1982 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

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1982 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1981–82
Teams7
SiteFant–Ewing Coliseum
Monroe, LA
ChampionsNortheast Louisiana (2nd title)
Winning coachMike Vining (2nd title)
MVPDonald Wilson (Northeast Louisiana)
← 1981
1983 →

The 1982 Trans America Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 3–5, 1982 at the Fant–Ewing Coliseum in Monroe, Louisiana.[1]

Northeast Louisiana defeated Centenary in the championship game, 98–85, to win their second TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament. The Indians, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Tournament.

Only the top seven teams in the conference qualified for this year's tournament; the two teams with the worst records, Samford and Hardin–Simmons, were excluded.

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 3 		Semifinals
Thursday, March 4 		Championship
Friday, March 5
         
1 Arkansas–Little Rock 100
4 Centenary 106
5 Georgia Southern 69
4 Centenary 70
4 Centenary 85
3 Northeast Louisiana 98
3 Northeast Louisiana 54
6 Houston Baptist 46
3 Northeast Louisiana 81
2 Northwestern State 64
7 Mercer 74
2 Northwestern State 85

References[]

  1. ^ "1981-82 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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