2003 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2003 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 13 and March 15, 2003 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The champion of the tournament was Oregon, which received the Pac 10's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Most Outstanding Player was Luke Ridnour of Oregon. [2007-08 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Media Guide pages 50–60 (PDF copy available at [http://www.pac-10.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102607aan.html 2007-08 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Media Guide] )]

eeds

The top eight Pacific 10 schools play in the tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.

Bracket

8TeamBracket | RD1=First Round (March 13) | RD2=Semifinals (March 14) | RD3=Finals (March 15)
RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1=Arizona
RD1-score1=89*
RD1-seed2=8
RD1-team2=UCLA
RD1-score2=96
RD1-seed3=4
RD1-team3=Arizona State
RD1-score3=82
RD1-seed4=5
RD1-team4=Oregon
RD1-score4=83
RD1-seed5=3
RD1-team5=California
RD1-score5=69
RD1-seed6=6
RD1-team6=Oregon State
RD1-score6=46
RD1-seed7=2
RD1-team7=Stanford
RD1-score7=74
RD1-seed8=7
RD1-team8=USC
RD1-score8=79
RD2-seed1=8
RD2-team1=UCLA
RD2-score1=74
RD2-seed2=5
RD2-team2=Oregon
RD2-score2=75
RD2-seed3=3
RD2-team3=California
RD2-score3=62
RD2-seed4=7
RD2-team4=USC
RD2-score4=79
RD3-seed1=5
RD3-team1=Oregon
RD3-score1=74
RD3-seed2=7
RD3-team2=USC
RD3-score2=66

All Tournament Team

* Luke Ridnour, Oregon – Tournament MVP
* James Davis, Oregon
* Luke Jackson, Oregon
* Desmon Farmer, USC
* Rory O'Neil, USC
* Ray Young, UCLA

Tournament notes

This tournament opened with the lowest seed, UCLA, stunning top seed and number 1 ranked Arizona 96–89 in overtime. The second game had another upset with 5 seed Oregon beating 4 seed Arizona State. The upsets continued into the next session with the 7 seed USC beating 2 seed Stanford 79–74. The fourth upset was when USC defeated 3 seed California. The championship game featured 5 seed Oregon defeating 7 seed USC 74–66.

Five teams were invited to the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
# Arizona – 17 1 .944 28–4
# Stanford – 14 4 .778 24–9
# California – 13 5 .722 22–9
# Arizona State – 11 7 .611 20–12
# Oregon – 10 8 .556 23–10

Arizona was the #1 seed in the West Regional bracket.

References

2007-08 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Media Guide pages 50–60 (PDF copy available at [http://www.pac-10.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102607aan.html 2007-08 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Media Guide] )

ee also

*2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
*Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament