1981 America East Men's Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference Tournament
Year = 1981
Conference = America East
Gender = Men's


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Champions = Northeastern
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Coach = Jim Calhoun
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MVP = Perry Moss
MVPTeam = Northeastern
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The 1981 America East Men's Basketball Tournament was hosted by the higher seeds in head-to-head matchups. Canisius, New Hampshire, Niagara and Rhode Island did not qualify for the 1981 tournament. The final was held at The Cabot Center on the campus of the Northeastern University. Northeastern gained it's first overall America East Conference Championship and an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament with it's win over Holy Cross. Northeastern was given the 11th seed in the West Regional of the NCAA Tournament and won in the first round against Fresno 55-53, but lost in the second round to Utah 94-69. Holy Cross and Rhode Island both gained bids to the NIT and lost within the first two rounds to Syracuse and Purdue respectively.

Bracket and Results

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RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Vermont
RD1-score1=85**
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Boston U.
RD1-score2=84

RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Maine
RD1-score3=87
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Colgate
RD1-score4=83

RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Northeastern
RD2-score1=76*
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Vermont
RD2-score2=69

RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3=Holy Cross
RD2-score3=63
RD2-seed4=
RD2-team4=Maine
RD2-score4=54

RD3-seed1=
RD3-team1=Northeastern
RD3-score1=81*
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2=Holy Cross
RD3-score2=79

* Game Ended in Overtime
** Game Ended in Triple-Overtime

ee also

*America East Conference

References