1977 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament
| 1977 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1976–77 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Site | Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA |
| Champions | Long Beach State (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Dwight Jones (1st title) |
| MVP | None |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long Beach State † | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 21 | – | 8 | .724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Fullerton | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 16 | – | 10 | .615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 11 | – | 14 | .440 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 8 | – | 18 | .308 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1977 PCAA Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1977 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 2–6 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.[2]
Long Beach State defeated San Jose State in the championship game, 76–63, to win their first PCAA/Big West men's basketball tournament.
The 49ers, in turn, received a bid to the 1977 NCAA Tournament, where they lost to Idaho State in the first round.
Format
The tournament field expanded from four to six teams. All of the PCAA members (except Fresno State) qualified for the tournament and were seeded based on regular season conference records. The top two teams earned byes to the semifinal round while the remaining four teams entered into the preliminary first round.
Bracket
| First Round Wednesday, March 2 | Semifinals Thursday, March 3 | Championship Sunday, March 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Long Beach State | 65* | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Cal State Fullerton | 64 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Pacific | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Cal State Fullerton | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Long Beach State | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | San Jose State | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | San Jose State | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | UC Santa Barbara | 52 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | San Jose State | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | San Diego State | 74 | ||||||||||||
References
- ^ "1976-77 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ^ "1976-77 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2016.