2009 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2009 Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament began with the first round on March 11, 2009 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, with quarterfinals on March 12, semifinals on March 13, and the finals on March 14 (3:00 p.m. PT).[1] In front of a crowd of 16,988, #6 seed USC defeated #4 seed Arizona State for the Pac-10 Tournament Championship, which was the first and only time for their program. This was also the first time a team seeded sixth in the tournament went on to win the championship, although it would happen again three years later. The Trojans received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA National Tournament.

2009 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2008–09
Teams10
SiteStaples Center
Los Angeles, California
ChampionsUSC (1st title)
Winning coachTim Floyd (1st title)
MVPDeMar DeRozan, (USC)
Attendance16,988
TelevisionFSN
CBS (Championship game)
2008–09 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 15 Washington14–4 .77826–9  .743
No. 18 UCLA13–5 .72226–9  .743
No. 19 Arizona State11–7 .61125–10  .714
California11–7 .61122–11  .667
USC†9–9 .50022–13  .629
Arizona9–9 .50021–14  .600
Washington State8–10 .44417–16  .515
Oregon State7–11 .38918–18  .500
Stanford6–12 .33320–14  .588
Oregon2–16 .1118–23  .258
† Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

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

Seed School Conference (Overall) Tiebreaker
1 Washington 14–4 (24–7) 1-1 vs. UCLA
2 UCLA 13–5 (24–7) 1-1 vs. UW
3 California 11–7 (22–9) 1-1 vs. ASU
4 Arizona State 11–7 (22–8) 1-1 vs. Cal
5 Arizona 9–9 (19–12) 1-1 vs USC
6 USC 9–9 (18–12) 1-1 vs. Arizona
7 Washington State 8–10 (16–14)
8 Oregon State 7–11 (13–16)
9 Stanford 6–12 (17–12)
10 Oregon 2–16 (8–22)

2009 Pac-10 tournament

Game time: First round – March 11, 6:00 p.m. & 8:30 p.m.; Quarterfinals – March 12, 12:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 6:00 p.m. & 8:30 p.m.; Semi-finals – March 13, 6:00 p.m. & 8:30 p.m.; Championship game – March 14, 3:00 p.m. (Pacific time)

First Round
March 11 		Quarterfinals
March 12 		Semifinals
March 13 		Final
March 14
1 #13 Washington 85
8 Oregon State 54 9 Stanford 73
9 Stanford 62 1 #13 Washington 65
4 #23 Arizona State 75
4 #23 Arizona State 68
5 Arizona 56
4 #23 Arizona State 63
6 USC 66
3 California 75
7 Washington State 62 6 USC 79
10 Oregon 40 6 USC 65
2 #15 UCLA 55
2 #15 UCLA 64
7 Washington State 53

Tournament notes
  • Washington Huskies won the Pac-10 regular season title with a win over Arizona, 83–78, on Saturday, February 28, 2009, ending UCLA's three-year reign. They then went on to defeat Washington State, 67–60, for their first outright conference title since 1953.
  • The Oregon State Beavers are coached by President Obama's brother-in-law, Craig Robinson, who in his first season has improved the team's last year record of 5–25, finishing with 13 regular season wins.
  • As a part of the tournament, a Pride of the Pac-10 luncheon was held on Friday, March 13, to honor the 2007-2008 Pac-10 Medal Winners, male and female athletes from each school for their excellence in athletics, academics and community service.
  • Regular season honors: James Harden, Arizona State, player of the year; Isaiah Thomas, Washington, freshman of the year; Taj Gibson, USC, defensive player of the year; Justin Dentmon, Washington, most improved player of the year; Lorenzo Romar, Washington, coach of the year.
  • Game officials for the championship game were Dick Cartmell, Dave Libbey and Michael Reed.
  • This tournament had not one but two pairs of arch-rivals meet (a first). Arizona and ASU met (for the 2nd time in tournament history) in the second round and UCLA met USC (also for the 2nd time in tournament history) in the third round.
  • Six teams were invited to play in the 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Division I Championship: Washington, UCLA, California, Arizona State, USC, and Arizona.

All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player

2009 Hall of Honor inductees
Main article: Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Hall of Honor

Pac-10 men’s basketball Hall of Honor banquet was held on Saturday, March 14, 2009 to honor the following individuals from each of the Pac-10 member schools.

See also

References
  1. "Pac-10 Tournament official site". Archived from the original on February 22, 2009. Retrieved March 3, 2009.
  2. "Pac-10 All-Tournament Team". Archived from the original on June 17, 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2009.
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