1980 NCAA Division I basketball tournament

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1980 NCAA Division I
basketball tournament
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Season 197980
Teams48
Finals site Market Square Arena,
Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions Louisville Cardinals (1st title, 1st title game,
4th Final Four)
Runner-up UCLA Bruins (Vacated) (11th title game,
14th Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Denny Crum (1st title)
MOP Darrell Griffith (Louisville)
Attendance321,260
Top scorer Joe Barry Carroll (Purdue)
(160 points)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
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The 1980 NCAA Division I basketball tournament involved 48 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. The 42nd annual edition of the tournament began on March 6, 1980, and ended with the championship game on March 24, at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. This was the last Final Four to be held at Market Square Arena, as it was demolished in 2001. A total of 48 games were played, including a national third-place game.

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Louisville, coached by Denny Crum, won the national title with a 59–54 victory in the final game over UCLA, coached by Larry Brown. Darrell Griffith of Louisville was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Structurally speaking, this was the first tournament of the modern era. [1] For the first time:

  1. An unlimited number of at-large teams could come from any conference. (From 1975 to 1979, conferences were allowed only one at-large entry.)
  2. The bracket was seeded to make each region as evenly competitive as possible. (Previously, geographic considerations had trumped this.)
  3. All teams were seeded solely based on the subjective judgment of the committee. (In 1979, seeding was partially based on the prior performance of a conference winner's conference.)

In this, the second year the tournament field was seeded, no #1 seed reached the Final Four. Since then, it has happened three other times, in 2006, 2011, and 2023. Purdue University's next Final Four appearance after this year would occur in 2024. Five coaches from teams in the Eastern bracket (Jim Boeheim, John Thompson, Lute Olson, Rick Pitino and Rollie Massimino) would later win their first (and in Pitino's case, the first of more than one) national championship.

UCLA would forfeit its second place in the standings in 1980 after players representing the school were declared ineligible by the NCAA. [2]

Schedule and venues

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Greensboro
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Denton
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Bowling Green
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Lincoln
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Ogden
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Providence
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Tempe
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West Lafayette
1980 sites for first and second round games
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Philadelphia
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Lexington
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Houston
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Tucson
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Indianapolis
1980 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1980 tournament:

First and Second Rounds

Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

National semifinals, 3rd-place game, and championship (Final Four and championship)

Teams

RegionSeedTeamCoachConferenceFinishedFinal OpponentScore
East
East1 Syracuse Jim Boeheim Big EastSweet 165 Iowa L 88–77
East2 Maryland Lefty Driesell Atlantic CoastSweet Sixteen3 Georgetown L 74–68
East3 Georgetown John Thompson Big EastRegional Runner-up5 Iowa L 81–80
East4 NC State Norm Sloan Atlantic CoastRound of 325 Iowa L 77–64
East5 Iowa Lute Olson Big Ten4th Place2 Purdue L 75–58
East6 Iona Jim Valvano ECAC Metro Round of 323 Georgetown L 74–71
East7 Tennessee Don DeVoe SoutheasternRound of 322 Maryland L 86–75
East8 Villanova Rollie Massimino Eastern Round of 321 Syracuse L 97–83
East9 Marquette Hank Raymonds IndependentRound of 488 Villanova L 77–59
East10 Furman Eddie Holbrook SouthernRound of 487 Tennessee L 80–69
East11 Holy Cross George Blaney ECAC North Round of 486 Iona L 84–78
East12 VCU J. D. Barnett Sun BeltRound of 485 Iowa L 86–72
Mideast
Mideast1 Kentucky Joe B. Hall SoutheasternSweet Sixteen4 Duke L 55–54
Mideast2 Indiana Bob Knight Big TenSweet Sixteen6 Purdue L 76–69
Mideast3 St. John's Lou Carnesecca Big EastRound of 326 Purdue L 87–72
Mideast4 Duke Bill E. Foster Atlantic CoastRegional Runner-up6 Purdue L 68–60
Mideast5 Washington State George Raveling Pacific-10Round of 4812 Penn L 62–55
Mideast6 Purdue Lee Rose Big Ten3rd Place5 Iowa W 75–58
Mideast7 Virginia Tech Charles Moir MetroRound of 322 Indiana L 68–59
Mideast8 Florida State Joe Williams MetroRound of 321 Kentucky L 97–78
Mideast9 Toledo Bob Nichols Mid-AmericanRound of 488 Florida State L 94–91
Mideast10 Western Kentucky Gene Keady Ohio ValleyRound of 487 Virginia Tech L 89–85
Mideast11 La Salle Lefty Ervin East Coast Round of 486 Purdue L 90–82
Mideast12 Penn Bob Weinhauer Ivy LeagueRound of 324 Duke L 52–42
Midwest
Midwest1 LSU Dale Brown SoutheasternRegional Runner-up2 Louisville L 86–66
Midwest2 Louisville Denny Crum MetroChampion8 UCLA W 59–54
Midwest3 North Carolina Dean Smith Atlantic CoastRound of 326 Texas A&M L 78–61
Midwest4 Notre Dame Digger Phelps IndependentRound of 325 Missouri L 87–84
Midwest5 Missouri Norm Stewart Big EightSweet Sixteen1 LSU L 68–63
Midwest6 Texas A&M Shelby Metcalf SouthwestSweet Sixteen2 Louisville L 66–55
Midwest7 Kansas State Jack Hartman Big EightRound of 322 Louisville L 71–69
Midwest8 Alcorn State Davey Whitney Southwest AthleticRound of 321 LSU L 98–88
Midwest9 South Alabama Cliff Ellis Sun BeltRound of 488 Alcorn State L 70–62
Midwest10 Arkansas Eddie Sutton SouthwestRound of 487 Kansas State L 71–53
Midwest11 Bradley Dick Versace Missouri ValleyRound of 486 Texas A&M L 55–53
Midwest12 San Jose State Bill Berry Pacific Coast Round of 485 Missouri L 61–51
West
West1 DePaul Ray Meyer IndependentRound of 328 UCLA L 77–71
West2 Oregon State Ralph Miller Pacific-10Round of 3210 Lamar L 81–77
West3 BYU Frank Arnold Western AthleticRound of 326 Clemson L 71–66
West4 Ohio State Eldon Miller Big TenSweet Sixteen8 UCLA L 72–68
West5 Arizona State Ned Wulk Pacific-10Round of 324 Ohio State L 89–75
West6 Clemson Bill Foster Atlantic CoastRegional Runner-up8 UCLA L 85–74
West7 Weber State Neil McCarthy Big SkyRound of 4810 Lamar L 87–86
West8 UCLA Larry Brown Pacific-10Runner Up2 Louisville L 59–54
West9 Old Dominion Paul Webb ECAC South Round of 488 UCLA L 87–74
West10 Lamar Billy Tubbs SouthlandSweet Sixteen6 Clemson L 74–66
West11 Utah State Rod Tueller Pacific Coast Round of 486 Clemson L 76–73
West12 Loyola Marymount Ron Jacobs West CoastRound of 485 Arizona State L 99–71

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period.

East region

First round Quarter-finals Regional semifinals Regional Finals
            
8 Villanova77
9 Marquette 59
8 Villanova 83
1 Syracuse97
1 Syracuse 77
5 Iowa88
4 NC State 64
5 Iowa77
5 Iowa86
12 VCU 72
5 Iowa81
3 Georgetown 80
6 Iona84
11 Holy Cross 78
6 Iona 71
3 Georgetown74
3 Georgetown74
2 Maryland 68
2 Maryland86
7 Tennessee 75
7 Tennessee80
10 Furman 69

Midwest region

First round Quarter-finals Regional semifinals Regional Finals
            
8 Alcorn State70
9 South Alabama 62
8 Alcorn State 88
1 LSU98
1 LSU68
5 Missouri 63
4 Notre Dame 84*
5 Missouri87
5 Missouri61
12 San Jose State 51
1 LSU 66
2 Louisville86
6 Texas A&M55
11 Bradley 53
6 Texas A&M78
3 North Carolina 61**
6 Texas A&M 55*
2 Louisville66
2 Louisville71
7 Kansas State 69*
7 Kansas State71
10 Arkansas 53

Mideast region

First round Quarter-finals Regional semifinals Regional Finals
            
8 Florida State94
9 Toledo 91
8 Florida State 78
1 Kentucky97
1 Kentucky 54
4 Duke55
4 Duke52
12 Penn 42
5 Washington State 55
12 Penn62
4 Duke 60
6 Purdue68
6 Purdue90
11 La Salle 82
6 Purdue87
3 St. John's 72
6 Purdue76
2 Indiana 69
2 Indiana68
7 Virginia Tech 59
7 Virginia Tech89
10 Western Kentucky 85*

West region

First round Quarter-finals Regional semifinals Regional Finals
            
8 UCLA#87
9 Old Dominion 74
8 UCLA#77
1 DePaul 71
8 UCLA#72
4 Ohio State 68
4 Ohio State89
5 Arizona State 75
5 Arizona State99
12 Loyola Marymount 71
8 UCLA#85
6 Clemson 74
6 Clemson76
11 Utah State 73
6 Clemson71
3 BYU 66
6 Clemson74
10 Lamar 66
2 Oregon State 77
10 Lamar81
7 Weber State 86
10 Lamar87

Final Four

National semifinals
Saturday, March 22
National Championship
Monday, March 24
      
E5 Iowa 72
MW2 Louisville80
MW2 Louisville59
W8 UCLA# 54
ME6 Purdue 62
W8 UCLA#67National third-place game
E5 Iowa 58
ME6 Purdue75

# — UCLA vacated its appearance in the 1980 NCAA Tournament after the NCAA had determined that the Bruins committed nine major violations. [3] Unlike forfeiture, a vacated game does not result in the other school being credited with a win, only with the removal of any UCLA wins from all records.

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See also

References

  1. "NCAA 2008 Final 4 – San Antonio". Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved March 6, 2009.
  2. U.C.L.A. ON PROBATION IN BASKETBALL – New York Times (UPI) December 9, 1981
  3. "UCLA Will Not Appeal NCAA Ban: Basketball Team Is on Probation, Ineligible for Tournament". Los Angeles Times. December 9, 1981. ProQuest   152965876.