1981 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket

Midwest
Austin, Texas				New Orleans, Louisiana
(8) Lamar 71 (9) Missouri 67		Lamar 78		Louisiana State 72		Louisiana State 96		Louisiana State
		Louisiana State 100
Austin, Texas
(5) Arkansas 73 (12) Mercer 67		Arkansas74		Arkansas 56
		Louisville 73
Wichita, Kansas
(6) Wichita State 95 (11) Southern 70		Wichita State 60		Wichita State 66		Wichita State 85
		Iowa 56
Wichita, Kansas
(7) Kansas 69 (10) Mississippi 66		Kansas 88		Kansas 65
		Arizona State 71

Mideast
Dayton, Ohio				Bloomington, Indiana
(8) Creighton 57 (9) St. Joseph's, Pennsylvania 59		St. Joseph's, Pennsylvania 49		St. Joseph's, Pennsylvania 42		St. Joseph's, Pennsylvania 46		Indiana
		DePaul 48
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
(5) Boston College 93 (12) Ball State 90		Boston College67		Boston College 41
		Wake Forest 64
Dayton, Ohio
(6) Maryland 81 (11) Chattanooga 69		Maryland 64		Indiana 87		Indiana 78
		Indiana 99
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
(7) UAB 93 (10) Western Kentucky 68		UAB 69		UAB 72
		Kentucky 62

West
Los Angeles, California				Salt Lake City, Utah
(8) Kansas State 64 (9) San Francisco 60		Kansas State 50		Kansas State 57		Kansas State 68		North Carolina
		Oregon State 48
Los Angeles, California
(5) Wyoming 78 (12) Howard 43		Wyoming65		Illinois 52
		Illinois 67
El Paso, Texas
(6) Fresno State 53 (11) Northeastern 55		Northeastern 69		Utah 56		North Carolina 82
		Utah 94
El Paso, Texas
(7) Idaho 69 (10) Pittsburgh 70		Pittsburgh 57		North Carolina 61
		North Carolina 74

East
Charlotte, North Carolina				Atlanta, Georgia
(8) Houston 72 (9) Villanova 90		Villanova 50		Virginia 62		Virginia 74		Virginia
		Virginia 54
Charlotte, North Carolina
(5) Virginia Commonwealth 85 (12) Long Island-Brooklyn 69		Virginia Commonwealth56		Tennessee 48
		Tennessee 58
Providence, Rhode Island
(6) Brigham Young 60 (11) Princeton 51		Brigham Young 78		Brigham Young 51		Brigham Young 60
		UCLA 55
Providence, Rhode Island
(7) Georgetown 55 (10) James Madison 61		James Madison 45		Notre Dame 50
		Notre Dame 54

Final Four
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(1) Louisiana State 49 (3) Indiana 67		Indiana 63		Indiana
(2) North Carolina 78 (1) Virginia 65		North Carolina 50

National Third Place Game
(1) Virginia 78 (1) Louisiana State 74		Virginia

Final Poll Results3/10/1981

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