1980 NCAA Division III Basketball Tournament

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.

1980 NCAA Division III
Basketball Tournament
Teams32
Finals siteRock Island, Illinois
ChampionsNorth Park Vikings (3rd title)
Runner-upUpsala Vikings (1st title game)
Semifinalists
NCAA Division III Men's Tournaments
«1979 1981»

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.

Regional Rounds


Championship Rounds

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
Longwood 78
Potsdam 61
Longwood 55
North Park 57
North Park 86
Jersey City State 63
North Park 83
Upsala 76
Upsala 71
Albright 58
Upsala 67 Third-place
Wittenberg 63
Wittenberg 69 Longwood 47
Lane 59 Wittenberg 48

See also

References

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