1982 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament

1982 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1981–82
Teams	7
Site	Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA
Champions	Fresno State (2nd title)
Winning coach	Boyd Grant (2nd title)
MVP	Donald Mason (Fresno State)
Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournaments

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.

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