2010 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2010 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2009–10
Teams 9
Site Staples Center
Los Angeles, California
Champions Washington (2nd title)
Winning coach Lorenzo Romar (2nd title)
MVP Isaiah Thomas, (Washington)
Attendance 15,851
Television FSN, CBS
2009–10 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
y-California13–5 .722  24–11  .686
Arizona State12–6 .667  22–11  .667
†-Washington11–7 .611  26–10  .722
Arizona10–8 .556  16–15  .516
USC*8–10 .444  16–14  .533
Oregon State8–10 .444  14–18  .438
UCLA8–10 .444  14–18  .438
Stanford7–11 .389  14–17  .452
Oregon7–11 .389  16–16  .500
Washington State6–12 .333  16–15  .516
† 2010 Pacific-10 Tournament winner
As of March 25

, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll
* Ineligible for conference tournament
y-Clinched conference championship

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
                                     
       
  8 Oregon 74  
    1 California 90  
9 Washington State 80
8 Oregon 82  
  1 California 85  
  5 UCLA 72  
       
       
  5 UCLA 75
    4 Arizona 69  
     
       
  1 California 75
  3 Washington 79
       
       
  7 Stanford 70
    2 Arizona State 61  
     
       
  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 was given a 1 seed in this 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).
  • Cal had their best seed (1) in any Pac-10/12 tournament in this year. This has been their only time to be top-seeded.
  • This was the second time meeting between Cal and Washington in the Pac-10 tournament, Cal won in 2008 84–81.
  • Cal and Washington both were invited to participate in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, with Washington receiving the automatic bid, and Cal getting an at-large bid.
  • Arizona State was invited to participate in the 2010 National Invitation Tournament
  • Oregon State was invited to participate in the 2010 College Basketball Invitational

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 2009-02-22. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
  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. 2010-03-13. Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
  4. ↑ Pac-10 Basketball Hall of Honor to Induct 2009–10 Class, Pac-10.org
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