2010 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament

February 2026 August 2023 none 2010 Pacific-10 Conference I Men's 126px 2010 tournament logo 9 Staples Center Los Angeles, California Washington 2nd Lorenzo Romar 2nd Isaiah Thomas, Washington 15,851 FSN, CBS The 2010 Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament was played with the first round on March 10, 2010 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, with quarterfinals on March 11, semifinals on March 12, and the finals on March 13 (3:00 p.m. PT).http://www.pac-10.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/2009-mbb-tournament.html Pac-10 Tournament official site 2009-10-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20090222050923/http://www.pac-10.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/2009-mbb-tournament.html 2009-02-22 dead Washington, the tournament champion, became the NCAA tournament automatic qualifier from the conference. Seeds All Pacific-10 schools except USC played in the tournament.ESPN USC punishes itself for rules violations, ESPN.com, January 3, 2010 USC was banned from post season play as a result of self-imposed sanctions for illegal benefits received during the 2007–2008 season. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. SeedSchoolRecord: Conference (Overall)Tiebreaker1 California13–5 (21–9) 2Arizona State12–6 (22–9) 3Washington11–7 (21–9)4Arizona10–8 (16–14)5UCLA8–10 (13–17) 2-0 vs. Oregon St.6Oregon State8–10 (14–16)0-2 vs. UCLA7Stanford7–11 (13–17)2-0 vs. Oregon8Oregon7–11 (15–15)0-2 vs. Stanford9Washington State6–12 (16–14) 2010 Pac-10 tournament Schedule Wed., Mar. 10: Oregon vs. Washington State, 8 p.m. FSN; Thur., Mar. 11: Arizona vs. UCLA, 12 noon FSN; Oregon vs. California, 2:30 p.m. FSN; Stanford vs. Arizona State, 6 p.m. FSN; Washington vs. Oregon State, 8:30 p.m. FSN Fri., Mar. 12: Semifinal 1, 6 p.m. FSN; Semifinal 2, 8:30 p.m. FSN Sat., Mar. 13 Championship Game, 3:15 p.m. CBS (Pacific time) First RoundMarch 10 QuarterfinalsMarch 11 SemifinalsMarch 12 FinalMarch 13 8 Oregon 82 9 Washington State 80 1 California 90 8 Oregon 74 4 Arizona 69 5 UCLA 75 2 Arizona State 61 7 Stanford 70 3 Washington 59 6 Oregon State 52 1 California 85 5 UCLA 72 7 Stanford 64 3 Washington 79 1 California 75 3 Washington 79 Tournament notes Officials: Dick Cartmell, Scott Thornley, Michael Reed The championship game attendance (15,851) declined for the second consecutive year and dropped by over 1,000 from 2009. Cal earned its first regular season conference title in a half century and was the top seed in the conference tournament for the first time. Jerome Randle became Cal's leading scorer during the tournament when Cal defeated UCLA 85–72 in the semifinals, surpassing Sean Lampley with 1,790 career pointsCalifornia beats UCLA 85–72 in Pac-10 semifinals 2010-03-13 2010-03-15 Pac-10.org http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recap?gid=201003120095 https://web.archive.org/web/20100323142807/http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recap?gid=201003120095 23 March 2010 live and was perfect at the free-throw line (16–16), a new record. The old mark was made by Sean Elliott of Arizona, who was 96.3% (26–27) in 1989. The Golden Bears shot 87.0% free throws (20–23) at the championship game and set the Pac-10 tournament team record of 85.2% (52–61) for the three games, breaking Arizona's 1989 mark of 82.6% (57–69). This was the second meeting between Cal and Washington in the Pac-10 tournament, Cal won 84–81 in the play-in round in 2008. Cal and Washington both were invited to participate in the NCAA Tournament, with Cal getting an at-large bid. Arizona State was invited to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) Oregon State was invited to the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) All-Tournament Team Jamal Boykin, F, California Quincy Pondexter, F, Washington Jerome Randle, G, California Theo Robertson, F, California Michael Roll, G, UCLA Most Outstanding Player Isaiah Thomas, G, Washington 2010 Hall of Honor inductees Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Hall of Honor Pac-10 men’s basketball Pac-10 Hall of Honor luncheon was held on Saturday, March 13, 2010 to honor an individual from each of the Pac-10 member schools.Pac-10 Basketball Hall of Honor to Induct 2009–10 Class https://web.archive.org/web/20100209214441/http://www.pac-10.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/020510aah.html 2010-02-09 , Pac-10.org Mike Bibby (Arizona) Jeremy Veal (Arizona State) Earl Robinson (California) Kenya Wilkins (Oregon) Dave Gambee (Oregon State) Reggie Miller (UCLA) John Arrillaga (Stanford) John Block (USC) Eldridge Recasner (Washington) Paul Lindemann (Washington State) See also 2008–09 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings References External links Pac-10 Basketball Tournament site Category:Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament -2010 Pacific-10 Conference Menand#39;s Basketball Tournament