1983 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament

1983 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1982–83
Teams 8
Site The Forum
Inglewood, CA
Champions UNLV (1st title)
Winning coach Jerry Tarkanian (1st title)
MVP Sidney Green (UNLV)

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

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

  First Round
Thursday, March 10		 Semifinals
Friday, March 11		 Championship
Saturday, March 12
                           
  1 UNLV 74
8 Pacific 67
1 UNLV 67  
7 Long Beach State 64  
5 UC Irvine 68
  4 Fresno State 86
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)   1 UNLV 66*
  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

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