1982 Midwestern City Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
1982 Midwestern City Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1981–82 |
Teams | 7 |
Site | Mabee Center Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Champions | Evansville (1st title) |
Winning coach | Dick Walters (1st title) |
MVP | Brad Leaf (Evansville) |
1981–82 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Evansville † | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 23 | – | 6 | .793 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oral Roberts | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola-Chicago | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma City | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Butler | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Xavier | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 8 | – | 20 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1982 MCC Tournament winner |
The 1982 Midwestern City Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 2–4 at Mabee Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[1]
Evansville defeated Loyola-Chicago in the championship game, 81–72, to win their first MCC/Horizon League men's basketball tournament.
The Purple Aces received an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Tournament as the #10 seed in the Midwest region.
Format[]
All seven conference members participated in the tournament and were seeded based on regular season conference records. The top seed (Evansville) was given a bye into the semifinal round while the remaining six teams were placed into the initial quarterfinal round.
Bracket[]
Quarterfinals Friday, March 2 | Semifinals Saturday, March 3 | Championship Sunday, March 4 | ||||||||||||
1 | Evansville | 57 | ||||||||||||
5 | Oklahoma City | 45 | ||||||||||||
5 | Detroit | 61 | ||||||||||||
4 | Oklahoma City | 69 | ||||||||||||
1 | Evansville | 81 | ||||||||||||
2 | Loyola–Chicago | 72 | ||||||||||||
3 | Loyola–Chicago | 88 | ||||||||||||
6 | Butler | 71 | ||||||||||||
3 | Loyola–Chicago | 77 | ||||||||||||
7 | Xavier | 69 | ||||||||||||
7 | Xavier | 74 | ||||||||||||
2 | Oral Roberts | 71 |
References[]
- ^ "1981-82 Midwestern City Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
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