1982 MAC men's basketball tournament

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1982 MAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1981–82
Teams	7
First round site	Campus Arenas Campus Sites
Finals site	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
Champions	Northern Illinois (1st title)
Winning coach	John McDougal (1st title)
MVP	Allen Rayhorn (Ball State)
MAC men's basketball tournaments ← 1981 1983 →

1981–82 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Ball State	12	–	4	.750	17	–	11	.607
Bowling Green	10	–	6	.625	18	–	11	.621
Northern Illinois †	9	–	7	.563	16	–	14	.533
Eastern Michigan	8	–	8	.500	15	–	12	.556
Western Michigan	8	–	8	.500	15	–	14	.517
Ohio	8	–	8	.500	13	–	14	.481
Miami	8	–	8	.500	11	–	16	.407
Toledo	7	–	9	.438	15	–	11	.577
Kent State	6	–	10	.375	10	–	16	.385
Central Michigan	4	–	12	.250	10	–	16	.385

† 1982 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 MAC men's basketball tournament was held March 1–3 at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan.^[1] Northern Illinois defeated Ball State in the championship game by the score of 79–75 to win their first MAC men's basketball tournament and a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they lost to Kansas State in the first round.^[2]^[3] Allen Rayhorn of Northern Illinois was named the tournament MVP.^[4]

Format

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Seven of the ten MAC teams participated. First Round games were played in the home arena of the higher seeded team. The semi-finals and final were played at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals March 1			Semifinals March 2			Final March 3

			1	Ball State	76

			5	Western Michigan	72
5	Western Michigan	44

4	Eastern Michigan	42
						1	Ball State	75

						3	Northern Illinois	79
3	Northern Illinois	70

6	Ohio	68
			3	Northern Illinois	67	Third place

			2	Bowling Green	66
7	Miami (OH)	78				2	Bowling Green	86

2	Bowling Green	81				5	Western Michigan	83

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References

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^ ^a ^b "1981-82 Mid-American Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
^ "1982 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
^ "1981-82 Northern Illinois Huskies Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
^ "Mid-American Conference men's basketball championship history". FOX News. Retrieved February 18, 2022.

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v t e 1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments
Conference	ACC Big East Big Eight Big Sky East Coast ECAC Metro ECAC North ECAC South EAA Metro MAAC MCC MEAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Ohio Valley PCAA SEC Southern Southland Southwest SWAC Sun Belt TAAC
National	NCAA NIT

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