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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 coachBill Bibb (1st title)
MVPTony Gattis (Mercer)
TAAC men's basketball tournaments
← 1980
1982 →
1980–81 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Houston Baptist 9 3   .750 18 10   .643
NE Louisiana 8 4   .667 15 13   .536
Mercer 7 4   .636 18 12   .600
Centenary 7 5   .583 16 12   .571
Arkansas–Little Rock 5 6   .455 13 13   .500
Samford 5 6   .455 10 17   .370
Northwestern State 5 7   .417 11 17   .393
Hardin-Simmons 4 8   .333 9 18   .333
Georgia Southern 2 9   .182 5 22   .185
1981 TAAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll


The 1981 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the ASUN men's basketball tournament) was held March 4–8 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

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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

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  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.