2002 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
| 2002 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Season | 2001–02 | ||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Site |
Staples Center Los Angeles, California | ||||
| Champions | Arizona (4th title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Lute Olsen (4th title) | ||||
| MVP | Luke Walton (Arizona) | ||||
| Attendance | 18,997 (final game) | ||||
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| 2001–02 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #6 Oregon | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #10 Arizona† | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #20 UCLA | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 6 | – | 21 | .222 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2002 Pacific-10 Tournament winner As of July 10, 2011[1]; Rankings from Coaches Poll[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2002 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 7 and March 9, 2002 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The event was revived after a 12-year hiatus. USC made their first appearance in the final game. 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. A Staples Center capacity crowd of 18,997 watched the championship game.[3][4]
Seeds
The top eight Pacific-10 schools play in the tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon | 14–4 | |
| 2 | Arizona | 12–6 | |
| 3 | California | 12–6 | |
| 4 | USC | 12–6 | |
| 5 | Stanford | 12–6 | |
| 6 | UCLA | 11–7 | |
| 7 | Arizona State | 7–11 | |
| 8 | Washington | 5–13 | |
Bracket
| First Round (March 7) | Semifinals (March 8) | Finals (March 9) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Oregon | 86 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Washington | 64 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Oregon | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | USC | 89 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | USC | 103 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Stanford | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | USC | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Arizona | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | California | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | UCLA | 61 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | California | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Arizona | 90 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Arizona | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Arizona State | 56 | ||||||||||||
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
- ↑ "Pacific 10 conference 2001–02 standings". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
- ↑ "2002 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
- ↑ PAC-10 News – This week in Pac-10 Men's basketball, PAC-10, March 17, 2008
- ↑ 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 Archived 2009-05-08 at WebCite)
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