1981 MAC men's basketball tournament

none August 2023 March 2026 1981 MAC I Men's 200px 7 Campus Arenas Campus Sites Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI Ball State 1st Steve Yoder 1st Ray McCallum Ball State The 1981 MAC men's basketball tournament was held March 3–5 at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/mac/1981.html 1980-81 Mid-American Conference Season Summary Sports Reference en 2022-02-18 Ball State defeated 1980 men Northern Illinois Huskies Northern Illinois in the championship game by the score of 79–66 to win their first MAC men's basketball tournament and a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they lost to Boston College in the first round.https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2020-05-19/1981-ncaa-tournament-bracket-scores-stats-records 1981 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records NCAA en 2022-02-18https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ball-state/1981-schedule.html 1980-81 Ball State Cardinals Schedule and Results Sports Reference en 2022-02-18 Ray McCallum of Central Michigan was named the tournament MVP.https://www.foxnews.com/sports/mid-american-conference-mens-basketball-championship-history Mid-American Conference men's basketball championship history FOX News en 2022-02-18 Format Seven of the ten MAC teams participated. First Round games were played in the home arena of the higher seeded team. The semi-finals and final were played at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Bracket QuarterfinalsMarch 3 SemifinalsMarch 4 FinalMarch 5 1 5 1980 men Northern Illinois Huskies Northern Illinois 79 4 1980 men Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green 72 3 1980 men Toledo Rockets Toledo 95 6 1980 men Eastern Michigan Eagles Eastern Michigan 88 7 Ohio 70 2 Ball State 85 1 1980 men Western Michigan Broncos Western Michigan 73 5 Northern Illinois 75 3 Toledo 77 2 Ball State 79 5 Northern Illinois 66 2 Ball State 79 3 Toledo 71 1 Western Michigan 65 References 1981 Tournament Category:1981 in sports in Michigan Category:February 1981 sports events in the United States Category:Sports competitions in Ann Arbor, Michigan Category:March 1981 sports events in the United States Category:College basketball tournaments in Michigan