1988 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1988 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament was played March 10–13 at McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona, on the University of Arizona campus. Both finalists made their first appearances in the title game, the first final to feature both top seeds. The champion of the 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]

1988 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1987–88
Teams	10
Site	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Champions	Arizona (1st title)
Winning coach	Lute Olson (1st title)
MVP	Sean Elliott (Arizona)
Attendance	66,477 (5 sessions)
Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournaments ← 1987 1989 →

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

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

• Sean Elliott, Arizona
• Anthony Cook, Arizona
• Steve Kerr, Arizona
• Todd Lichti, Stanford
• Gary Payton, Oregon State

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.