The 2011 Pac-10 Tournament starts Wednesday at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Saturday was the final regular season day on the schedule, and the seeds are now set. UCLA clinched the second seed today with their win in Pullman against Washington State. Regular season champion Arizona heads into the tournament on a two-game winning streak after sweeping the Oregon schools this weekend.
There were two tiebreakers invoked. USC and Cal tied for fourth place at 10-8, and split their season series. The next tiebreaker is record against the team occupying the highest seed in the standings. USC wins by going 1-1 against conference champ Arizona, while Cal was 0-2 against the Wildcats. Oregon and Stanford tied for seventh at 7-11, and split their season series. Both the Ducks and Cardinal had the same records against Arizona (0-2), UCLA (0-2), and Washington (1-1). USC and Cal were next at 10-8; Oregon wins the tiebreaker with Stanford via their 2-2 combined record against USC and Cal, compared to 1-3 for Stanford.
Here is a look at the schedule of games, which will be televised by Fox Sports West and CBS (all times PST):
Wednesday, March 9
6 p.m. -- No. 8 Stanford (15-15, 7-11) vs. No. 9 Oregon St. (10-19, 5-13)
8:30 p.m. -- No. 7. Oregon (14-16, 7-11) vs. No. 10 Arizona St. (12-18, 4-14)
Thursday, March 10
12 p.m. -- No. 4 USC (18-13, 10-8) vs. No. 5 California (17-13, 10-8)
2:30 p.m. -- No. 1 Arizona (25-6, 14-4) vs. 8/9 winner
6 p.m. -- No. 2 UCLA (22-9, 13-5) vs. 7/10 winner
8:30 p.m. -- No. 3 Washington (20-10, 11-7) vs. No. 6 Washington St. (19-11, 9-9)
Friday, March 11
6 p.m. -- 4/5 winner vs. 1/8-9 winner
8:30 p.m. -- 2/7-10 winner vs. 3/6 winner
Saturday, March 12
3:10 p.m. -- Pac-10 Tournament Final (on CBS)
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