1981 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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The 1981 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 48 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 12, 1981, and ended with the championship game on March 30 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A total of 48 games were played.

Indiana, coached by Bob Knight, won the national title with a 63-50 victory in the final game over North Carolina, coached by Dean Smith. Isiah Thomas of Indiana was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Teams 3 Bracket 3.1 East region 3.2 West region 3.3 Mideast region 3.4 Midwest region 3.5 Final Four 4 External links

[edit] Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	Atlanta, Georgia	Charlotte, North Carolina, Providence, Rhode Island
Mideast	Bloomington, Indiana	Dayton, Ohio, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Midwest	New Orleans, Louisiana	Austin, Texas, Wichita, Kansas
West	Salt Lake City, Utah	El Paso, Texas, Los Angeles, California
Finals	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

[edit] Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	1	Virginia	Terry Holland	Third Place	1 LSU	W 78-74
East	2	Notre Dame	Digger Phelps	Sweet Sixteen	6 BYU	L 51-50
East	3	UCLA	Larry Brown	Round of 32	6 BYU	L 78-55
East	4	Tennessee	Don DeVoe	Sweet Sixteen	1 Virginia	L 62-48
East	5	Virginia Commonwealth	J.D. Barnett	Round of 32	4 Tennessee	L 58-56
East	6	BYU	Frank Arnold	Elite Eight	1 Virginia	L 74-60
East	7	Georgetown	John Thompson	Round of 64	10 James Madison	L 61-55
East	8	Houston	Guy Lewis	Round of 64	9 Villanova	L 90-72
East	9	Villanova	Rollie Massimino	Round of 32	1 Virginia	L 54-50
East	10	James Madison	Lou Campanelli	Round of 32	2 Notre Dame	L 54-45
East	11	Princeton	Pete Carril	Round of 64	6 BYU	L 60-51
East	12	LIU-Brooklyn	Paul Lizzo	Round of 64	5 Virginia Commonwealth	L 85-69
Mideast
Mideast	1	DePaul	Ray Meyer	Round of 32	9 Saint Joseph's	L 49-48
Mideast	2	Kentucky	Joe B. Hall	Round of 32	7 UAB	L 69-62
Mideast	3	Indiana	Bob Knight	Champion	2 North Carolina	W 63-50
Mideast	4	Wake Forest	Carl Tacy	Round of 32	5 Boston College	L 67-64
Mideast	5	Boston College	Tom Davis	Sweet Sixteen	9 Saint Joseph's	L 42-41
Mideast	6	Maryland	Lefty Driesell	Round of 32	3 Indiana	L 99-64
Mideast	7	UAB	Gene Bartow	Sweet Sixteen	3 Indiana	L 87-72
Mideast	8	Creighton	Tom Apke	Round of 64	9 Saint Joseph's	L 59-57
Mideast	9	Saint Joseph's	Jim Lynam	Elite Eight	3 Indiana	L 78-46
Mideast	10	Western Kentucky	Clem Haskins	Round of 64	7 UAB	L 93-68
Mideast	11	Chattanooga	Murray Arnold	Round of 64	6 Maryland	L 81-69
Mideast	12	Ball State	Steve Yoder	Round of 64	5 Boston College	L 93-90
Midwest
Midwest	1	LSU	Dale Brown	Fourth Place	1 Virginia	L 78-74
Midwest	2	Arizona State	Ned Wulk	Round of 32	7 Kansas	L 88-71
Midwest	3	Iowa	Lute Olson	Round of 32	6 Wichita State	L 60-56
Midwest	4	Louisville	Denny Crum	Round of 32	5 Arkansas	L 74-73
Midwest	5	Arkansas	Eddie Sutton	Sweet Sixteen	1 LSU	L 72-56
Midwest	6	Wichita State	Gene Smithson	Elite Eight	1 LSU	L 96-85
Midwest	7	Kansas	Ted Owens	Sweet Sixteen	6 Wichita State	L 66-65
Midwest	8	Lamar	Pat Foster	Round of 32	1 LSU	L 100-78
Midwest	9	Missouri	Norm Stewart	Round of 64	8 Lamar	L 71-67
Midwest	10	Mississippi	Bob Weltlich	Round of 64	7 Kansas	L 69-66
Midwest	11	Southern	Carl Stewart	Round of 64	6 Wichita State	L 95-70
Midwest	12	Mercer	Bill Bibb	Round of 64	5 Arkansas	L 73-67
West
West	1	Oregon State	Ralph Miller	Round of 32	8 Kansas State	L 50-48
West	2	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Runner Up	3 Indiana	L 63-50
West	3	Utah	Jerry Pimm	Sweet Sixteen	2 North Carolina	L 61-56
West	4	Illinois	Lou Henson	Sweet Sixteen	8 Kansas State	L 57-52
West	5	Wyoming	Jim Brandenburg	Round of 32	4 Illinois	L 67-65
West	6	Fresno State	Boyd Grant	Round of 64	11 Northeastern	L 55-53
West	7	Idaho	Don Monson	Round of 64	10 Pittsburgh	L 70-69
West	8	Kansas State	Jack Hartman	Elite Eight	2 North Carolina	L 82-68
West	9	San Francisco	Peter Barry	Round of 64	8 Kansas State	L 64-60
West	10	Pittsburgh	Roy Chipman	Round of 32	2 North Carolina	L 74-57
West	11	Northeastern	Jim Calhoun	Round of 32	3 Utah	L 94-69
West	12	Howard	A.B. Williamson	Round of 64	5 Wyoming	L 78-43

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	8	Houston	72
	9	Villanova	90
						9	Villanova	50
						1	Virginia	54
											1	Virginia	62
										4	Tennessee	48
						4	Tennessee	58
						5	Virginia Commonwealth	56*
	5	Virginia Commonwealth	85
	12	Long Island	69
																1	Virginia	74
																6	BYU	60
	6	BYU	60
	11	Princeton	51
						6	BYU	78
						3	UCLA	55
											6	BYU	51
										2	Notre Dame	50
						2	Notre Dame	54
						10	James Madison	45
	7	Georgetown	55
	10	James Madison	61

[edit] West region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	8	Kansas State	64
	9	San Francisco	60
						8	Kansas State	50
						1	Oregon State	48
											8	Kansas State	57
										4	Illinois	52
						4	Illinois	67
						5	Wyoming	65
	5	Wyoming	78
	12	Howard	43
																8	Kansas State	68
																2	North Carolina	82
	6	Fresno State	53
	11	Northeastern	55
						11	Northeastern	69
						3	Utah	94
											3	Utah	56
										2	North Carolina	61
						2	North Carolina	74
						10	Pittsburgh	57
	7	Idaho	69*
	10	Pittsburgh	70

[edit] Mideast region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	8	Creighton	57
	9	St. Joseph's	59
						9	St. Joseph's	49
						1	DePaul	48
											9	St. Joseph's	42
										5	Boston College	41
						4	Wake Forest	64
						5	Boston College	67
	5	Boston College	93
	12	Ball State	90
																9	St. Joseph's	46
																3	Indiana	78
	6	Maryland	81
	11	Tennessee-Chattanooga	69
						6	Maryland	64
						3	Indiana	99
											3	Indiana	87
										7	UAB	72
						2	Kentucky	62
						7	UAB	69
	7	UAB	93
	10	Western Kentucky	68

[edit] Midwest region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	8	Lamar	71
	9	Missouri	67
						8	Lamar	78
						1	LSU	100
											1	LSU	72
										5	Arkansas	56
						4	Louisville	73
						5	Arkansas	74
	5	Arkansas	73
	12	Mercer	67
																1	LSU	96
																6	Wichita State	85
	6	Wichita State	95
	11	Southern-BR	70
						6	Wichita State	60
						3	Iowa	56
											6	Wichita State	66
										7	Kansas	65
						2	Arizona State	71
						7	Kansas	88
	7	Kansas	69
	10	Mississippi	66

[edit] Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Finals
	1	Virginia	65
	2	North Carolina	78
						2	North Carolina	50
						3	Indiana	63
	3	Indiana	67
	1	LSU	49

[edit] External links

• 1981 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
• HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.

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