1987 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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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

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]

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

Seeds[]

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

Bracket[]

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
6 Stanford 71
3 Washington 70
7 Oregon 51 7 Oregon 56
10 USC 49 2 Arizona 63
7 Oregon 72

There were no overtime games

All Tournament Team[]

Aftermath[]

  • 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 NCAA tournament and Arizona received an at-large bid.
    • 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.
    • Miller also made an individual tournament record 27 field goals (49 attempts) for this.

References[]

  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 2009-05-08 at WebCite)
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