1990 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1990 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament was played March 8–11 at the University Activity Center in Tempe, Arizona, on the campus of Arizona State University. The final game featured UCLA and Arizona, the only two teams that had won previous Pac-10 tournaments. The champion of the tournament for the third consecutive year was Arizona, which received the Pac-10's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Most Outstanding Player was Jud Buechler of Arizona.[2][3][4]

1990 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1989–90
Teams10
SiteUniversity Activity Center
Tempe, Arizona
ChampionsArizona (3rd title)
Winning coachLute Olson (3rd title)
MVPJud Buechler (Arizona)
Attendance36,502 (5 sessions)
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2002 →
1989–90 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 22 Oregon State 15 3   .833 22 7   .759
No. 14 Arizona 15 3   .833 25 7   .781
California 12 6   .667 22 10   .688
UCLA 11 7   .611 22 11   .667
Oregon 10 8   .556 15 14   .517
Stanford 9 9   .500 18 12   .600
USC 6 12   .333 12 16   .429
Arizona State 6 12   .333 15 16   .484
Washington 5 13   .278 11 17   .393
Washington State 1 17   .056 7 22   .241
Conference tournament winner
As of April 15, 1990[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

This was the fourth edition of the tournament and all ten teams participated.[5] The tournament was not held for the next eleven seasons, then returned in 2002.

Bracket

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Play-in Round
Thursday, March 8
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 9
Semifinals
Saturday, March 10
Final
Sunday, March 11
1 #22 Oregon State 75
8 Arizona State 57 8 Arizona State 83
9 Washington 51 8 Arizona State 78
4 UCLA 79
4 UCLA 94
5 Oregon 76
4 UCLA 78
2 #15 Arizona 94
3 California 61
7 USC 85 6 Stanford 77
10 Washington State 68 6 Stanford 61
2 #15 Arizona 85
2 #15 Arizona 80
7 USC 57


Asterisk denotes overtime period.

Tournament Notes

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  • Third seeded Arizona, became the first team to win that wasn't a #1 seed, in this tournament's history.
  • This was the last tournament held by the conference in the 20th Century.
  • This year's tournament had the lowest total attendance ever, and has not been held in the state of Arizona since.
  • California and Stanford became the first pair of any arch-rivals ever to meet in a Pac-10 Tournament.
  • The final game had a total 172 points scored (94-78) in a record high for a Pac-10/12 final game that still stands.
  • Arizona's 56 rebounds vs. USC set a tournament game record, which still stands.
  • UCLA and Oregon combined for 94 rebounds (49 and 45), a record for two teams in a tournament game, which still stands.
  • Arizona State's Isaac Austin set an individual tournament record for field goal %, making 79.1% (19 of 24 in 3 games), which still stands.
  • Oregon had 42 personal fouls in their loss to UCLA, setting a Pac-10 Tournament game record that still stands.
  • That game also set the combined personal foul single game record of 68 (42 for Oregon and 26 for UCLA) which also is the most to date.
  • Matt Muehlebach of Arizona was a perfect 3 of 3 (100%) for 3 point FGs vs. UCLA. This tied the individual 3 pt. FG% record set in 1987 by Greg Hill (Washington).
  • Oregon had their best seed (1) in any Pac-10/12 tournament in this year. This was their only time they have been top-seeded.
  • Four teams went on to play in the NCAA Tournament from the conference. The Pac-10 sent Arizona with the automatic bid. UCLA, Oregon St. and California also received at-large bids.

All tournament team

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References

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  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. ^ Baker, Chris (March 12, 1990). "Arizona cuts off Bruin star and UCLA falls, 94-78". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 4B.
  4. ^ Bergum, Steve (March 12, 1990). "No surprise as Arizona rips UCLA". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  5. ^ "Pac-10 tourney". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 9, 1990. p. 6B.