1981 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1981 Trans America Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 4–8, 1981 at the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana.[1]
| 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) |
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 |
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| 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. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
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