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1981 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament

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Teams
  
32

Winning coach
  
Hal Wissel (1st title)

Finals Site
  
Springfield, Massachusetts

Champions
  
Florida Southern (1st title)

Runner-Up
  
Mount St. Mary's (2nd title game)

Semifinalists
  
Cal Poly(1st Final Four) Green Bay(3rd Final Four)

The 1981 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1980-1 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Florida Southern College and Florida Southern's John Ebeling was the Most Outstanding Player.

Contents

Regional participants

*denotes tie

Regionals

  • Third Place - Cheyney 76, Randolph-Macon 67
  • Third Place - Wright State 96, Southern Indiana 89
  • Third Place - North Dakota State 95, Central Missouri 87
  • Third Place - Jacksonville State 84, Lincoln 66
  • Third Place - MSU-Billing 54, Cal State Chico 49
  • Third Place - West Georgia 102, Morehouse 76
  • Third Place - Monmouth 79, Bloomsburg 64
  • Third Place - Stonehill 79, Springfield 78
  • *denotes each overtime played

    National Finals

  • Third Place - Cal Poly 62, Green Bay 61**
  • *denotes each overtime played

    References

    1981 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia