1989 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1989 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 9 and March 12, 1989 at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California. Like the previous year, both #1 and #2 seeds were in the final. Stanford made its first appearance in the final game, facing the top seeded Wildcats. The champion of the tournament was Arizona, which received the Pac-10's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Tournament. The Most Outstanding Player was Sean Elliott of Arizona.[1]
Bracket
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Play-In Round (March 9) |
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Quarterfinals (March 10) |
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Semifinals (March 11) |
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Final (March 12) |
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8 |
Washington State |
54 |
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9 |
Oregon |
56 |
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1 |
Arizona |
62 |
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Arizona |
98 |
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Washington State |
78 |
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Oregon State |
87 |
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5 |
California |
66 |
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Oregon State |
79 |
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Arizona |
73 |
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Stanford |
51 |
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6 |
Washington |
54 |
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UCLA |
64 |
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UCLA |
86 |
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10 |
USC |
94 |
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Stanford |
95 |
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Arizona State |
82 |
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USC |
61 |
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Stanford |
66 |
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Asterisk denotes overtime period.
Tournament Notes
- For the 3rd year in a row, no universities, played their arch-rival in the tournament.
- 70 field goals were scored in a game by Arizona (37) and OSU (33). This is still the record number of FGs by both teams in a game for this tournament.
- Arizona had 23 assists in the game vs. OSU (a current record).
- USC upset 7 seed ASU to finally win a Pac-10 Tournament game after 3 tries. They became the 10th team to get a tournament win in its history.
All Tournament Team
References