1980 National Invitation Tournament

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1980 National Invitation Tournament
Season 197980
Teams32
Finals site Madison Square Garden,
New York City
Champions Virginia Cavaliers (1st title)
Runner-up Minnesota Golden Gophers (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Terry Holland (1st title)
MVP Ralph Sampson (Virginia)
National Invitation Tournaments
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The 1980 National Invitation Tournament was the 1980 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.

Contents

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament. [1]

Brackets

Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket. [1]

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
UNLV93
Washington 73
UNLV90
Long Beach State 81
Long Beach State104
Pepperdine 87
UNLV67
Saint Peter's 63
Duquesne65
Pittsburgh 63
Duquesne 33
Saint Peter's34
Saint Peter's71
Connecticut 56
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Virginia67
Lafayette 56
Virginia57
Boston College 55
Boston College95
Boston University 74
Virginia79
Michigan 68
Michigan76
Nebraska 69
Michigan75
UTEP 65
UTEP58
Wichita State 56
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Minnesota64
Bowling Green 50
 Minnesota58
Mississippi 56
Mississippi76
Grambling 74
Minnesota94
Southwestern Louisiana 73
Texas70
Saint Joseph's 61
Texas 76
Southwestern Louisiana77
Southwestern Louisiana74
UAB 72
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Illinois105
Loyola (IL) 87
Illinois75
Illinois State 65
Illinois State80
West Texas State 63
Illinois65
Murray State 63
Alabama53
Penn State 49
Alabama 62
Murray State70
Murray State53
Jacksonville 49

Semifinals & finals

Semifinals Finals
      
UNLV 71
Virginia90
Virginia58
Minnesota 55
Minnesota65
Illinois 63
Third place game
   
UNLV 74
Illinois84

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Tournament Results (1980's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009. Archived 11/7/09