seeds

The top eight teams participated, with all in the Thursday quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The previous four editions (1987–1990) included all ten teams, with the final on Sunday.

SeedSchoolConference RecordTiebreaker
1Oregon14–4
2Arizona12–6
3California12–6
4USC12–6
5Stanford12–6
6UCLA11–7
7Arizona State7–11
8Washington5–13

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Bracket

| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=#9 Oregon | RD1-score1=86 | RD1-seed2=8 | RD1-team2=Washington | RD1-score2=64 | RD1-seed3=4 | RD1-team3=#22 USC | RD1-score3=103 | RD1-seed4=5 | RD1-team4=#16 Stanford | RD1-score4=78 | RD1-seed5=3 | RD1-team5=#25 California | RD1-score5=67 | RD1-seed6=6 | RD1-team6=UCLA | RD1-score6=61 | RD1-seed7=2 | RD1-team7=#15 Arizona | RD1-score7=73 | RD1-seed8=7 | RD1-team8=Arizona State | RD1-score8=56 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=#9 Oregon | RD2-score1=78 | RD2-seed2=4 | RD2-team2=#22 USC | RD2-score2=89 | RD2-seed3=3 | RD2-team3=#25 California | RD2-score3=78 | RD2-seed4=2 | RD2-team4=#15 Arizona | RD2-score4=90 | RD3-seed1=4 | RD3-team1=#22 USC | RD3-score1=71 | RD3-seed2=2 | RD3-team2=#15 Arizona | RD3-score2=81

Tournament Notes

  • Arch-rivals Arizona and ASU met for the first time in a Pac-10 Tournament (the 2nd meeting ever by any arch-rival universities).
  • Only one lower seeded team beat a higher seeded team the whole tournament (#4 USC over #1 Oregon in the second round).
  • In this tournament Oregon set the team single game record for the most blocked shots with 9 (vs. Washington).
  • This was the first Pac-10 Basketball Tournament held in the 21st century.

All tournament team

  • Luke Walton, Arizona – Tournament MVP
  • Sam Clancy, USC
  • Brandon Granville, USC
  • Jason Gardner, Arizona
  • Salim Stoudamire, Arizona

References

References

  1. [http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/pac10/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031708aah.html PAC-10 News – This week in Pac-10 Men's basketball] {{webarchive. link. (2008-05-21 , PAC-10, March 17, 2008)
  2. 2007–08 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Media Guide pages 50–60 (PDF copy available at [http://www.pac-10.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102607aan.html 2007–08 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Media Guide] {{webarchive. link. (2009-03-02 ))
  3. Harris, Beth. (March 10, 2002). "Walton carries 'Cats to title". Eugene Register-Guard.
  4. (March 10, 2002). "Walton puts on show". Spokesman-Review.
  5. Conrad, John. (March 7, 2002). "Ducks are underdogs no longer". Eugene Register-Guard.
  6. (March 7, 2002). "Pac-10 takes on some one-and-done hoops". Spokesman-Review.
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