1981 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

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1981 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1980–81
Teams9
SiteHirsch Memorial Coliseum
Shreveport, LA
ChampionsMercer (1st title)
Winning coach (1st title)
MVPTony Gattis (Mercer)
← 1980
1982 →

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]

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
            
 
 
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[]

  1. ^ "1980-81 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
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