1982 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1982 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the Horizon League men's basketball tournament) was held March 2–4 at Mabee Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

1982 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1981–82
Teams	7
Site	Mabee Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
Champions	Evansville (1st title)
Winning coach	Dick Walters (1st title)
MVP	Brad Leaf (Evansville)
Midwestern City Conference men's basketball tournaments

1981–82 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Evansville †	10	–	2		.833			23	–	6		.793
Oral Roberts	8	–	4		.667			18	–	12		.600
Loyola-Chicago	8	–	4		.667			17	–	12		.586
Oklahoma City	6	–	6		.500			14	–	14		.500
Detroit	6	–	6		.500			10	–	17		.370
Butler	3	–	9		.250			7	–	20		.259
Xavier	1	–	11		.083			8	–	20		.286
† 1982 MCC tournament winner

Evansville defeated Loyola Chicago in the championship game, 81–72, to win their first MCC/Horizon League men's basketball tournament.

The Purple Aces received an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA tournament as the #10 seed in the Midwest region.

Format

All seven conference members participated in the tournament and were seeded based on regular season conference records. The top seed (Evansville) was given a bye into the semifinal round while the remaining six teams were placed into the initial quarterfinal round.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Friday, March 2					Semifinals Saturday, March 3					Championship Sunday, March 4
						1	Evansville	57
						5	Oklahoma City	45
	5	Detroit	61
	4	Oklahoma City	69
											1	Evansville	81
											3	Loyola Chicago	72
	3	Loyola Chicago	88
	6	Butler	71
						3	Loyola Chicago	77
						7	Xavier	69
	7	Xavier	74
	2	Oral Roberts	71