College basketball tournament
| 1981 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1980–81 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Site | Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA |
| Champions | Fresno State (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Boyd Grant (1st title) |
| MVP | Sid Williams (Fresno State) |
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| 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.
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
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
| 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
- "1980-81 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
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