1988 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament

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1988 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification
Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournaments
1987–88 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Arizona 17 1   .944 35 3   .921
Oregon State 12 6   .667 20 11   .645
UCLA 12 6   .667 16 14   .533
Stanford 11 7   .611 21 12   .636
Oregon 10 8   .556 16 14   .533
Washington State 7 11   .389 13 16   .448
Arizona State 6 12   .333 13 16   .448
USC 5 13   .278 7 21   .250
California 5 13   .278 9 20   .310
Washington 5 13   .278 10 19   .345
Conference tournament winner
As of April 15, 1988[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament was played March 10–13 at

tournament was host Arizona, which received the Pac-10's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[2][3] The Most Outstanding Player was Sean Elliott of Arizona.[4][5]

This was the tournament's second edition and all ten teams participated.[6]

Bracket

Play-in Round
Thursday, March 10
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 11
Semifinals
Saturday, March 12
Final
Sunday, March 13
1 #3 Arizona 88
8 USC 59 9 California 64
9 California 75 1 #3 Arizona 97
4 Stanford 83
4 Stanford 88
5 Oregon 67
1 #3 Arizona 93
2 Oregon State 67
3 UCLA 71
7 Arizona State 82 6 Washington State 73
10 Washington 96 6 Washington State 68
2 Oregon State 74**
2 Oregon State 80
10 Washington 61


Asterisk denotes overtime period.

Tournament Notes

  • Arizona's 26 point win (93-67) over Oregon State was the largest margin of victory for the final game in Pac-10/12 Tournament history.
  • Arizona's 93 points is still a record for the most points scored in the Pac-10/12 tournament final game.
  • #10 Washington and #9 Cal each upset their opponents early on to be the first winners for their respective seeds in Pac-10 Tournament history.
  • A current record high FG% for a game of 68.3% was set by Cal vs. USC (28-of-41).
  • A current record of most points for a tournament was set by Arizona, (3 games).
  • A current record FG% for this tournament of 79.1% was set by Isaac Austin of Arizona State, (19-of-24, 3 games, min 15 made).

All tournament team

References

  1. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. ^ Clark, Bob (March 14, 1988). "Arizona proves its point, 93-67". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  3. ^ Bergum, Steve (March 14, 1988). "UA proves it's top 'Cat with big win". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  4. ^ 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). Accessed 2009-03-09. 2009-05-08.
  5. ^ Barnes, Mike (March 14, 1988). "Arizona surges into NCAAs". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. p. D-1.
  6. ^ Bergum, Steve (March 11, 1988). "Huskies earn win, new fans". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 25.