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1983 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament

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1983 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1982–83
Teams8
SiteThe Forum
Inglewood, CA
ChampionsUNLV (1st title)
Winning coachJerry Tarkanian (1st title)
MVPSidney Green (UNLV)
Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournaments
← 1982
1984 →
1982–83 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 UNLV 15 1   .938 28 3   .903
Cal State Fullerton 12 4   .750 21 8   .724
Utah State 10 6   .625 20 9   .690
Fresno State 9 7   .563 25 10   .714
UC Irvine 8 8   .500 16 12   .571
San Jose State 7 9   .438 14 15   .483
Long Beach State 6 10   .375 13 16   .448
Pacific 4 12   .250 7 21   .250
UC Santa Barbara 1 15   .063 7 20   .259
1983 PCAA tournament winner


The 1983 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament (now known as the Big West Conference men's basketball tournament) was held March 10–12 at The Forum in Inglewood, California.[1]

Top-seeded conference newcomers UNLV defeated two-time defending champions Fresno State in the final, 66–63 (OT), thus capturing the Runnin' Rebels' first PCAA/Big West title.

UNLV, in turn, received a bid to the 1983 NCAA tournament, the program's fourth appearance. PCAA third-place finisher Utah State also participated.

Format

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The tournament field increased by one from 1982 with the addition of UNLV to the PCAA. Nonetheless, conference member UC Santa Barbara again did not participate in the league tournament.

With eight teams participating, all eight teams were placed into the first round, with teams seeded and paired based on regular-season records. After the first round, teams were re-seeded so the highest-remaining team was paired with the lowest-remaining time in one semifinal with the other two teams slotted into the other semifinal.

Bracket

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First round
Thursday, March 10
Semifinals
Friday, March 11
Championship
Saturday, March 12
         
1 #9 UNLV 74
8 Pacific 67
1 #9 UNLV 67
7 Long Beach State 64
5 UC Irvine 68
4 Fresno State 86
1 #9 UNLV 66*
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
4 Fresno State 63
3 Utah State 66
6 San José State 80
6 San Jose State 47
4 Fresno State 53
7 Long Beach State 61
2 Cal State Fullerton 59

References

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  1. ^ "1982-83 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2018.