The 1981 NCAA Division II basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1980–81 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Florida Southern College and Florida Southern's John Ebeling was the Most Outstanding Player. Regional participants *denotes tie Regionals South Atlantic - Emmitsburg, Maryland Location: Memorial Gym Host: Mount Saint Mary's College and Seminary Third Place - Cheyney 76, Randolph-Macon 67 Great Lakes - Macomb, Illinois Location: Western Hall Host: Western Illinois University Third Place - Wright State 96, Indiana State–Evansville 89 North Central - Green Bay, Wisconsin Location: Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena Host: University of Wisconsin at Green Bay Third Place - North Dakota State 95, Central Missouri State 87 South Central - Florence, Alabama Location: Flowers Hall Host: University of North Alabama Third Place - Jacksonville State 84, Lincoln 66 West - Billings, Montana Location: Alterowitz Gym Host: Eastern Montana College Third Place - Eastern Montana 54, Chico State 49 South - Orlando, Florida Location: UCF Fieldhouse Host: University of Central Florida Third Place - West Georgia 102, Morehouse 76 East - West Long Branch, New Jersey Location: William T. Boylan Gymnasium Host: Monmouth College Third Place - Monmouth 79, Bloomsburg 64 New England - Manchester, New Hampshire Location: NHC Fieldhouse Host: New Hampshire College Third Place - Stonehill 79, Springfield 78 *denotes each overtime played National Quarterfinals National Finals - Springfield, Massachusetts Location: Springfield Civic Center Hosts: American International College and Springfield College Third Place - Cal Poly 62, Green Bay 61** *denotes each overtime played All-tournament team Jay Bruchak (Mount Saint Mary's) John Ebeling (Florida Southern) Mike Hayes (Florida Southern) Durelle Lewis (Mount Saint Mary's) Jim Rowe (Mount Saint Mary's) See also 1981 NCAA Division I basketball tournament 1981 NCAA Division III basketball tournament 1981 NAIA men's basketball tournament References Sources 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship 1981 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament jonfmorse.com NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament Tournament NCAA Division II basketball tournament NCAA Division II basketball tournament