1981 TAAC men's basketball tournament
| 1981 TAAC men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1980–81 |
| Teams | 9 |
| Site | Hirsch Memorial Coliseum Shreveport, LA |
| Champions | Mercer (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Bill Bibb (1st title) |
| MVP | Tony Gattis (Mercer) |
TAAC men's basketball tournaments | |
The 1981 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the ASUN men's basketball tournament) was held March 4–8 at the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana.[1]
Mercer upset top-seeded Houston Baptist in the championship game, 72–67, to win their first TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament. The Bears, in turn, received the TAAC's automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA tournament. This was Mercer's first appearance in the Division I NCAA tournament.
Bracket
| First round Wednesday, March 4 | Second round Thursday, March 5 | Semifinals Friday, March 6 | Championship Sunday, March 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Houston Baptist | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Centenary | 47 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Samford | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Southern | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Samford | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Centenary | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Houston Baptist | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UALR | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast Louisiana | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 91 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hardin–Simmons | 88 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast Louisiana | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "1980-81 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2016.