The 2006 Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament was played between March 8 and March 11, 2006, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The champion of the tournament was UCLA, which received the Pac-10's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Most Outstanding Player was Harish Ganesan of California.[2]
| 2006 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2005–06 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Site | Staples Center Los Angeles, California |
| Champions | UCLA (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Ben Howland (1st title) |
| MVP | Leon Powe (California) |
| Attendance | 74,801 |
| Top scorers | Leon Powe (California) #q (80 points) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 UCLA † | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 32 | – | 7 | .821 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Washington | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona 1 | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 15 | – | 18 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State 1 | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † Conference tournament winner As of April 3, 2006 Rankings from Coaches Poll [1] 1 Holds tie-breaker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds
editAll 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 (Overall) | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCLA | 14–4 (24–6) | |
| 2 | Washington | 13–5 (24–5) | |
| 3 | California | 12–6 (18–9) | |
| 4 | Arizona | 11–7 (18–11) | 2–0 vs. STAN |
| 5 | Stanford | 11–7 (15–12) | 0–2 vs. ARIZ |
| 6 | USC | 8–10 (17–12) | |
| 7 | Oregon | 7–11 (13–17) | |
| 8 | Oregon State | 5–13 (12–17) | |
| 9 | Arizona State | 5–13 (11–16) | |
| 10 | Washington State | 4–14 (11–16) |
Bracket
edit| Play-in Round Wednesday, March 8 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 | Semifinals Friday, March 10 | Final Saturday, March 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | #13 UCLA | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Oregon State | 71 | 8 | Oregon State | 47 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Arizona State | 68 | 1 | #13 UCLA | 71 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Arizona | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Arizona | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Stanford | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | #13 UCLA | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | California | 52 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | California | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Oregon | 66 | 6 | USC | 67 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Washington State | 55 | 3 | California | 91** | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Oregon | 87 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | #12 Washington | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Oregon | 84 | |||||||||||||||||
- ** Double Overtime
Tournament Notes
edit- This was the first tournament in 3 years in which the top two seeds didn't play in the final game.
- UCLA's 19-point margin of victory over Cal (71-52) is one of the largest in this tournament's history for the championship game.
- California had someone selected for the All Tournament team for the first time. Two players were in fact selected.
- Leon Powe of Cal made a record total 30 free throws for a single Pac-10/12 tournament (30-of-41, 3 games). This record still stands.
- Leon Powe's 41 FT attempts for those games is also a tournament record.[3]
All tournament team
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- Leon Powe, California – Tournament MVP
- Brandon Roy, Washington
- Chamberlain Oguchi, Oregon
- Ayinde Ubaka, California
- Jordan Farmar, UCLA
- Arron Afflalo, UCLA
References
edit- ^ "2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Apr. 3)". ESPN. Retrieved April 3, 2006.
- ^ 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)
- ^ 2013-14 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Media Guide
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)