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Template:Infobox NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament
The 1981 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1980–81 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Florida Southern College and Florida Southern's John Ebeling was the Most Outstanding Player.
Regional participants
*denotes tie
Regionals
Location: Memorial Gym
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Mount St. Mary's
| 81
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| Cheyney
| 75
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| | Mount St. Mary's
| 78
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| | | Elizabeth City State
| 76
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| Elizabeth City State
| 54
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| Randolph–Macon
| 53
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- Third Place - Cheyney 76, Randolph-Macon 67
Location: Western Hall
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Western Illinois
| 80
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| Indiana State–Evansville
| 73
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| | Western Illinois
| 87
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| | | Northern Michigan
| 93
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| Northern Michigan
| 70
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| Wright State
| 69
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- Third Place - Wright State 96, Indiana State–Evansville 89
Location: Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Green Bay
| 82
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| North Dakota State
| 76
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| | Green Bay
| 72
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| | | North Dakota
| 60
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| North Dakota
| 87
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| Central Missouri State
| 80
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- Third Place - North Dakota State 95, Central Missouri State 87
Location: Flowers Hall
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| North Alabama
| 67
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| Lincoln
| 53
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| | North Alabama
| 63
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| | | NE Missouri State
| 59
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| NE Missouri State
| 82
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| Jacksonville State
| 78
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- Third Place - Jacksonville State 84, Lincoln 66
Location: Alterowitz Gym
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Puget Sound
| 62
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| Chico State
| 60
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| | Puget Sound
| 72
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| | | Cal State Dominguez Hills
| 54
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| Cal State Dominguez Hills
| 61
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| Eastern Montana
| 52
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- Third Place - Eastern Montana 54, Chico State 49
Location: UCF Fieldhouse
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| UCF
| 94
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| Morehouse
| 77
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| | UCF
| 71
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| | | Florida Southern
| 73
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| Florida Southern
| 70
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| West Georgia
| 59
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- Third Place - West Georgia 102, Morehouse 76
Location: William T. Boylan Gymnasium
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Clarion
| 80
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| Monmouth
| 78
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| | Clarion
| 61
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| | | Cal Poly
| 84
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| Cal Poly
| 71
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| Bloomsburg
| 43
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- Third Place - Monmouth 79, Bloomsburg 64
Location: NHC Fieldhouse
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| New Hampshire College
| 76
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| Springfield
| 75
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| | New Hampshire College
| 81
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| | | Sacred Heart
| 80
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| Sacred Heart
| 89
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| Stonehill
| 86
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- Third Place - Stonehill 79, Springfield 78
*denotes each overtime played
National Quarterfinals
| Quarterfinal - Emmitsburg, MD
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| Mount St. Mary's
| 88
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| Northern Michigan
| 74
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| Quarterfinal - Green Bay, WI
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| North Alabama
| 39
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| Wisconsin-Green Bay
| 65
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| Quarterfinal - Tacoma, WA
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| Florida Southern
| 56
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| Puget Sound
| 55
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Location: Springfield Civic Center
| Semifinals
| | | Final
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| Mount St. Mary's
| 76
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| Green Bay
| 60
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| | Mount St. Mary's
| 68
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| | | Florida Southern
| 73
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| Florida Southern
| 54
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| Cal Poly
| 51
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- Third Place - Cal Poly 62, Green Bay 61**
*denotes each overtime played
All-tournament team
- Jay Bruchak (Mount Saint Mary's)
- John Ebeling (Florida Southern)
- Mike Hayes (Florida Southern)
- Durelle Lewis (Mount Saint Mary's)
- Jim Rowe (Mount Saint Mary's)
See also
References
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