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
ClassificationDivision I
Season1987–88
Teams10
SiteMcKale Center
Tucson, Arizona
ChampionsArizona (1st title)
Winning coachLute Olson (1st title)
MVPSean Elliott (Arizona)
Attendance66,477 (5 sessions)
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1987–88 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Arizona171 .944353 .921
Oregon State126 .6672011 .645
UCLA126 .6671614 .533
Stanford117 .6112112 .636
Oregon108 .5561614 .533
Washington State711 .3891316 .448
Arizona State612 .3331316 .448
USC513 .278721 .250
California513 .278920 .310
Washington513 .2781019 .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 Arizona88
8USC599California64
9California751#3 Arizona97
4Stanford83
4Stanford88
5Oregon67
1#3 Arizona93
2Oregon State67
3UCLA71
7Arizona State826Washington State73
10Washington966Washington State68
2Oregon State74**
2Oregon State80
10Washington61


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

References