1982 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament

1982 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1981–82
Teams7
SiteAnaheim Convention Center
Anaheim, CA
ChampionsFresno State (2nd title)
Winning coachBoyd Grant (2nd title)
MVPDonald Mason (Fresno State)
Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournaments
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1981–82 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 11 Fresno State† 13 – 1   .929 27 – 3   .900
UC Irvine 10 – 4   .714 23 – 7   .767
Cal State Fullerton 9 – 5   .643 18 – 14   .563
San Jose State 7 – 7   .500 13 – 13   .500
Long Beach State 7 – 7   .500 12 – 16   .429
UC Santa Barbara 5 – 9   .357 10 – 16   .385
Pacific 3 – 11   .214 7 – 20   .259
Utah State 2 – 12   .143 4 – 23   .148
† 1982 PCAA tournament winner

The 1982 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament (now known as the Big West Conference men's basketball tournament) was held March 4–6 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.[1]

Top-seeded defending champions Fresno State defeated Cal State Fullerton in the title game, 69–57, to win the Bulldogs' second PCAA/Big West men's basketball tournament.

Fresno State, in turn, received a bid to the 1982 NCAA tournament, the program's second-ever appearance.

Format

The format remained the same as the 1981 tournament, with seven teams in the field. PCAA member UC Santa Barbara did not participate.

With 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, March 4 		Semifinals
Friday, March 5 		Championship
Saturday, March 6
         
1 #12 Fresno State 76
5 Long Beach State 55
5 Long Beach State 71
4 San José State 68
1 #12 Fresno State 69
3 Cal State Fullerton 57
3 Cal State Fullerton 64
6 Pacific 52
3 Cal State Fullerton 62
2 UC Irvine 61
7 Utah State 64
2 UC Irvine 90

References

  1. ^ "1981-82 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2018.