2003 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2003 Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played between March 13 and March 15, 2003 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The champion of the tournament was Oregon, which received the Pac-10's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Upsets defined this tournament, and for the first time, neither Arizona nor UCLA were in the final game. The Most Outstanding Player was Luke Ridnour of Oregon.[3] It was also the first year that longtime sponsor of the tournament, Pacific Life, sponsored the event.[4]

2003 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2002–03
Teams8
SiteStaples Center
Los Angeles, California
ChampionsOregon (1st title)
Winning coachErnie Kent (1st title)
Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
2002–03 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 5 Arizona17–1 .944  28–4  .875
No. 20 Stanford14–4 .778  24–9  .727
California13–5 .722  22–9  .710
Arizona State11–7 .611  20–12  .625
Oregon†10–8 .556  23–10  .697
Oregon State6–12 .333  13–15  .464
USC6–12 .333  13–17  .433
UCLA6–12 .333  10–19  .345
Washington5–13 .278  10–17  .370
Washington State2–16 .111  7–20  .259
† 2003 Pacific-10 Tournament winner
As of July 10, 2011[1]; Rankings from Coaches Poll[2]

Seeds

The top eight Pacific-10 schools play in the tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Record Tiebreaker
1 Arizona 17–1
2 Stanford 14–4
3 California 13–5
4 Arizona State 11–7
5 Oregon 10–8
6 Oregon State 6–12
7 USC 6–12
8 UCLA 6–12

Bracket
First Round (March 13) Semifinals (March 14) Finals (March 15)
         
1 #1 Arizona 89*
8 UCLA 96
8 UCLA 74
5 Oregon 75
4 Arizona State 82
5 Oregon 83
5 Oregon 74
7 USC 66
3 #24 California 69
6 Oregon State 46
3 #24 California 62
7 USC 79
2 #15 Stanford 74
7 USC 79

Tournament notes
  • This tournament opened with the lowest seed, UCLA, stunning top seed and No. 1 ranked Arizona 96–89 in overtime. The second game had another upset with 5 seed Oregon beating 4 seed Arizona State. The upsets continued into the next session with the 7 seed USC beating 2 seed Stanford 79–74. The fourth upset was when USC defeated 3 seed California.
  • The championship game featured 5 seed Oregon defeating 7 seed USC 74–66. Oregon, had then become the lowest seed ever to win this tournament (although in later tournaments the 6 seed would win).
  • 7 seed USC became the lowest seed ever to make the championship game of the Pac-10 Tournament (still the lowest to date).
  • Also of note, this was the first time that neither of the top two seeds were in the final game, and in fact both the 1 and 2 seeds were knocked out in the first round.
  • This is the only Pac-10 Tournament in which neither school from Washington participated.
  • Arizona set a record for most field goal attempts in one game with 88 vs. UCLA. (33-of-88) (OT). This tournament record still stands.
  • Five teams were invited to the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
  1. Arizona – 17 1 .944 28–4
  2. Stanford – 14 4 .778 24–9
  3. California – 13 5 .722 22–9
  4. Arizona State – 11 7 .611 20–12
  5. Oregon – 10 8 .556 23–10

Arizona was the #1 seed in the West Regional bracket.

All Tournament Team

References
  1. "Pacific 10 conference 2002–03 standings". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  2. "2003 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  3. 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)
  4. http://www.pacificlife.com/About+Pacific+Life/General+Information/sponsorship.htm

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)

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