2006 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament


The 2006 Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament was played between March 8 and March 11, 2006, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The champion of the tournament was UCLA, which received the Pac-10's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Most Outstanding Player was Harish Ganesan of California.[2]

2006 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2005–06
Teams10
SiteStaples Center
Los Angeles, California
ChampionsUCLA (2nd title)
Winning coachBen Howland (1st title)
MVPLeon Powe (California)
Attendance74,801
Top scorersLeon Powe (California)
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(80 points)
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2005–06 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 UCLA 14 4   .778 32 7   .821
No. 12 Washington 13 5   .722 26 7   .788
California 12 6   .667 20 11   .645
Arizona 1 11 7   .611 20 13   .606
Stanford 11 7   .611 16 14   .533
USC 8 10   .444 17 13   .567
Oregon 7 11   .389 15 18   .455
Oregon State 1 5 13   .278 13 18   .419
Arizona State 5 13   .278 11 17   .393
Washington State 4 14   .222 11 17   .393
Conference tournament winner
As of April 3, 2006
Rankings from Coaches Poll [1]
1 Holds tie-breaker

Seeds

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All Pacific-10 schools play 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 UCLA 14–4 (24–6)
2 Washington 13–5 (24–5)
3 California 12–6 (18–9)
4 Arizona 11–7 (18–11) 2–0 vs. STAN
5 Stanford 11–7 (15–12) 0–2 vs. ARIZ
6 USC 8–10 (17–12)
7 Oregon 7–11 (13–17)
8 Oregon State 5–13 (12–17)
9 Arizona State 5–13 (11–16)
10 Washington State 4–14 (11–16)

Bracket

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Play-in Round
Wednesday, March 8
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 9
Semifinals
Friday, March 10
Final
Saturday, March 11
1 #13 UCLA 79
8 Oregon State 71 8 Oregon State 47
9 Arizona State 68 1 #13 UCLA 71
4 Arizona 59
4 Arizona 73
5 Stanford 68
1 #13 UCLA 71
3 California 52
3 California 82
7 Oregon 66 6 USC 67
10 Washington State 55 3 California 91**
7 Oregon 87
2 #12 Washington 73
7 Oregon 84
 ** Double Overtime

Tournament Notes

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  • This was the first tournament in 3 years in which the top two seeds didn't play in the final game.
  • UCLA's 19-point margin of victory over Cal (71-52) is one of the largest in this tournament's history for the championship game.
  • California had someone selected for the All Tournament team for the first time. Two players were in fact selected.
  • Leon Powe of Cal made a record total 30 free throws for a single Pac-10/12 tournament (30-of-41, 3 games). This record still stands.
  • Leon Powe's 41 FT attempts for those games is also a tournament record.[3]

All tournament team

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Jordan Farmar

References

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  1. ^ "2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Apr. 3)". ESPN. Retrieved April 3, 2006.
  2. ^ 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 Archived 2009-03-02 at the Wayback Machine)
  3. ^ 2013-14 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Media Guide

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)