1980 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament
| 1980 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1979–80 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Site | Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA |
| Champions | San José State (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Bill Berry (1st title) |
| MVP | Wally Rank (San José State) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 11 | – | 2 | .846 | 18 | – | 9 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long Beach State | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 17 | – | 7 | .708 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State† | 7 | – | 6 | .538 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara[note 1] | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Fullerton | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Irvine[note 2] | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1980 PCAA tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1980 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament (now known as the Big West Conference men's basketball tournament) was held February 28–March 2 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.[1]
San José State topped Long Beach State in the championship game, 57–55, to win the Spartans' first PCAA/Big West men's basketball tournament.
The Spartans, in turn, received a bid to the 1980 NCAA tournament, their second all-time. They were joined in the tournament by regular season-champions Utah State, who earned an at-large bid.
Format[edit]
After increasing to eight teams in 1979, the tournament field decreased back to seven. PCAA member Fresno State did not participate.
With only seven teams participating, the top-seeded team was given a bye into the semifinals while the remaining six teams were entered into the first round and seeded based on regular season conference records.
Bracket[edit]
| First round Thursday, February 28 | Semifinals Friday, March 1 | Championship Saturday, March 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Utah State | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | San José State | 94 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | UC Santa Barbara | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | San José State | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | San José State | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Long Beach State | 55 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Pacific | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Cal State Fullerton | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Pacific | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Long Beach State | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | UC Irvine | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Long Beach State | 64 | ||||||||||||
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "1979-80 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2018.