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, on the campus of

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. The final game featured UCLA and Arizona, the only two teams that had won previous Pac-10 tournaments. The champion of the

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for the third consecutive year was

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, which received the Pac-10's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Most Outstanding Player was

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of Arizona.2007–08 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Media Guide pages 50–60 (PDF copy available a
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. Accessed 2009-03-09. 2009-05-08. This was the fourth edition of the tournament and all ten teams participated. The tournament was not held for the next eleven seasons, then returned in

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Bracket

Asterisk denotes overtime period.

Tournament Notes

* 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

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

, Arizona * Matt Muehlebach, Arizona * Adam Keefe, Stanford *Alex Austin, Arizona State * Trevor Wilson, UCLA

References

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