1984 AMCU-8 Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1984 AMCU-8 Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 8–10, 1984 at the Hammons Student Center at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri.[2] This was the first edition of the tournament for the Association of Mid-Continent Universities, now known as the Summit League.
| 1984 Association of Mid-Continent Universities Men's Basketball Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1983–84 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri |
| Champions | Western Illinois (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Jack Margenthaler (1st title) |
| MVP | Todd Hutcheson (Western Illinois) |
Association of Mid-Continent Universities Men's Basketball Tournaments | |
| 1983–84 AMCU-8 Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois-Chicago | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 22 | – | 7 | .759 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri State | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois † | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Green Bay | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland State | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valparaiso | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1984 AMCU-8 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois defeated Cleveland State in the title game, 73–64, to win their first AMCU/Summit League championship. However, the Leathernecks did not earn a bid to the 1984 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
Format
All eight conference members qualified for the tournament. First round seedings were based on regular season record.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8 |
Semifinals Friday, March 9 |
Finals Saturday, March 10 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Illinois–Chicago | 66 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Valparaiso | 46 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Illinois–Chicago | 67 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Western Illinois | 87 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Eastern Illinois | 65 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Western Illinois | 81 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Western Illinois | 73 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Cleveland State | 64 | |||||||||||
| 3 | SW Missouri State | 58 | |||||||||||
| 6 | UW–Green Bay | 51 | |||||||||||
| 3 | SW Missouri State | 58 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Cleveland State | 59 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Cleveland State | 93 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Northern Iowa | 79 | |||||||||||
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References
- sports-reference.com 1983-84 Mid-Continent Conference Season Summary
- "1983-84 Summit League Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
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