1980 Midwestern City Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1980 Midwestern City Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament) was held February 29 – March 2 at Roberts Municipal Stadium in Evansville, Indiana.[1] This was the first edition of the tournament.

1980 Midwestern City Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season197980
Teams6
SiteRoberts Municipal Stadium
Evansville, IN
ChampionsOral Roberts (1st title)
Winning coachKen Hayes (1st title)
MVPCalvin Garrett (Oral Roberts)
1979–80 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Loyola-Chicago50 1.000  1910  .655
Oral Roberts41 .800  1810  .643
Oklahoma City32 .600  1315  .464
Butler23 .400  1215  .444
Evansville14 .200  1810  .643
Xavier05 .000  818  .308
1980 MCC Tournament winner

Oral Roberts topped Loyola–Chicago in the inaugural championship game, 103–93, to win their first MCC/Horizon League men's basketball tournament.

The Golden Eagles, however, did not receive a bid to the 1980 NCAA Tournament.

Format

All six conference members participated in the tournament and were seeded based on regular season conference records. The top two teams were given byes into the semifinal round while the remaining four teams were placed into the initial quarterfinal round.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
Friday, February 29
Semifinals
Saturday, March 1
Championship
Sunday, March 2
                           
       
  1 Loyola–Chicago 81  
    5 Evansville 78  
5 Evansville 80
  4 Butler 67  
    1 Loyola–Chicago 93
  2 Oral Roberts 103
  3 Oklahoma City 102  
6 Xavier 93  
3 Oklahoma City 100
    2 Oral Roberts 101  
     

References

  1. "1979-80 Midwestern City Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
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