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1981 TAAC men's basketball tournament

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The 1981 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the ASUN men's basketball tournament) was held March 4–8 at the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana.[1] It was the first TAAC tournament after a two-year qualification period for the conference where the winner would receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament.[2]

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1981 TAAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season198081
Teams9
SiteHirsch Memorial Coliseum
Shreveport, LA
ChampionsMercer (1st title)
Winning coachBill Bibb (1st title)
MVPTony Gattis (Mercer)
TAAC men's basketball tournaments
 1980
1982 
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1980–81 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Houston Baptist93 .7501810  .643
NE Louisiana84 .6671513  .536
Mercer74 .6361812  .600
Centenary75 .5831612  .571
Arkansas–Little Rock56 .4551313  .500
Samford56 .4551017  .370
Northwestern State57 .4171117  .393
Hardin-Simmons48 .333918  .333
Georgia Southern29 .182522  .185
1981 TAAC tournament winner
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Mercer upset top-seeded Houston Baptist in the championship game, 72–67, to win their first TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament. The Bears, in turn, received the TAAC's automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA tournament. This was Mercer's first appearance in the Division I NCAA tournament.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 4
Second round
Thursday, March 5
Semifinals
Friday, March 6
Championship
Sunday, March 8
            
Houston Baptist 48
Centenary 47
Samford 73
Georgia Southern 57
Samford 69
Centenary 76
Houston Baptist 67
Mercer 72
Mercer 78
UALR 69
Mercer 59
Northeast Louisiana 55
Northwestern State 91
Hardin–Simmons 88
Northwestern State 73
Northeast Louisiana 79

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