1980 Midwestern City Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1980 Midwestern City Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 197980
Teams 6
Site Roberts Municipal Stadium
Evansville, IN
Champions Oral Roberts (1st title)
Winning coach Ken Hayes (1st title)
MVP Calvin Garrett (Oral Roberts)
Midwestern City Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
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The 1980 Midwestern City Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament) was held February 29–March 2 at Roberts Municipal Stadium in Evansville, Indiana.[1] This was the first edition of the tournament.

Oral Roberts topped Loyola–Chicago in the inaugural championship game, 103–93, to win their first MCC/Horizon League men's basketball tournament.

The Golden Eagles, however, did not receive a bid to the 1980 NCAA Tournament.

Format

All six conference members participated in the tournament and were seeded based on regular season conference records. The top two teams were given byes into the semifinal round while the remaining four teams were placed into the initial quarterfinal round.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
Friday, February 29
Semifinals
Saturday, March 1
Championship
Sunday, March 2
                           
        
  1  Loyola–Chicago 81  
    5  Evansville 78  
5  Evansville 80
  4  Butler 67  
    1  Loyola–Chicago 93
  2  Oral Roberts 103
  3  Oklahoma City 102  
6  Xavier 93  
3  Oklahoma City 100
    2  Oral Roberts 101  
      

References

  1. "1979-80 Midwestern City Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
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