2008 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament

Seeds

All Pacific-10 schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.

Bracket

| RD1-seed1=8 | RD1-team1=Washington | RD1-score1=81 | RD1-seed2=9 | RD1-team2=California | RD1-score2=84 | RD1-seed3=7 | RD1-team3=Arizona | RD1-score3=87 | RD1-seed4=10 | RD1-team4=Oregon State | RD1-score4=56 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=#3 UCLA | RD2-score1=88 | RD2-seed2=9 | RD2-team2=California | RD2-score2=66 | RD2-seed3=4 | RD2-team3=USC* | RD2-score3=59* | RD2-seed4=5 | RD2-team4=Arizona State | RD2-score4=55 | RD2-seed5=3 | RD2-team5=#21 Washington State | RD2-score5=75 | RD2-seed6=6 | RD2-team6=Oregon | RD2-score6=70 | RD2-seed7=2 | RD2-team7=#11 Stanford | RD2-score7=75 | RD2-seed8=7 | RD2-team8=Arizona | RD2-score8=64 | RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1=#3 UCLA | RD3-score1=57 | RD3-seed2=4 | RD3-team2=USC | RD3-score2=54 | RD3-seed3=3 | RD3-team3=#21 Washington State | RD3-score3=68 | RD3-seed4=2 | RD3-team4=#11 Stanford | RD3-score4=75 | RD4-seed1=1 | RD4-team1=#3 UCLA | RD4-score1=67 | RD4-seed2=2 | RD4-team2=#11 Stanford | RD4-score2=64

• Denotes a vacated win, as the result of a January 3, 2010 announcement that USC has vacated all wins during the 2007–2008 season, including its Pac-10 Conference tournament victory over Arizona State (therefore, USC finished the season with a record of 0–12).

All-Tournament Team

• O. J. Mayo, USC
• Kyle Weaver, Washington State
• Brook Lopez, Stanford
• Russell Westbrook, UCLA
• Kevin Love, UCLA

Most Outstanding Player

• Darren Collison, UCLA

Aftermath & notes

• Arch rivals UCLA and USC met for the first time in 225 games in post-season play. The teams had split in the regular season, with the Trojans winning at Pauley Pavilion and the Bruins winning at Galen Center. In their third matchup of the season, a capacity crowd of 18,997 at the Staples Center saw UCLA beat USC 57–54 in the tournament semi-finals. Both teams had highly regarded freshmen: Kevin Love and O. J. Mayo.
• This was the fourth match up between any arch-rival pairs in Pac-10 history, with only the two Oregon schools yet to meet.
• Arizona set a record for most points in a half (1st) for any Pac-10/12 Tournament game with 59 (vs. OSU (21) on Mar. 12, 2008.
• Brook Lopez of Stanford had an individual tournament record 60 field goal attempts (25 made in 3 games) which still stands.
• Nine Pacific-10 teams were invited to Post season play. UCLA, Stanford, Washington State, USC, Arizona, and Oregon were invited to the 2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. UCLA was the number one seed in the West Regional bracket. Arizona State and California were invited to the 2008 National Invitation Tournament. Washington was invited to the 2008 College Basketball Invitational.

References

2007–08 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Media Guide pages 50–60 (PDF copy available at 2007–08 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Media Guide)

References

1. "No. 3 UCLA Beats No. 11 Stanford for Pac-10 Tournament Title".
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3. David Wharton and Baxter Holmes, [http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/basketball/la-sp-usc-basketball4-2010jan04,0,3628718.story O.J. Mayo scandal leads to heavy sanctions for USC basketball; team 'shocked and saddened'], ''Los Angeles Times'', January 3, 2010
4. [https://www.espn.com/los-angeles/ncb/news/story?id=4792634 USC punishes itself for rules violations], ''ESPN.com'', January 3, 2010
5. [http://uclabruins.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/031408aad.html No. 3 UCLA Advances to Pac-10 Championship Game With 57–54 Win] {{Webarchive. link. (2008-03-18 . UCLA Athletic Department, March 14, 2008)