2002 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament

2002 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2001–02
Teams8
SiteStaples Center
Los Angeles, California
ChampionsArizona (4th title)
Winning coachLute Olsen (4th title)
MVPLuke Walton (Arizona)
Attendance18,997 (final game)
← 1990
2003 →
2001–02 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Oregon 14 – 4   .778 26 – 9   .743
California 12 – 6   .667 23 – 9   .719
No. 10 Arizona† 12 – 6   .667 24 – 10   .706
No. 18 USC 12 – 6   .667 22 – 10   .688
Stanford 12 – 6   .667 20 – 10   .667
No. 20 UCLA 11 – 7   .611 21 – 12   .636
Arizona State 7 – 11   .389 12 – 15   .444
Washington 5 – 13   .278 11 – 17   .393
Oregon State 4 – 14   .222 11 – 17   .393
Washington State 1 – 17   .056 6 – 21   .222
† Conference tournament winner
As of July 10, 2011[1]
Rankings from Coaches Poll[2]

The 2002 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament was played March 7–9 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The event was revived after eleven seasons without, and USC made its first appearance in the final. The champion of the tournament was Arizona, which received the Pac-10's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Most Outstanding Player was Luke Walton of Arizona, and a capacity crowd of 18,997 attended the championship game on Saturday.[3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Pacific 10 conference 2001–02 standings". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  2. ^ "2002 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  3. ^ PAC-10 News – This week in Pac-10 Men's basketball Archived 2008-05-21 at the Wayback Machine, PAC-10, March 17, 2008
  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 Archived 2009-03-02 at the Wayback Machine)
  5. ^ Harris, Beth (March 10, 2002). "Walton carries 'Cats to title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1G.
  6. ^ "Walton puts on show". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 10, 2002. p. C7.