| Teams | 32 | ||||
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| Finals site | Springfield, Massachusetts | ||||
| Champions | Florida Southern Moccasins (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (2nd title game) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Hal Wissel (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | John Ebeling (Florida Southern) | ||||
| Attendance | 64,659 | ||||
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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.
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1981 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Quarterfinals (orange) Final Four (red)