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2009 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament

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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)
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2008–09 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 15 Washington 14 4   .778 26 9   .743
No. 18 UCLA 13 5   .722 26 9   .743
No. 19 Arizona State 11 7   .611 25 10   .714
California 11 7   .611 22 11   .667
USC 9 9   .500 22 13   .629
Arizona 9 9   .500 21 14   .600
Washington State 8 10   .444 17 16   .515
Oregon State 7 11   .389 18 18   .500
Stanford 6 12   .333 20 14   .588
Oregon 2 16   .111 8 23   .258
Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Seeds

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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

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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
2 #15 UCLA 64
7 Washington State 62 7 Washington State 53
10 Oregon 40 2 #15 UCLA 55
6 USC 65
3 California 75
6 USC 79


Tournament notes

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  • 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 were coached by President Obama's brother-in-law, Craig Robinson, who, in his first season, improved them from 5–25 last season to 13 regular season wins this year.
  • 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

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Most Outstanding Player

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2009 Hall of Honor inductees

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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

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References

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  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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