2011 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2011 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201011
Site Staples Center
Los Angeles, California
Champions Washington Huskies (3rd title)
Winning coach Lorenzo Romar (3rd title)
MVP Isaiah Thomas (Washington)
Attendance 12,074
Top scorer Klay Thompson Washington State
(43 points)
Television CBS, FSN
Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2010  2012»
2010–11 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#17 Arizona 14 4   .778     30 8   .789
UCLA 13 5   .722     23 11   .676
#23 Washington 11 7   .611     24 11   .686
USC 10 8   .556     19 15   .559
California 10 8   .556     18 15   .545
Washington State 9 9   .500     22 13   .629
Oregon 7 11   .389     21 18   .538
Stanford 7 11   .389     15 16   .484
Oregon State 5 13   .278     11 20   .355
Arizona State 4 14   .222     12 19   .387
2011 Pacific-10 Tournament winner
As of March 30, 2011[1]; Rankings from AP Poll[2]

The 2011 Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played on March 9–11, 2011 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.[3] The tournament champion became the NCAA Tournament automatic qualifier from the conference. The Arizona Wildcats, finish the season atop of the conference with a 14–4 record, and the UCLA Bruins were the two top-seed teams in the tournament. The third-seeded Washington Huskies won the tournament. This was the final tournament ever held under the "Pac-10" name, as Colorado and Utah would join the conference in July, making it the "Pac-12."

Seeds

Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conf Overall Tiebreaker
#1 Arizona 14–4 25–6
#2 UCLA 13–5 22–9
#3 Washington 11–7 20–10
#4 USC 10–8 18–13 1–1 vs. Cal, 1–1 vs. UA
#5 California 10–8 17–13 1–1 vs. USC, 0–2 vs. UA
#6 Washington State 9–9 19–11
#7 Oregon 7–11 14–16
#8 Stanford 7–11 15–15
#9 Oregon State 5–13 10–19
#10 Arizona State 4–14 12–18

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, March 9
1
1
6:00 PM
#8 Stanford vs #9 Oregon State
FSN
7,814
2
8:30 PM
#7 Oregon vs #10 Arizona State
FSN
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
2
3
12:00 PM
#4 USC vs #5 Cal
FSN
10,782
4
2:30 PM
#1 Arizona vs #9 Oregon State
FSN
3
5
6:00 PM
#2 UCLA vs #7 Oregon
FSN
12,191
6
8:30 PM
#3 Washington vs #6 Washington State
FSN
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
4
7
6:00 PM
#4 USC vs. #1 Arizona
FSN
13,190
8
8:30 PM
#7 Oregon vs. #3 Washington
FSN
Championship Game – Saturday, March 12
5
9
3:00 PM
#1 Arizona vs. #3 Washington
CBS
12,074
*Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.[4]

Bracket

  First Round
March 9
Quarterfinals
March 10
Semifinals
March 11
Final
March 12
                                     
    1  Arizona (#16) 78  
8  Stanford 67     9  Oregon State 69    
  1  Arizona (#16) 67  
9  Oregon State 69    
  4  Southern California 62    
4  Southern California 70
   
  5  California 56  
    1  Arizona (#16) 75
  3  Washington 77
  3  Washington 89    
6  Washington State 87    
  3  Washington 69
7  Oregon 76  
  7  Oregon 51  
10  Arizona State 69     2  UCLA 59
 
    7  Oregon 76  

Tournament notes

All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player

2011 Hall of Honor inductees

The induction ceremony will take place on Saturday, March 12 during the Pac-10 Hall of Honor breakfast:

See also

References

  1. "Pac-10 Standings - 2010-11". ESPN. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  2. "2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
  3. Pac-10 Tournament official site
  4. "Pacific Life Pac-10 Basketball Tournament". pac-10.org. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  5. Pac-10 To Honor Wooden, Host Combined Men's And Women's Basketball Tournament, Pac-10 News, October 28, 2010
  6. Associated Press, Isaiah Thomas' fadeaway beats buzzer, crowns Washington as Pac-10 champions, ESPN.com, March 12, 2011
  7. 2013-14 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Media Guide

External links