1981 MEAC men's basketball tournament

none August 2023 1981 MEAC I Men's 6 Campus sites Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina 2nd A. B. Williamson 2nd Unknown The 1981 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 5–7 at Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 1980 none Howard Bison Howard defeated 1980 men North Carolina A&T Aggies North Carolina A&T, 66–63 in the championship game, to win the MEAC Tournament title. The Bison earned an automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA tournament as a No. 12 seed in the West region. Format All six conference members participated, with play beginning in the quarterfinal round. Teams were seeded based on their regular season conference record. This was the final time a third-place consolation game was played. Bracket QuarterfinalsMarch 5 SemifinalsMarch 6 FinalMarch 7 4 1980 men Bethune-Cookman Wildcats Bethune-Cookman 72 5 1980 none South Carolina State Bulldogs South Carolina State 60 3 1980 none Howard Bison Howard 67 6 1980 men Delaware State Hornets Delaware State 53 1 North Carolina A&T 54 4 Bethune-Cookman 51 3 Howard 75 2 1980 men Florida A&M Rattlers Florida A&M 73 1 North Carolina A&T 63 3 Howard 66 4 Bethune-Cookman 72 2 Florida A&M 75 * denotes overtime period MEAC Men's Basketball 2019–2020 Record Book https://static.meacsports.com/custompages/Records/Men's%20Basketball%20Record%20Book.pdf Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference March 3, 2022 References 2 Category:MEAC men's basketball tournament Category:1980–81 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball season MEAC men's basketball tournament Category:Basketball competitions in Winston-Salem, North Carolina Category:College basketball tournaments in North Carolina Category:March 1981 sports events in the United States Category:Howard Bison men's basketball