Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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The Pacific 10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, otherwise known as the Pac-10 Tournament, is the annual concluding tournament for the NCAA college basketball in the Pac-10 conference, taking place in Los Angeles at the Staples Center every year.

The tournament was run on a trial basis from 1987 to 1990 but was dropped upon opposition from coaches and poor revenue and attendance [1]. The tournament was then restarted by a 8-2 vote of the athletic directors of the conference in 2000 after determining that a tournament would help increase exposure of the conference and help the seeding of the schools in the NCAA tournament. [2] Stanford University and the University of Arizona opposed the tournament, while UCLA and USC's votes, considering the deciding votes, were swayed by permanently hosting the tournament at Staples Center. [3]

Since then, the tournament has been criticized as not helping the Pac-10'a awareness as much as originally intended. The tournament is broadcast on Fox Sports Net, which is not available in much of the country, and on regional sports networks in areas without FSN. In addition, FSN's presentation of the tournament has been criticized. [4] The final game is broadcast on CBS. Coaches Lute Olson and Ernie Kent have advocated that the tournament rotate out of its Los Angeles home to other cities in the conference, which they charge was selected primarily for FSN's convenience. [5]

From 1987 to 1990 and since 2006, all ten teams participate in the tournament, with the top six teams receiving a bye in the opening round. Between 2002 and 2005, only the top eight teams in the conference participated in the tournament. Washington State and Arizona State are the only two teams to never have played in the championship game.

Year	Arena	City	Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Tournament MVP
1987	Pauley Pavilion	Los Angeles, California	UCLA	76-64	Washington	Reggie Miller, UCLA
1988	McKale Center	Tucson, Arizona	Arizona	93-67	Oregon State	Sean Elliott, Arizona
1989	Great Western Forum	Inglewood, California	Arizona	73-51	Stanford	Sean Elliott, Arizona
1990	University Activity Center	Tempe, Arizona	Arizona	94-78	UCLA	Jud Buechler, Arizona
2002	Staples Center	Los Angeles, California	Arizona	81-71	USC	Luke Walton, Arizona
2003	Staples Center	Los Angeles, California	Oregon	74-66	USC	Luke Ridnour, Oregon
2004	Staples Center	Los Angeles, California	Stanford	77-66	Washington	Josh Childress, Stanford
2005	Staples Center	Los Angeles, California	Washington	81-72	Arizona	Salim Stoudamire, Arizona
2006	Staples Center	Los Angeles, California	UCLA	71-52	California	Leon Powe, California
2007	Staples Center	Los Angeles, California	Oregon	81-57	USC	Tajuan Porter, Oregon

The tourney will be held at the Staples Center through 2012.

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2000's	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

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