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1981 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament

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1981 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1980–81
Teams7
SiteAnaheim Convention Center
Anaheim, CA
ChampionsFresno State (1st title)
Winning coachBoyd Grant (1st title)
MVPSid Williams (Fresno State)
Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournaments
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1980–81 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Fresno State 12 2   .857 25 4   .862
San Jose State 10 4   .714 21 9   .700
UC Irvine 9 5   .643 17 10   .630
Long Beach State 9 5   .643 15 13   .536
Utah State 5 9   .357 12 16   .429
UC Santa Barbara 5 9   .357 11 16   .407
Pacific 4 10   .286 14 13   .519
Cal State Fullerton 2 12   .143 4 23   .148
1981 PCAA tournament winner


The 1981 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament (now known as the Big West Conference men's basketball tournament) was held March 5–7 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.[1]

Top-seeded Fresno State topped defending champions San José State in the title game, 52–48, to win the Bulldogs' first PCAA/Big West men's basketball tournament.

The Bulldogs, in turn, received a bid to the 1981 NCAA tournament, their first-ever appearance.

Format

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The format remained the same as 1979, with seven teams in the field. PCAA member UC Santa Barbara did not participate.

Withseven 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, March 5
Semifinals
Friday, March 6
Championship
Saturday, March 7
         
1 Fresno State 71
5 Utah State 57
5 Utah State 93
4 UC Irvine 90
1 Fresno State 52
2 San Jose State 48
3 Long Beach State 83
6 Pacific 77
3 Long Beach State 50
2 San Jose State 64
7 Cal State Fullerton 54
2 San José State 63

References

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  1. ^ "1980-81 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2018.