1980 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball tournament

1980 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1979–80
Teams6
SiteRoberts Municipal Stadium
Evansville, IN
ChampionsOral Roberts (1st title)
Winning coachKen Hayes (1st title)
MVPCalvin Garrett (Oral Roberts)
Midwestern City Conference men's basketball tournaments
1981 →
1979–80 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Loyola-Chicago 5 – 0   1.000 19 – 10   .655
Oral Roberts † 4 – 1   .800 18 – 10   .643
Oklahoma City 3 – 2   .600 13 – 15   .464
Butler 2 – 3   .400 12 – 15   .444
Evansville 1 – 4   .200 18 – 10   .643
Xavier 0 – 5   .000 8 – 18   .308
† 1980 MCC tournament winner

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.