1981 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1981 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 6–8 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.[2]
| 1981 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1980–81 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Site | Freedom Hall Louisville, KY |
| Champions | Louisville (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Denny Crum (3rd title) |
| MVP | Rodney McCray (Louisville) |
| 1980–81 Metro Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Louisville † | 11 | – | 1 | .917 | 21 | – | 9 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida State | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis State | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1981 Metro Conference Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top-seeded Louisville defeated Cincinnati in the championship game, 42–31, to win their third Metro men's basketball tournament.
The Cardinals received an automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA Tournament, serving as the conference's lone representative.
Format
All seven of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top team earning a bye into the semifinal round. The other six teams entered into the preliminary first round.
Bracket
| First Round Thursday, March 6 |
Semifinals Saturday, March 7 |
Championship Sunday, March 8 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Louisville | 81 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Virginia Tech | 68 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Memphis State | 66 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Virginia Tech | 72 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Louisville | 42 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Cincinnati | 31 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Cincinnati | 67 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Tulane | 66 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Cincinnati | 58 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Florida State | 57 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Saint Louis | 77 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Florida State | 84 | |||||||||||
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References
- sports-reference.com 1980-81 Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference Season Summary
- "1980-81 Metro Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
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