2011 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2011 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2010–11
Site	Staples Center Los Angeles, California
Champions	Washington Huskies (3rd title)
Winning coach	Lorenzo Romar (3rd title)
MVP	Isaiah Thomas (Washington)
Attendance	12,074
Top scorer	Klay Thompson Washington State (43 points)
Television	CBS, FSN
Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments «2010  2012»

2010–11 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#17 Arizona	14	–	4		.778			30	–	8		.789
UCLA	13	–	5		.722			23	–	11		.676
#23 Washington †	11	–	7		.611			24	–	11		.686
USC	10	–	8		.556			19	–	15		.559
California	10	–	8		.556			18	–	15		.545
Washington State	9	–	9		.500			22	–	13		.629
Oregon	7	–	11		.389			21	–	18		.538
Stanford	7	–	11		.389			15	–	16		.484
Oregon State	5	–	13		.278			11	–	20		.355
Arizona State	4	–	14		.222			12	–	19		.387
† 2011 Pacific-10 Tournament winner As of March 30, 2011[1]; Rankings from AP Poll[2]

The 2011 Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played on March 9–11, 2011 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.^[3] The tournament champion became the NCAA Tournament automatic qualifier from the conference. The Arizona Wildcats, finish the season atop of the conference with a 14–4 record, and the UCLA Bruins were the two top-seed teams in the tournament. The third-seeded Washington Huskies won the tournament. This was the final tournament ever held under the "Pac-10" name, as Colorado and Utah joined the conference in July, making it the "Pac-12."

Seeds

Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conf	Overall	Tiebreaker
#1	Arizona	14–4	25–6
#2	UCLA	13–5	22–9
#3	Washington	11–7	20–10
#4	USC	10–8	18–13	1–1 vs. Cal, 1–1 vs. UA
#5	California	10–8	17–13	1–1 vs. USC, 0–2 vs. UA
#6	Washington State	9–9	19–11
#7	Oregon	7–11	14–16
#8	Stanford	7–11	15–15
#9	Oregon State	5–13	10–19
#10	Arizona State	4–14	12–18

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, March 9
1	1	6:00 PM	#8 Stanford vs #9 Oregon State	FSN	7,814
	2	8:30 PM	#7 Oregon vs #10 Arizona State	FSN
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
2	3	12:00 PM	#4 USC vs #5 Cal	FSN	10,782
	4	2:30 PM	#1 Arizona vs #9 Oregon State	FSN
3	5	6:00 PM	#2 UCLA vs #7 Oregon	FSN	12,191
	6	8:30 PM	#3 Washington vs #6 Washington State	FSN
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
4	7	6:00 PM	#4 USC vs. #1 Arizona	FSN	13,190
	8	8:30 PM	#7 Oregon vs. #3 Washington	FSN
Championship Game – Saturday, March 12
5	9	3:00 PM	#1 Arizona vs. #3 Washington	CBS	12,074
*Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.[4]

Bracket

	First Round March 9					Quarterfinals March 10					Semifinals March 11					Final March 12
						1	Arizona (#16)	78
	8	Stanford	67			9	Oregon State	69
											1	Arizona (#16)	67
	9	Oregon State	69
											4	Southern California	62
						4	Southern California	70
						5	California	56
																1	Arizona (#16)	75
																3	Washington	77
						3	Washington	89
						6	Washington State	87
											3	Washington	69
	7	Oregon	76
											7	Oregon	51
	10	Arizona State	69			2	UCLA	59
						7	Oregon	76

Tournament notes

• Both men’s and women’s basketball tournament semi-final and final games were held at the Staples Center.
• The annual Coach of the Year Award was renamed to honor Coach John Wooden.^[5] Sean Miller of the Arizona Wildcats was the 2011 winner.
• Chick Hearn Court between Staples Center and LA Live was the location for the new Pac-10 FanFest, featuring a basketball sport court, beer garden, family-friendly activities like face painting and sign making, a live DJ, band and cheer performances, and Wolfgang Puck food specials. The Women's trophy presentation and institutional headquarters were also located at the FanFest.
• The championship game was the first title game in conference history to require an overtime period.^[6]
• Washington and Washington St. were the only arch rivals to meet up in this year. It was the first arch rival tournament game of any pair in two years.
• Klay Thompson of Washington State had a record setting 29 FG attempts vs. Washington. His record still stands. He was 15 of 29 .
• Jeremy Green's 15 3-pt. FG attempts vs. Oregon State set a tournament record. Playing for Stanford, he was 7 of 15.^[7]
• With the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, Washington made its 16th appearance. Three other teams were invited to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship: UCLA, USC, and Arizona.

All-Tournament Team

• Jared Cunningham, Oregon State
• E. J. Singler, Oregon
• Klay Thompson, Washington State
• Derrick Williams, Arizona
• Terrence Ross, Washington
• Isaiah Thomas, Washington

Most Outstanding Player

• Isaiah Thomas, Washington

2011 Hall of Honor inductees

The induction ceremony will take place on Saturday, March 12 during the Pac-10 Hall of Honor breakfast:

• Michael Dickerson (Arizona)
• Isaac Austin (Arizona State)
• Bob McKeen (California)
• Charlie Warren (Oregon)
• Charlie White (Oregon State)
• Brevin Knight (Stanford)
• Don MacLean (UCLA)
• Harold Miner (USC)
• Todd MacCulloch (Washington)
• Ray Sundquist (Washington State)

See also

• 2010–11 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings

References

1. "Pac-10 Standings - 2010-11". ESPN. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
2. "2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
3. Pac-10 Tournament official site
4. "Pacific Life Pac-10 Basketball Tournament". pac-10.org. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
5. Pac-10 To Honor Wooden, Host Combined Men's And Women's Basketball Tournament, Pac-10 News, October 28, 2010
6. Associated Press, Isaiah Thomas' fadeaway beats buzzer, crowns Washington as Pac-10 champions, ESPN.com, March 12, 2011
7. 2013-14 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Media Guide

External links

• Pac-10 Basketball Tournament site