1981 ECAC North men's basketball tournament
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1981 ECAC North men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1980–81 |
Teams | 6 |
Site | Campus sites |
Champions | Northeastern (1st title) |
Winning coach | Jim Calhoun (1st title) |
MVP | Perry Moss (Northeastern) |
ECAC North men's basketball tournaments |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northeastern † | 21 | – | 5 | .808 | 24 | – | 6 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 18 | – | 8 | .692 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 15 | – | 11 | .577 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 13 | – | 13 | .500 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston University | 13 | – | 13 | .500 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Canisius | 11 | – | 15 | .423 | 11 | – | 15 | .423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Niagara | 11 | – | 15 | .423 | 11 | – | 15 | .423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colgate | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 7 | – | 19 | .269 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1981 ECAC North tournament winner |
The 1981 ECAC North men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament of the ECAC North during the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Games were played at campus sites.[1]
Northeastern won the tournament, defeating Boston University in the championship game, and received the ECAC North's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[2] Perry Moss of Northeastern was named the tournament's most valuable player.
Format
[edit]Six teams played in the 1981 tournament. All games were played on campus sites, and teams were unseeded.[1]
Niagara, Canisius, and New Hampshire did not participate in the tournament.
Bracket and Results
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||
Northeastern | 76* | ||||||||||
Vermont | 85*** | Vermont | 69 | ||||||||
Boston University | 84 | Northeastern | 81* | ||||||||
Holy Cross | 79 | ||||||||||
Holy Cross | 63 | ||||||||||
Maine | 87 | Maine | 54 | ||||||||
Colgate | 83 |
- * - denotes overtime period
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "America East Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). AmericaEast.com. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
- ^ "1980-81 Men's Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference North Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved May 26, 2023.