1980 NCAA Division III basketball tournament

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1980 NCAA Division III
basketball tournament
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Teams32
Finals site Rock Island, Illinois
Champions North Park Vikings (3rd title)
Runner-up Upsala Vikings (1st title game)
Semifinalists
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
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The 1980 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the sixth annual single-elimination tournament, held during March 1980, to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.

Contents

The tournament field included 32 teams with the national championship rounds contested at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. [1]

Two-time defending champions North Park defeated Upsala, 83–76, in the championship game to claim their third overall title.

Bracket

Regionals

National finals

National quarterfinalsNational semifinalsNational championship
         
Longwood 78
Potsdam 61
Longwood 55
North Park57
North Park 86
Jersey City State 63
North Park83
Upsala 76
Upsala 71
Albright 58
Upsala67National third-place game
Wittenberg 63
Wittenberg 69Longwood 47
Lane 59 Wittenberg48

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References

  1. "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 17. Retrieved March 20, 2017.