1988 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1988 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played March 10–13 at McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona, on the University of Arizona campus. Both finalists made their first appearances in the title game, the first final to feature both top seeds. The champion of the tournament was host Arizona, which received the Pac-10's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[2][3] The Most Outstanding Player was Sean Elliott of Arizona.[4][5]

1988 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1987–88
Teams10
SiteMcKale Center
Tucson, Arizona
ChampionsArizona (1st title)
Winning coachLute Olson (1st title)
MVPSean Elliott (Arizona)
Attendance66,477 (5 sessions)
Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
1987–88 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 2 Arizona †17–1 .944  35–3  .921
Oregon State12–6 .667  20–11  .645
UCLA12–6 .667  16–14  .533
Stanford11–7 .611  21–12  .636
Oregon10–8 .556  16–14  .533
Washington State7–11 .389  13–16  .448
Arizona State6–12 .333  13–16  .448
USC5–13 .278  7–21  .250
California5–13 .278  9–20  .310
Washington5–13 .278  10–19  .345
† 1988 Pacific-10 Tournament winner
As of April 15, 1988[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

This was the tournament's second edition and all ten teams participated.[6]

Bracket
  Play-In Round
Thursday, March 10		 Quarterfinals
Friday, March 11		 Semifinals
Saturday, March 12		 Final
Sunday, March 13
                                     
  1 #3 Arizona 88  
  9 California 64  
8 USC 59  
9 California 75
  1 #3 Arizona 97  
  4 Stanford 83  
4 Stanford 88
5 Oregon 67  
  1 #3 Arizona 93
  2 Oregon State 67
3 UCLA 71  
6 Washington State 73  
  6 Washington State 68
  2 Oregon State 74**  
7 Arizona State 82  
10 Washington 96  
  2 Oregon State 80
10 Washington 61  

Asterisk denotes overtime period.

Tournament Notes
  • Arizona's 26 point win (93-67) over Oregon State was the largest margin of victory for the final game in Pac-10/12 Tournament history.
  • Arizona's 93 points is still a record for the most points scored in the Pac-10/12 tournament final game.
  • #10 Washington and #9 Cal each upset their opponents early on to be the first winners for their respective seeds in Pac-10 Tournament history.
  • A current record high FG% for a game of 68.3% was set by Cal vs. USC (28-of-41).
  • A current record of most points for a tournament was set by Arizona, (3 games).
  • A current record FG% for this tournament of 79.1% was set by Isaac Austin of Arizona State, (19-of-24, 3 games, min 15 made).

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References
  1. "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. Clark, Bob (March 14, 1988). "Arizona proves its point, 93-67". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  3. Bergum, Steve (March 14, 1988). "UA proves it's top 'Cat with big win". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  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). Accessed 2009-03-09. Archived 2009-05-08.
  5. Barnes, Mike (March 14, 1988). "Arizona surges into NCAAs". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. p. D-1.
  6. Bergum, Steve (March 11, 1988). "Huskies earn win, new fans". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 25.
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