College basketball tournament
1984 Association of Mid-Continent Universities men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1983–84 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Hammons Student Center Springfield, Missouri |
Champions | Western Illinois (1st title) |
Winning coach | Jack Margenthaler (1st title) |
MVP | Todd Hutcheson (Western Illinois) |
Association of Mid-Continent Universities men's basketball tournaments1985 → |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UIC | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 22 | – | 7 | .759 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Iowa | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southwest Missouri State | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Illinois | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois † | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Green Bay | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleveland State | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Valparaiso | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1984 AMCU-8 tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1984 AMCU-8 men's basketball tournament was held March 8–10, 1984 at the Hammons Student Center at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri. This was the first edition of the tournament for the Association of Mid-Continent Universities, now known as the Summit League.
Western Illinois defeated Cleveland State in the title game, 73–64, to win their first AMCU/Summit League championship. However, the Leathernecks did not earn a bid to the 1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
Format
All eight conference members qualified for the tournament. First round seedings were based on regular season record.
Bracket
Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8 | Semifinals Friday, March 9 | Finals Saturday, March 10 | ||||||||||||
1 | UIC | 66 | ||||||||||||
8 | Valparaiso | 46 | ||||||||||||
1 | UIC | 67 | ||||||||||||
5 | Western Illinois | 87 | ||||||||||||
4 | Eastern Illinois | 65 | ||||||||||||
5 | Western Illinois | 81 | ||||||||||||
5 | Western Illinois | 73 | ||||||||||||
7 | Cleveland State | 64 | ||||||||||||
3 | Southwest Missouri State | 58 | ||||||||||||
6 | Green Bay | 51 | ||||||||||||
3 | Southwest Missouri State | 58 | ||||||||||||
7 | Cleveland State | 59 | ||||||||||||
7 | Cleveland State | 93 | ||||||||||||
2 | Northern Iowa | 79 |
References
- sports-reference.com 1983-84 Mid-Continent Conference Season Summary
- "1983-84 Summit League Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
Summit League men's basketball tournament | |
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1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments | |
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