1987 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament

1987 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1986–87
Teams10
SitePauley Pavilion
Los Angeles, California
ChampionsUCLA (1st title)
Winning coachWalt Hazzard (1st title)
MVPReggie Miller (UCLA)
Attendance37,662 (5 sessions)
Top scorerReggie Miller (UCLA)
(83 points)
1988 →
1986–87 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 15 UCLA † 14 – 4   .778 25 – 7   .781
Arizona 13 – 5   .722 18 – 12   .600
Washington 10 – 8   .556 20 – 15   .571
California 10 – 8   .556 20 – 15   .571
Oregon State 10 – 8   .556 19 – 11   .633
Stanford 9 – 9   .500 15 – 13   .536
Oregon 8 – 10   .444 16 – 14   .533
Arizona State 6 – 12   .333 11 – 17   .393
Washington State 6 – 12   .333 10 – 18   .357
USC 4 – 14   .222 9 – 19   .321
† 1987 Pacific-10 Tournament winner
As of March 25, 1987[1]
Rankings from AP poll

The 1987 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament was played March 5–8 at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, on the UCLA campus. The champion of the tournament was host UCLA, which received the Pac-10's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Most Outstanding Player was Reggie Miller of UCLA.[2][3]

This was the inaugural Pac-10 tournament.[4] The format ran for four years, through 1990.[5]

  1. ^ "2011-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 67. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
  2. ^ Bergum, Steve (March 9, 1987). "UCLA pooh-poohs Huskies, 76-64". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  3. ^ "Pooh show some magic as UCLA wins tourney". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. March 9, 1987. p. D-1.
  4. ^ Bonk, Thomas - Pacific 10 Basketball Tournament : UCLA Seems to Have It All Going for First Time. Los Angeles Times, March 6, 1987
  5. ^ 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)