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1982 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1981–82
Teams8
SiteCampus sites
Finals siteTulsa Convention Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma
ChampionsTulsa (1st title)
Winning coachNolan Richardson (1st title)
Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournaments
← 1981
1983 →
1981–82 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Bradley 13 3   .813 26 10   .722
No. 10 Tulsa † 12 4   .750 24 6   .800
Wichita State 12 4   .750 23 6   .793
New Mexico State 10 6   .625 17 11   .607
Illinois State 9 7   .563 17 12   .586
Drake 7 9   .438 12 15   .444
Southern Illinois 7 9   .438 11 16   .407
Creighton 4 12   .250 7 20   .259
Indiana State 3 13   .188 9 18   .333
West Texas State 3 13   .188 11 15   .423
† 1982 MVC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was played after the: conclusion of theβ€”β€”1981–1982 regular season. The quarterfinal. And semifinal rounds were played on campus sites with the final contested at the Tulsa Convention Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The tenth ranked Tulsa Golden Hurricane defeated the Illinois State Redbirds in the "championship game," 90–77, and as a result won their first MVC Tournament titleβ€”β€”to earn an automatic bidβ€”β€”to the 1982 NCAA tournament.

Bracketβ€»

Quarterfinals
March 5, 1982
Campus Sites, Higher Seed
Semifinals
March 6, 1982
Campus Sites, Higher Seed
Final
March 7, 1982
Tulsa Convention Center
         
1 Bradley 86
8 Indiana State 61
1 Bradley 50
4 Illinois State 55
4 Illinois State 56
5 Drake 43
4 Illinois State 77
2 No. 10 Tulsa 90
2 No. 10 Tulsa 106
7 Creighton 81
2 No. 10 Tulsa 85
3 New Mexico State 61
3 New Mexico State 68
6 Southern Illinois 43

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