1981 Midwestern City Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1981 Midwestern City Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 3–5 at campus sites (quarterfinals), Frederickson Fieldhouse in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (semifinals), and Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio (finals).[1]
1981 Midwestern City Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1980–81 |
Teams | 7 |
Finals site | Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio |
Champions | Oklahoma City (1st title) |
Winning coach | Ken Trickey (1st title) |
MVP | Anthony Hicks (Xavier) |
Midwestern City Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments |
1980–81 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Xavier | 8 | – | 3 | .727 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola-Chicago | 7 | – | 4 | .636 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma City † | 7 | – | 4 | .636 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oral Roberts | 6 | – | 5 | .545 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Evansville | 6 | – | 5 | .545 | 19 | – | 9 | .679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit | 1 | – | 5 | .167 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Butler | 1 | – | 10 | .091 | 5 | – | 22 | .185 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1981 MCC Tournament winner |
Oklahoma City defeated Xavier in the championship game, 82–76, to win their first MCC/Horizon League men's basketball tournament.
The Chiefs, however, did not receive a bid to the 1981 NCAA Tournament.
Format
All seven conference members participated in the tournament and were seeded based on regular season conference records. The top seed (Xavier) was given a bye into the semifinal round while the remaining six teams were placed into the initial quarterfinal round.
Bracket
Quarterfinals Friday, March 3 |
Semifinals Saturday, March 4 |
Championship Sunday, March 5 | |||||||||||
1 | Xavier | 72 | |||||||||||
5 | Evansville | 69 | |||||||||||
5 | Evansville | 77 | |||||||||||
4 | Oral Roberts | 71 | |||||||||||
1 | Xavier | 76 | |||||||||||
2 | Oklahoma City | 82 | |||||||||||
3 | Loyola–Chicago | 86 | |||||||||||
6 | Detroit | 80 | |||||||||||
3 | Loyola–Chicago | 71 | |||||||||||
2 | Oklahoma City | 73 | |||||||||||
7 | Butler | 69 | |||||||||||
2 | Oklahoma City | 86 |
References
- "1980-81 Midwestern City Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 8, 2020.