2002 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2002 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2001–02
Teams	8
Site	Staples Center Los Angeles, California
Champions	Arizona (4th title)
Winning coach	Lute Olsen (4th title)
MVP	Luke Walton (Arizona)
Attendance	18,997 (final game)
Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments «1990 2003»

2001–02 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#6 Oregon	14	–	4		.778			26	–	9		.743
California	12	–	6		.667			23	–	9		.719
#10 Arizona†	12	–	6		.667			24	–	10		.706
USC	12	–	6		.667			22	–	10		.688
Stanford	12	–	6		.667			20	–	10		.667
#20 UCLA	11	–	7		.611			21	–	12		.636
Arizona State	7	–	11		.389			12	–	15		.444
Washington	5	–	13		.278			11	–	17		.393
Oregon State	4	–	14		.222			11	–	17		.393
Washington State	1	–	17		.056			6	–	21		.222
† 2002 Pacific-10 Tournament winner As of July 10, 2011[1]; Rankings from Coaches Poll[2]

The 2002 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 7 and March 9, 2002 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The event was revived after a 12-year hiatus. USC made their first appearance in the final game. 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. A Staples Center capacity crowd of 18,997 watched the championship game.^[3][4]

Seeds

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.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Tiebreaker
1	Oregon	14–4
2	Arizona	12–6
3	California	12–6
4	USC	12–6
5	Stanford	12–6
6	UCLA	11–7
7	Arizona State	7–11
8	Washington	5–13

Bracket

	First Round (March 7)					Semifinals (March 8)					Finals (March 9)
	1	Oregon	86
	8	Washington	64
						1	Oregon	78
						4	USC	89
	4	USC	103
	5	Stanford	78
											4	USC	71
											2	Arizona	81
	3	California	67
	6	UCLA	61
						3	California	78
						2	Arizona	90
	2	Arizona	73
	7	Arizona State	56

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

1. "Pacific 10 conference 2001–02 standings". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
2. "2002 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
3. PAC-10 News – This week in Pac-10 Men's basketball, PAC-10, March 17, 2008
4. 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 Archived 2009-05-08 at WebCite)