The 2007 Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament was played between March 7 and March 10, 2007, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, United States. The champion of the tournament was Oregon, which received the Pac-10's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Most Outstanding Player was Tajuan Porter of Oregon.[2]
2007 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2006–07 |
Teams | 10 |
Site | Staples Center Los Angeles, California, USA |
Champions | Oregon (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Ernie Kent (2nd title) |
MVP | Tajuan Porter (Oregon) |
Attendance | 84,477 |
Top scorer | Ryan Anderson (California) (62 points) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 UCLA | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 30 | – | 6 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Washington State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 26 | – | 8 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 USC1 | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 25 | – | 12 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Oregon†2 | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 29 | – | 8 | .784 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona State | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† Conference tournament winner As of March 18, 2007 Rankings from AP poll[1] 1 Holds tie-breaker, 2 Holds second tie-breaker. |
Seeds
editAll 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 |
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1 | UCLA | 15–3 (26–4) | |
2 | Washington State | 13–5 (24–6) | |
3 | USC | 11–7 (21–10) | 4–0 vs. ORE, |
4 | Oregon | 11–7 (23–7) | 1–3 vs. USC, ARIZ |
5 | Arizona | 11–7 (20–9) | 1–3 vs. USC, ORE |
6 | Stanford | 10–8 (18–11) | |
7 | Washington | 8–10 (18–12) | |
8 | California | 6–12 (14–16) | |
9 | Oregon State | 3–15 (11–20) | |
10 | Arizona State | 2–16 (8–21) |
Bracket
editPlay-in Round (March 7) | Quarterfinals (March 8) | Semifinals (March 9) | Final (March 10) | ||||||||||||||||
1 | #4 UCLA | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | California | 70 | 8 | California | 76* | ||||||||||||||
9 | Oregon State | 51 | 8 | California | 63 | ||||||||||||||
4 | #16 Oregon | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | #16 Oregon | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Arizona | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | #16 Oregon | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | USC | 57 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | USC | 83* | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Washington | 59 | 6 | Stanford | 79 | ||||||||||||||
10 | Arizona State | 51 | 3 | USC | 70 | ||||||||||||||
2 | #11 Washington State | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | #11 Washington State | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Washington | 64 |
Asterisks denote overtime period.
Tournament notes
edit- This was the first time since 2003 that neither of the top two seeds made the final.
- Oregon's 24-point win over USC was the 2nd largest margin of victory for the championship game in this tournament's history. (The largest since a 26-point margin by Arizona in 1988).
- Cal's appearance in the semifinals was the best performance for a #8 seed, since Arizona St. had made it to the semifinals in 1990.
- Arch-rivals Washington and Washington St. met for the first time ever in the tournament (second round). This was the first meeting in five years for any arch-rival pair.
All tournament team
edit- Tajuan Porter, Oregon – Tournament MVP
- Bryce Taylor, Oregon
- Aaron Brooks, Oregon
- Gabe Pruitt, USC
- Taj Gibson, USC
- Ryan Anderson, California
References
edit- ^ "2007 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Mar. 18)". ESPN. Retrieved March 18, 2007.
- ^ 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)