The 2011 Pacific Life Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament was played on March 9–11, 2011 at

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, California. The tournament champion became the NCAA tournament automatic qualifier from the conference. The

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, finish the season atop of the conference with a 14–4 record, and the

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were the two top-seed teams in the tournament. The third-seeded

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won the tournament. This was the final tournament ever held under the "Pac-10" name, as

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and

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joined the conference in July, making it the "Pac-12."

Seeds

Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.

Schedule

Bracket

Tournament notes

* Both men’s and women’s basketball tournament semi-final and final games were held at the

. * The annual Coach of the Year Award was renamed to honor Coach

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of the

was the 2011 winner. * Chick Hearn Court between Staples Center and LA Live was the location for the new Pac-10 FanFest, featuring a basketball sport court, beer garden, family-friendly activities like face painting and sign making, a live DJ, band and cheer performances, and Wolfgang Puck food specials. The Women's trophy presentation and institutional headquarters were also located at the FanFest. * The championship game was the first title game in conference history to require an overtime period. * Washington and Washington St. were the only arch rivals to meet up in this year. It was the first arch rival tournament game of any pair in two years. * Klay Thompson of Washington State had a record setting 29 FG attempts vs. Washington. His record still stands. He was 15 of 29 . * Jeremy Green's 15 3-pt. FG attempts vs. Oregon State set a tournament record. Playing for Stanford, he was 7 of 15.2013-14 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Media Guide * With the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, Washington made its 16th appearance. Three other teams were invited to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship: UCLA, USC, and Arizona.

All-Tournament Team

* Jared Cunningham, Oregon State * E. J. Singler, Oregon *

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, Washington State * Derrick Williams, Arizona * Terrence Ross, Washington * Isaiah Thomas, Washington

Most Outstanding Player

* Isaiah Thomas, Washington

2011 Hall of Honor inductees

The induction ceremony took place on Saturday, March 12, 2011, during the Pac-10 Hall of Honor breakfast: * Michael Dickerson (Arizona) * Isaac Austin (Arizona State) * Bob McKeen (California) * Charlie Warren (Oregon) * Charlie White (Oregon State) * Brevin Knight (Stanford) * Don MacLean (UCLA) * Harold Miner (USC) * Todd MacCulloch (Washington) * Ray Sundquist (Washington State)

References

External links

Pac-10 Basketball Tournament site
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