2008 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference Tournament
Year = 2008
Conference = Pacific-10 Conference
Gender = Men's


ImageSize =
Caption =
Teams = 10
Arena = Staples Center
City = Los Angeles, California
Champions = UCLA
TitleCount = 3rd
Coach = Ben Howland
CoachCount = 2nd
MVP = Darren Collison [ [http://uclabruins.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/031508aab.html No. 3 UCLA Beats No. 11 Stanford for Pac-10 Tournament Title] ]
MVPTeam = UCLA
Attendance = 81,809 (5 sessions)
OneTopScorer = *
TwoTopScorers =
TopScorer = Brook Lopez
TopScorerTeam = Stanford
TopScorer2 =
TopScorer2Team =
Points = 65

The 2008 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held between March 12 and March 15, 2008 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. All ten schools in the conference qualify for the tournament. Number one seed UCLA defeated number two seed Stanford 67-64 to win the conference tournament. UCLA was the regular season champion. A record crowd of 18,997, the Staples Center capacity for Basketball, was on hand to watch UCLA defeat USC 57-54 in the semi finals. [ [http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/pac10/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031708aah.html PAC-10 News - This week in Pac-10 Men's basketball] , PAC-10, March 17, 2008]

eeds

All Pacific 10 schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.

Bracket

10TeamBracket | RD1=Play-In Round March 12 | RD2=Quarterfinals March 13 | RD3=Semifinals March 14 | RD4=Final March 15
RD1-seed1=8
RD1-team1=Washington
RD1-score1=81
RD1-seed2=9
RD1-team2=California
RD1-score2=84
RD1-seed3=7
RD1-team3=Arizona
RD1-score3=87
RD1-seed4=10
RD1-team4=Oregon State
RD1-score4=56
RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=UCLA
RD2-score1=88
RD2-seed2=9
RD2-team2=California
RD2-score2=66
RD2-seed3=4
RD2-team3=USC
RD2-score3=59
RD2-seed4=5
RD2-team4=Arizona State
RD2-score4=55
RD2-seed5=3
RD2-team5=Washington State
RD2-score5=75
RD2-seed6=6
RD2-team6=Oregon
RD2-score6=70
RD2-seed7=2
RD2-team7=Stanford
RD2-score7=75
RD2-seed8=7
RD2-team8=Arizona
RD2-score8=64
RD3-seed1=1
RD3-team1=UCLA
RD3-score1=57
RD3-seed2=4
RD3-team2=USC
RD3-score2=54
RD3-seed3=3
RD3-team3=Washington State
RD3-score3=68
RD3-seed4=2
RD3-team4=Stanford
RD3-score4=75
RD4-seed1=1
RD4-team1=UCLA
RD4-score1=67
RD4-seed2=2
RD4-team2=Stanford
RD4-score2=64

Asterisk denotes Overtime period.

All-Tournament Team

*O. J. Mayo, USC
*Kyle Weaver, Washington State
*Brook Lopez, Stanford
*Russell Westbrook, UCLA
*Kevin Love, UCLA

Most Outstanding Player

*Darren Collison, UCLA

Aftermath

Arch rivals UCLA and USC met for the first time in 225 games in post-season play. The teams had split in the regular season, with the Trojans winning at Pauley Pavilion and the Bruins winning at Galen Center. In their third matchup of the season, a capacity crowd of 18,997 at the Staples Center saw UCLA beat USC 57-54 in the tournament semi-finals. [ [http://uclabruins.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/031408aad.html No. 3 UCLA Advances to Pac-10 Championship Game With 57-54 Win] . UCLA Athletic Department, March 14, 2008] Both teams had highly regarded freshmen: Kevin Love and O. J. Mayo.

Nine Pacific-10 teams were invited to Post season play. UCLA, Stanford, Washington State, USC, Arizona and Oregon were invited to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. UCLA was the number one seed in the West Regional bracket. Arizona State and California were invited to the 2008 National Invitation Tournament. Washington was invited to the 2008 College Basketball Invitational.

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

*2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
*2008 National Invitation Tournament
*Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament