1988 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament

1988 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1987–88
Teams10
SiteMcKale Center
Tucson, Arizona
ChampionsArizona (1st title)
Winning coachLute Olson (1st title)
MVPSean Elliott (Arizona)
Attendance66,477 (5 sessions)
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1987–88 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Arizona 17 1   .944 35 3   .921
Oregon State 12 6   .667 20 11   .645
UCLA 12 6   .667 16 14   .533
Stanford 11 7   .611 21 12   .636
Oregon 10 8   .556 16 14   .533
Washington State 7 11   .389 13 16   .448
Arizona State 6 12   .333 13 16   .448
USC 5 13   .278 7 21   .250
California 5 13   .278 9 20   .310
Washington 5 13   .278 10 19   .345
Conference tournament winner
As of April 15, 1988[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament was played March 10–13 at McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona, on the University of Arizona campus. Both finalists made their first appearances in the title game, the first final to feature both top seeds. The champion of the tournament was host Arizona, which received the Pac-10's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[2][3] The Most Outstanding Player was Sean Elliott of Arizona.[4][5]

This was the tournament's second edition and all ten teams participated.[6]

  1. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. ^ Clark, Bob (March 14, 1988). "Arizona proves its point, 93-67". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  3. ^ Bergum, Steve (March 14, 1988). "UA proves it's top 'Cat with big win". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  4. ^ 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). Accessed 2009-03-09. 2009-05-08.
  5. ^ Barnes, Mike (March 14, 1988). "Arizona surges into NCAAs". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. p. D-1.
  6. ^ Bergum, Steve (March 11, 1988). "Huskies earn win, new fans". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 25.