1982 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament
1982 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1981–82 |
Teams | 7 |
Site | Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, TN |
Champions | Memphis State (1st title) |
Winning coach | Dana Kirk (1st title) |
MVP | Keith Lee (Memphis State) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Memphis State † | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 23 | – | 4 | .852 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Louisville | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 19 | – | 9 | .679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida State | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Louis | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 6 | – | 21 | .222 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1982 Metro Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] *Memphis State vacated NCAA Tournament games due to NCAA sanctions. Disputed record (24–5) |
The 1982 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–6 at Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee.[2]
Memphis State defeated Louisville in the championship game, 73–62, to win their first Metro men's basketball tournament.
The Tigers received an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Tournament. Louisville received an at-large bid, and would go on to reach the Final Four.
Format
All seven of the conference's members participated. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top team earning a bye into the semifinal round. The other six teams entered into the preliminary first round.
Bracket
Quarterfinals Thursday, March 4 | Semifinals Friday, March 5 | Championship Saturday, March 6 | ||||||||||||
1 | Memphis State | 71 | ||||||||||||
4 | Virginia Tech | 70 | ||||||||||||
4 | Virginia Tech | 106 | ||||||||||||
5 | Cincinnati | 92 | ||||||||||||
1 | Memphis State | 73 | ||||||||||||
2 | Louisville | 62 | ||||||||||||
3 | Tulane | 49 | ||||||||||||
6 | Florida State | 54 | ||||||||||||
6 | Florida State | 73 | ||||||||||||
2 | Louisville | 97 | ||||||||||||
7 | Saint Louis | 44 | ||||||||||||
2 | Louisville | 76 |
References
- ^ sports-reference.com 1981-82 Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference Season Summary
- ^ "1981-82 Metro Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 8, 2020.