1980 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament

1980 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1979–80
Teams	7
Site	Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA
Champions	San José State (1st title)
Winning coach	Bill Berry (1st title)
MVP	Wally Rank (San José State)
Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournaments

1979–80 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Utah State	11	–	2		.846			18	–	9		.667
Long Beach State	11	–	3		.786			22	–	12		.647
Fresno State	8	–	4		.667			17	–	7		.708
San Jose State†	7	–	6		.538			17	–	12		.586
Pacific	7	–	7		.500			15	–	16		.484
UC Santa Barbara	5	–	9		.357			11	–	16		.407
Cal State Fullerton	4	–	10		.286			10	–	17		.370
UC Irvine	1	–	13		.071			9	–	18		.333
† 1980 PCAA tournament winner

The 1980 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament (now known as the Big West Conference men's basketball tournament) was held February 28–March 2 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.

San José State topped Long Beach State in the championship game, 57–55, to win the Spartans' first PCAA/Big West men's basketball tournament.

The Spartans, in turn, received a bid to the 1980 NCAA tournament, their second all-time. They were joined in the tournament by regular season-champions Utah State, who earned an at-large bid.

Format

After increasing to eight teams in 1979, the tournament field decreased back to seven. PCAA member Fresno State did not participate.

With only 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, February 28					Semifinals Friday, March 1					Championship Saturday, March 2
						1	Utah State	68
						4	San José State	94
	5	UC Santa Barbara	66
	4	San José State	73
											4	San José State	57
											2	Long Beach State	55
	3	Pacific	70
	6	Cal State Fullerton	58
						3	Pacific	70
						2	Long Beach State	72
	7	UC Irvine	56
	2	Long Beach State	64