1980 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament

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1980 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1979–80
Teams7
SiteAnaheim Convention Center
Anaheim, CA
ChampionsSan José State (1st title)
Winning coachBill Berry (1st title)
MVPWally Rank (San José State)
Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournaments
← 1979
1981 →
1979–80 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball standings
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


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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Wins vacated by PCAA but still recognized by NCAA.
  2. ^ UC Irvine claims two losses against UC Santa Barbara that were vacated by PCAA as wins.

References

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  1. ^ "1979-80 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
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