1989 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
| 1989 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 10 | ||||
| Site |
Great Western Forum Inglewood, California | ||||
| Champions | Arizona (2nd title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Lute Olson (2nd title) | ||||
| MVP | Sean Elliott (Arizona) | ||||
| Attendance | 41,994 (5 sessions) | ||||
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The 1989 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 9 and March 12, 1989 at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California. Like the previous year, both #1 and #2 seeds were in the final. Stanford made its first appearance in the final game, facing the top seeded Wildcats. The champion of the tournament was Arizona, which received the Pac-10's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Tournament. The Most Outstanding Player was Sean Elliott of Arizona.[1]
Bracket
| Play-In Round (March 9) | Quarterfinals (March 10) | Semifinals (March 11) | Final (March 12) | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | Washington State | 54 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Oregon | 56 | 1 | Arizona | 62 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Arizona | 98 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Washington State | 78 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Oregon State | 87 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | California | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Oregon State | 79 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Arizona | 73 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Stanford | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Washington | 54 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | UCLA | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | UCLA | 86 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | USC | 94 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Stanford | 95 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Arizona State | 82 | 10 | USC | 61 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Stanford | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
Asterisk denotes overtime period.
Tournament Notes
- For the 3rd year in a row, no universities, played their arch-rival in the tournament.
- 70 field goals were scored in a game by Arizona (37) and OSU (33). This is still the record number of FGs by both teams in a game for this tournament.
- Arizona had 23 assists in the game vs. OSU (a current record).
- USC upset 7 seed ASU to finally win a Pac-10 Tournament game after 3 tries. They became the 10th team to get a tournament win in its history.
All Tournament Team
- Sean Elliott, Arizona
- Jud Buechler, Arizona
- Anthony Cook, Arizona
- Todd Lichti, Stanford
- Gary Payton, Oregon State
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). Accessed 2009-03-09. Archived 2009-05-08.