2002 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament

none February 2026 August 2023 2002 Pacific-10 Conference Men's 8 Staples Center Los Angeles, California Arizona 4th Lute Olsen 4th Luke Walton Arizona 18,997 (final game) 1990 The 2002 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament was played March 7–9 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The event was revived after eleven seasons without, and USC made its first appearance in the final. The champion of the tournament was Arizona, which received the Pac-10's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Most Outstanding Player was Luke Walton of Arizona, and a capacity crowd of 18,997 attended the championship game on Saturday.PAC-10 News – This week in Pac-10 Men's basketball https://web.archive.org/web/20080521164105/http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/pac10/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031708aah.html 2008-05-21 , PAC-10, March 17, 20082007–08 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 2009-03-02 )https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6lVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6132%2C3006785 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Harris Beth Associated Press Walton carries 'Cats to title March 10, 2002 1Ghttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=75hXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=j_IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4855%2C7564553 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Walton puts on show March 10, 2002 C7 Seeds The top eight teams participated, with all in the Thursday quarterfinals.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=51VWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6507%2C1842215 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Conrad John Ducks are underdogs no longer March 7, 2002 1Ehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7JhXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=j_IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6816%2C5558155 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Pac-10 takes on some one-and-done hoops March 7, 2002 C3 Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The previous four editions (1987–1990) included all ten teams, with the final on Sunday. Bracket QuarterfinalsThursday, March 7 SemifinalsFriday, March 8 FinalSaturday, March 9 1 #9 Oregon 86 8 Washington 64 4 #22 USC 103 5 #16 Stanford 78 3 #25 California 67 6 UCLA 61 2 #15 Arizona 73 7 Arizona State 56 1 #9 Oregon 78 4 #22 USC 89 3 #25 California 78 2 #15 Arizona 90 4 #22 USC 71 2 #15 Arizona 81 Tournament Notes Arch-rivals Arizona and ASU met for the first time in a Pac-10 Tournament (the 2nd meeting ever by any arch-rival universities). Only one lower seeded team beat a higher seeded team the whole tournament (#4 USC over #1 Oregon in the second round). In this tournament Oregon set the team single game record for the most blocked shots with 9 (vs. Washington). This was the first Pac-10 Basketball Tournament held in the 21st century. All tournament team Luke Walton, Arizona – Tournament MVP Sam Clancy, USC Brandon Granville, USC Jason Gardner, Arizona Salim Stoudamire, Arizona References 2 Category:2001–02 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball season Category:Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament