1987 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament

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]

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

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

Seeds

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All ten schools participated; teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.

Bracket

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Play-in Round
Thursday, March 5
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 6
Semifinals
Saturday, March 7
Final
Sunday, March 8
1 #18 UCLA 99
8 Arizona State 76 8 Arizona State 83
9 Washington State 60 1 #18 UCLA 75
4 California 68
4 California 64
5 Oregon State 57
1 #18 UCLA 76
3 Washington 64
3 Washington 86
7 Oregon 51 6 Stanford 71
10 USC 49 3 Washington 70
7 Oregon 56
2 Arizona 63
7 Oregon 72

There were no overtime games

All tournament team

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Aftermath

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  • Oregon's win over #2 Arizona was the only upset of the 1987 tournament.
  • UCLA defeated Washington, who had swept them in the regular season.
  • The UCLA–Arizona State quarterfinal set a number of scoring records that still stand.
  • UCLA received the automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. Arizona was the only other team that received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.
  • Washington, California, and Oregon State were invited to the NIT.
  • Attendance for the sessions peaked at 9,352 for the Saturday game session, which were the semi-finals.
  • Sunday's championship game had an attendance of 9,117 in the 12,829-seat Pauley Pavilion.
  • Reggie Miller scored an individual tournament record of 83 points (3 games) which still stands as of 2022. Miller also set the individual tournament record 27 field goals (49 attempts).
  • During the selection show for the 1987 NCAA tournament, there was a spot left open for the #12 seed in the Southeast Region. Kansas, the 5th seed in the region, was due to face either Washington or Houston in the first round. Washington was facing UCLA in the finals of the Pac-10 tournament at the time the selections were announced. UCLA held on to defeat Washington 76-62, putting Houston into the field of 64.

References

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  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)