1981 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament

1981 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament
Teams	32
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)
Winning Coach	Hal Wissel (Florida Southern (1st title))
Most Outstanding Player	John Ebeling Florida Southern
Attendance	64,659
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournaments «1980  1982»

The 1981 NCAA Men's Division II 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 1 Regional participants 2 Regionals 3 National Finals 4 See also 5 References 6 Sources

Regional participants

School Outcome Cheyney Third Place Elizabeth City State Runner-up Mount St. Mary's Regional Champion Randolph-Macon Fourth Place

School Outcome Northern Michigan Regional Champion Southern Indiana Fourth Place Western Illinois Runner-up Wright State Third Place

School Outcome Central Missouri Fourth Place Green Bay Regional Champion North Dakota Runner-up North Dakota State Third Place

School Outcome Jacksonville State Third Place Lincoln (MO) Fourth Place North Alabama Regional Champion Truman State Runner-up

School Outcome Cal State Chico Fourth Place Cal State Dominguez Hills Runner-up MSU-Billings Third Place Puget Sound Regional Champion

School Outcome Florida Southern Regional Champion Morehouse Fourth Place UCF Runner-up West Georgia Third Place

School Outcome Bloomsburg Fourth Place Cal Poly Regional Champion Clarion Runner-up Monmouth Third Place

School Outcome Sacred Heart Runner-up Southern New Hampshire Regional Champion Springfield Fourth Place Stonehill Third Place

*denotes tie

Regionals

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Mount St. Mary's		81
	Cheyney		75
						Mount St. Mary's		78
						Elizabeth City State		76
	Elizabeth City State		54
	Randolph-Macon		53

• Third Place - Cheyney 76, Randolph-Macon 67

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Western Illinois		80
	Southern Indiana		73
						Western Illinois		87
						Northern Michigan		93
	Northern Michigan		70
	Wright State		69

• Third Place - Wright State 96, Southern Indiana 89

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Green Bay		82
	North Dakota State		76
						Green Bay		72
						North Dakota		60
	North Dakota		87
	Central Missouri		80

• Third Place - North Dakota State 95, Central Missouri 87

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	North Alabama		67
	Lincoln		53
						North Alabama		63
						Truman State		59
	Truman State		82
	Jacksonville State		78

• Third Place - Jacksonville State 84, Lincoln 66

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Puget Sound		62
	Cal State Chico		60
						Puget Sound		72
						Cal State Dominguez Hills		54
	Cal State Dominguez Hills		61
	MSU-Billings		52

• Third Place - MSU-Billing 54, Cal State Chico 49

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	UCF		94
	Morehouse		77
						UCF		71
						Florida Southern		73
	Florida Southern		70
	West Georgia		59

• Third Place - West Georgia 102, Morehouse 76

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Clarion		80
	Monmouth		78
						Clarion		61
						Cal Poly		84
	Cal Poly		71
	Bloomsburg		43

• Third Place - Monmouth 79, Bloomsburg 64

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Southern New Hampshire		76
	Springfield		75
						Southern New Hampshire		81
						Sacred Heart		80
	Sacred Heart		89
	Stonehill		86

• Third Place - Stonehill 79, Springfield 78

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
		Mount St. Mary's	88
		Northern Michigan	74
							Mount St. Mary's	76
							Green Bay	60
		Green Bay	65
		North Alabama	39
												Mount St. Mary's	68
												Florida Southern	73
		Puget Sound	55
		Florida Southern	56
							Florida Southern	54
							Cal Poly	51
		Cal Poly	77
		Southern New Hampshire	73

• Third Place - Cal Poly 62, Green Bay 61**

*denotes each overtime played

See also

• 1981 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 1981 National Invitation Tournament
• 1981 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

References

Sources

• 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship

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