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. 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.
SeedSchoolConfOverallTiebreaker#1 Arizona 14–4 25–6 #2 UCLA 13–5 22–9 #3Washington 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
SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance First Round – Wednesday, March 916:00 PM#8 Stanford vs #9 Oregon State67–69FSN7,8148:30 PM#7 Oregon vs #10 Arizona State76–69FSN Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10212:00 PM#4 USC vs #5 Cal70–56FSN10,7822:30 PM#1 Arizona vs #9 Oregon State78–69FSN36:00 PM#2 UCLA vs #7 Oregon59–76FSN12,1918:30 PM#3 Washington vs #6 Washington State89–87FSN Semifinals – Friday, March 1146:00 PM#4 USC vs. #1 Arizona62–67FSN13,1908:30 PM#7 Oregon vs. #3 Washington51–69FSN Championship Game – Saturday, March 123:00 PM#1 Arizona vs. #3 Washington75–77CBS *Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
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.Pac-10 To Honor Wooden, Host Combined Men's And Women's Basketball Tournament, Pac-10 News, October 28, 2010 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.Associated Press, Isaiah Thomas' fadeaway beats buzzer, crowns Washington as Pac-10 champions, ESPN.com, March 12, 2011 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 15.2013-14 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Media Guide 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 took place on Saturday, March 12, 2011, 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
External links Pac-10 Basketball Tournament site