1980 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament
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]
| 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) |
| 1979–80 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
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
| 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
- Wins vacated by PCAA but still recognized by NCAA.
- UC Irvine claims two losses against UC Santa Barbara that were vacated by PCAA as wins.
References
- "1979-80 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2018.