1989 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament

none February 2026 August 2023 1989 Pacific-10 Conference Men's 10 Great Western Forum Inglewood, California Arizona 2nd Lute Olson 2nd Sean Elliott Arizona 41,994 (5 sessions) 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.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 https://web.archive.org/web/20090302194145/http://www.pac-10.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102607aan.html March 2, 2009 ). Accessed 2009-03-09. 2009-05-08.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0OdVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=seEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5036%2C3559463 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Clark Bob Arizona has No. 1 look to Stanford March 13, 1989 1Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tVxWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CfADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4773%2C8861680 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Bergum Steve No. 1 Arizona crushes Stanford March 13, 1989 C2 This was the tournament's third edition and all ten teams participated.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zOdVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=seEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5978%2C2209239 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Clark Bob Ducks open with Cougs in tourney March 9, 1989 1Dhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=slxWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CfADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2167%2C5681991 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Bergum Steve Cougs down Ducks in Pac-10 opener March 10, 1989 C1 Bracket Play-in RoundThursday, March 9 QuarterfinalsFriday, March 10 SemifinalsSaturday, March 11 FinalSunday, March 12 8 Washington State 78 9 Oregon 56 7 Arizona State 82 10 USC 94 1 #1 Arizona 62 8 Washington State 54 4 Oregon State 79 5 California 66 3 UCLA 64 6 Washington 54 2 #12 Stanford 66 10 USC 61 1 #1 Arizona 98 4 Oregon State 87 3 UCLA 86 2 #12 Stanford 95 1 #1 Arizona 73 2 #12 Stanford 51 There were no overtime games Tournament Notes Arizona was ranked #1 in the nation entering the tournament.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 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.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." 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 Sean Elliott, Arizona Jud Buechler, Arizona Anthony Cook, Arizona Todd Lichti, Stanford Gary Payton, Oregon State References 2 Tournament Category:Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament