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Four Pac-10 teams were selected to participate in the NCAA tournament: Arizona, Washington, UCLA and USC. This was the final season for the Pac-10 under that name. In July 2011, two schools joined the conference, at which time its name officially changed to Pac-12 Conference. Colorado arrived from the Big 12 and Utah entered from the Mountain West.
Pac-10 teams participated in the Pac-10/Big 12 Series. They also took part in other x-season tournament games, including the 2K Sports Classic, and the John R. Wooden Classic in the Honda Center. Oregon Ducks played in the Maui Invitational Tournament and Washington State Cougars were there at the Legends Classic.
The Golden Bears shot 87.0% free throws (20–23) at the championship game and set the Pac-10 tournament team record of 85.2% (52–61) for the three games, breaking Arizona's 1989 mark of 82.6% (57–69). This was the second meeting between Cal and Washington in the Pac-10 tournament, Cal won 84–81 in the play-in round in 2008.
Six Pac-10 teams participated in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Three teams won their first-round games and all three would go on to play in their regional semi-finals. UCLA would go on to advance to the Final Four, their 18th Final Four in school history. They would go on to lose to the Memphis Tigers 63–78.
50 former Pac-10 players were listed on the NBA opening day rosters, the average of 5.0 player per conference team tops among all conferences, with 14 former UCLA players are on the teams. November 26, 2009 – UCLA's loss to Portland 74–47 was the worst defeat during the Ben Howland era. [2]
Both teams had highly regarded freshmen: Kevin Love and O. J. Mayo. This was the fourth match up between any arch-rival pairs in Pac-10 history, with only the two Oregon schools yet to meet. Arizona set a record for most points in a half (1st) for any Pac-10/12 Tournament game with 59 (vs. OSU (21) on Mar. 12, 2008.
The Arizona Wildcats, finish the season atop of the conference with a 14–4 record, and the UCLA Bruins were the two top-seed teams in the tournament. The third-seeded Washington Huskies won the tournament. This was the final tournament ever held under the "Pac-10" name, as Colorado and Utah joined the conference in July, making it the "Pac-12."
Beginning with the 1975 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the Pac–10 would usually place at least one other at–large team in the tournament. By the 1985–86 season, the Pac–10 was one of three remaining conferences that gave their automatic NCAA tournament bid to the regular season round–robin champion.