1988 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1988 Pacific Coast Athletic Association I Men's 200px 10 The Forum Inglewood, CA Utah State 1st Rod Tueller 1st Wayne Engelstad UC Irvine 1989 The 1988 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament (now known as the Big West Conference men's basketball tournament) was held March 10–13 at The Forum in Inglewood, California.1987-88 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/pcaa/1988.html February 14, 2018 This was the final tournament while the conference was still known as the PCAA; it would change to the Big West for the following season. Utah State defeated UC Irvine in the final, 86–79, and captured their first PCAA/Big West championship. The fifth-seeded Anteaters upset three-time defending champions UNLV in the semifinal round. The Aggies, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA tournament. Fellow PCAA members UNLV and UC Santa Barbara (the Gauchos' first-ever tournament appearance) joined them in the field with at-large bids. Format The tournament field expanded beyond eight teams for the first time, with all ten conference members in participation. The ten teams were seeded in the bracket based on regular season record. The top six seeds were given a bye into the quarterfinal round while the four lowest-seeded teams were placed into the first round. Bracket First roundThursday, March 10 QuarterfinalsFriday, March 11 SemifinalsSaturday, March 12 ChampionshipSunday, March 13 9 1987 men Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State 59 8 1987 men Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Fullerton 73 7 1987 men San Jose State Spartans San José State 76 10 1987 men Pacific Tigers Pacific 60 1 No. 7 UNLV 61 8 Cal State Fullerton 56 5 UC Irvine 74 4 1987 men Long Beach State 49ers Long Beach State 69 3 UC Santa Barbara 56 6 1987 men New Mexico State Aggies New Mexico State 52 7 San José State 72 2 Utah State 80 1 #7 UNLV 70 5 UC Irvine 74 3 UC Santa Barbara 66 2 Utah State 73 5 UC Irvine 79 2 Utah State 86 References Category:Big West Conference men's basketball tournament Tournament Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament Category:College basketball tournaments in California Category:Sports competitions in Inglewood, California