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1989 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament
The 1989 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament was played March 9–12 at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California. Like the previous year, both top seeds advanced to the final; Stanford made its first appearance in the title game and met the top-seeded (and top-ranked) Wildcats. Comfortably repeating as champion of the tournament was Arizona, which received the Pac-10's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Repeating as the Most Outstanding Player was Sean Elliott of Arizona.[2][3][4]
| 1989 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1988–89 |
| 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) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Arizona † | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 29 | – | 4 | .879 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Stanford | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 8 | – | 21 | .276 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 10 | – | 22 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † Conference tournament winner As of April 15, 1989[1] Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This was the tournament's third edition and all ten teams participated.[5][6]
Bracket edit
| Play-in Round Thursday, March 9 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 10 | Semifinals Saturday, March 11 | Final Sunday, March 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | #1 Arizona | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Washington State | 78 | 8 | Washington State | 54 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Oregon | 56 | 1 | #1 Arizona | 98 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Oregon State | 87 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Oregon State | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | California | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | #1 Arizona | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | #12 Stanford | 51 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | UCLA | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Arizona State | 82 | 6 | Washington | 54 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | USC | 94 | 3 | UCLA | 86 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | #12 Stanford | 95 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | #12 Stanford | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | USC | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
There were no overtime games
Tournament Notes edit
- Arizona was ranked #1 in the nation entering the tournament.[7]
- 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.[8]
- Arizona, UCLA, Oregon State, and Stanford all were invited to the 1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
- California was invited to the 1989 National Invitation Tournament.
All tournament team edit
- Sean Elliott, Arizona
- Jud Buechler, Arizona
- Anthony Cook, Arizona
- Todd Lichti, Stanford
- Gary Payton, Oregon State
References edit
- ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Clark, Bob (March 13, 1989). "Arizona has No. 1 look to Stanford". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
- ^ Bergum, Steve (March 13, 1989). "No. 1 Arizona crushes Stanford". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C2.
- ^ Clark, Bob (March 9, 1989). "Ducks open with Cougs in tourney". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1D.
- ^ Bergum, Steve (March 10, 1989). "Cougs down Ducks in Pac-10 opener". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
- ^ Crowe, Jerry - PACIFIC 10 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT : Arizona a Lock? No, but It’s Close : Only Pac-10 Losses in Last 2 Seasons Were to Stanford. Los Angeles Times, March 9, 1989
- ^ Baker, Chris - Trojans to Take On Sun Devils Tonight. Los Angeles Times, March 9, 1989. USC will play Arizona State tonight in a Pacific 10 Conference basketball tournament game at 9 p.m. at the Forum. "We're like a time bomb waiting to go off," said USC Coach George Raveling. "I wouldn't be surprised if we won a couple of games and moved on in the tournament."