2007 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament


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
ClassificationDivision I
Season2006–07
Teams10
SiteStaples Center
Los Angeles, California, USA
ChampionsOregon (2nd title)
Winning coachErnie Kent (2nd title)
MVPTajuan Porter (Oregon)
Attendance84,477
Top scorerRyan Anderson (California)
(62 points)
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2006–07 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
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 Oregon2 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

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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 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

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Play-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

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "2007 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Mar. 18)". ESPN. Retrieved March 18, 2007.
  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)