2002 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2002 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200102
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)
Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1990 2003»
2001–02 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
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 the 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

All Tournament Team

References

  1. "Pacific 10 conference 2001–02 standings". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  2. "2002 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  3. PAC-10 News – This week in Pac-10 Men's basketball, PAC-10, March 17, 2008
  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)