Fans are clamoring for Pac-10 Tournament tickets, but that wasn't always the case.
The Pac-10 Tournament is a single elimination college basketball tournament, deciding the champion of the Pacific-10 Conference and giving the winner an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament. While other college basketball tournaments have thrived, the Pac-10 Tournament has had bumps in the road despite the fact that the UCLA bruins play in the conference and are one of the most storied college basketball programs in existence.
The modern tournament was played from 1987-1990 when coaches complaints and poor attendance ended the event. After the tournament was abandoned the automatic NCAA berth went to the conference regular season champion, and during this era two Pac-10 schools, UCLA and Arizona, won national titles.
In 2002 the tournament returned and is permanently held in Los Angeles, unlike some conference where the venue rotates.
This year the Pac-10 Tournament will basketball played at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA from March 11-14, 2009. Like most tournaments, the games are broken into 'sessions', which usually means two games for one ticket. Of course, 'all sessions' tickets are available as well, and some fans purchase these tickets, wait to see which sessions their favorite team will play in and sell the tickets they don't want.
Since 2003, the Pac-10 found what must be the most perfect naming partnership in the history of college basketball tournaments, when Pacific Life began sponsoring the event. UCLA is the reigning champion and looks to be the team to beat, but as with most college basketball conference tournaments, teams play harder when faced with rivalry foes.
Teams of the Pacific 10 conference are: Arizona, Arizona State, California, Oregon, Oregon State, basketball UCLA, USC, Washington and Washington State.
Arlen Simmons uses this tool to find the cheapest Pac-10 Tournament tickets, and during the time he's not watching college basketball he writes for several sports sites
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