1989 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament

1989 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1988–89
Teams10
SiteGreat Western Forum
Inglewood, California
ChampionsArizona (2nd title)
Winning coachLute Olson (2nd title)
MVPSean Elliott (Arizona)
Attendance41,994 (5 sessions)
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1990 →
1988–89 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Arizona † 17 – 1   .944 29 – 4   .879
No. 13 Stanford 15 – 3   .833 26 – 7   .788
UCLA 13 – 5   .722 21 – 10   .677
Oregon State 13 – 5   .722 22 – 8   .733
California 10 – 8   .556 20 – 13   .606
Washington 8 – 10   .444 12 – 16   .429
Arizona State 5 – 13   .278 12 – 16   .429
Washington State 4 – 14   .222 10 – 19   .345
Oregon 3 – 15   .167 8 – 21   .276
USC 2 – 16   .111 10 – 22   .313
† Conference tournament winner
As of April 15, 1989[1]
Rankings from AP poll

The 1989 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament was played March 9–12 at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California. Like the previous year, both top seeds advanced to the final; Stanford made its first appearance in the title game and met the top-seeded (and top-ranked) Wildcats. Comfortably repeating as champion of the tournament was Arizona, which received the Pac-10's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Repeating as the Most Outstanding Player was Sean Elliott of Arizona.[2][3][4]

This was the tournament's third edition and all ten teams participated.[5][6]

  1. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  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). Accessed 2009-03-09. 2009-05-08.
  3. ^ Clark, Bob (March 13, 1989). "Arizona has No. 1 look to Stanford". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  4. ^ Bergum, Steve (March 13, 1989). "No. 1 Arizona crushes Stanford". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C2.
  5. ^ Clark, Bob (March 9, 1989). "Ducks open with Cougs in tourney". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1D.
  6. ^ Bergum, Steve (March 10, 1989). "Cougs down Ducks in Pac-10 opener". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.