1980 NCAA Division I basketball tournament

1980 NCAA Division I
basketball tournament
Season	1979–80
Teams	48
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	Iowa Hawkeyes (3rd Final Four); Purdue Boilermakers (2nd Final Four);
Winning coach	Denny Crum (1st title)
MOP	Darrell Griffith (Louisville)
Attendance	321,260
Top scorer	Joe Barry Carroll (Purdue); (160 points)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
«1979	1981»

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. It began on March 6, 1980, and ended with the championship game on March 24 at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. A total of 48 games were played, including a national third-place game.

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:

An unlimited number of at-large teams could come from any conference. (From 1975 to 1979, conferences were allowed only one at-large entry.)
The bracket was seeded to make each region as evenly competitive as possible. (Previously, geographic considerations had trumped this.)
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

Greensboro

Denton

Bowling Green

Lincoln

Ogden

Providence

Tempe

West Lafayette

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1980 sites for first and second round games

Philadelphia

Lexington

Houston

Tucson

Indianapolis

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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

March 6 and 8
- East Region
  - Greensboro Memorial Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina (Host: Atlantic Coast Conference)
- Mideast Region
  - Mackey Arena, West Lafayette, Indiana (Host: Purdue University)
- Midwest Region
  - Bob Devaney Sports Center, Lincoln, Nebraska (Host: University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
- West Region
  - Dee Events Center, Ogden, Utah (Host: Weber State University)
March 7 and 9
- East Region
  - Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island (Host: Providence College)
- Mideast Region
  - E.A. Diddle Arena, Bowling Green, Kentucky (Host: Western Kentucky University)
- Midwest Region
  - UNT Coliseum, Denton, Texas (Host: North Texas State University)
- West Region
  - ASU Activity Center, Tempe, Arizona (Host: Arizona State University)

Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

March 13 and 15
- Mideast Regional, Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky (Host: University of Kentucky)
- West Regional, McKale Center, Tucson, Arizona (Host: University of Arizona)
March 14 and 16
- East Regional, The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Hosts: The Philadelphia Big 5 – Villanova University, Temple University, La Salle University, Saint Joseph's University, University of Pennsylvania)
- Midwest Regional, The Summit, Houston, Texas (Hosts: University of Houston, Rice University, Southwest Conference)

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

March 22 and 24
- Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana (Hosts: Butler University, Midwestern City Conference)

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Conference	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	1	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	Big East	Sweet 16	5 Iowa	L 88–77
East	2	Maryland	Lefty Driesell	Atlantic Coast	Sweet Sixteen	3 Georgetown	L 74–68
East	3	Georgetown	John Thompson	Big East	Regional Runner-up	5 Iowa	L 81–80
East	4	NC State	Norm Sloan	Atlantic Coast	Round of 32	5 Iowa	L 77–64
East	5	Iowa	Lute Olson	Big Ten	4th Place	2 Purdue	L 75–58
East	6	Iona	Jim Valvano	ECAC Metro	Round of 32	3 Georgetown	L 74–71
East	7	Tennessee	Don DeVoe	Southeastern	Round of 32	2 Maryland	L 86–75
East	8	Villanova	Rollie Massimino	Eastern	Round of 32	1 Syracuse	L 97–83
East	9	Marquette	Hank Raymonds	Independent	Round of 48	8 Villanova	L 77–59
East	10	Furman	Eddie Holbrook	Southern	Round of 48	7 Tennessee	L 80–69
East	11	Holy Cross	George Blaney	ECAC North	Round of 48	6 Iona	L 84–78
East	12	VCU	J. D. Barnett	Sun Belt	Round of 48	5 Iowa	L 86–72
Mideast
Mideast	1	Kentucky	Joe B. Hall	Southeastern	Sweet Sixteen	4 Duke	L 55–54
Mideast	2	Indiana	Bob Knight	Big Ten	Sweet Sixteen	6 Purdue	L 76–69
Mideast	3	St. John's	Lou Carnesecca	Big East	Round of 32	6 Purdue	L 87–72
Mideast	4	Duke	Bill E. Foster	Atlantic Coast	Regional Runner-up	6 Purdue	L 68–60
Mideast	5	Washington State	George Raveling	Pacific-10	Round of 48	12 Penn	L 62–55
Mideast	6	Purdue	Lee Rose	Big Ten	3rd Place	5 Iowa	W 75–58
Mideast	7	Virginia Tech	Charles Moir	Metro	Round of 32	2 Indiana	L 68–59
Mideast	8	Florida State	Joe Williams	Metro	Round of 32	1 Kentucky	L 97–78
Mideast	9	Toledo	Bob Nichols	Mid-American	Round of 48	8 Florida State	L 94–91
Mideast	10	Western Kentucky	Gene Keady	Ohio Valley	Round of 48	7 Virginia Tech	L 89–85
Mideast	11	La Salle	Lefty Ervin	East Coast	Round of 48	6 Purdue	L 90–82
Mideast	12	Penn	Bob Weinhauer	Ivy League	Round of 32	4 Duke	L 52–42
Midwest
Midwest	1	LSU	Dale Brown	Southeastern	Regional Runner-up	2 Louisville	L 86–66
Midwest	2	Louisville	Denny Crum	Metro	Champion	8 UCLA	W 59–54
Midwest	3	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Atlantic Coast	Round of 32	6 Texas A&M	L 78–61
Midwest	4	Notre Dame	Digger Phelps	Independent	Round of 32	5 Missouri	L 87–84
Midwest	5	Missouri	Norm Stewart	Big Eight	Sweet Sixteen	1 LSU	L 68–63
Midwest	6	Texas A&M	Shelby Metcalf	Southwest	Sweet Sixteen	2 Louisville	L 66–55
Midwest	7	Kansas State	Jack Hartman	Big Eight	Round of 32	2 Louisville	L 71–69
Midwest	8	Alcorn State	Davey Whitney	Southwest Athletic	Round of 32	1 LSU	L 98–88
Midwest	9	South Alabama	Cliff Ellis	Sun Belt	Round of 48	8 Alcorn State	L 70–62
Midwest	10	Arkansas	Eddie Sutton	Southwest	Round of 48	7 Kansas State	L 71–53
Midwest	11	Bradley	Dick Versace	Missouri Valley	Round of 48	6 Texas A&M	L 55–53
Midwest	12	San Jose State	Bill Berry	Pacific Coast	Round of 48	5 Missouri	L 61–51
West
West	1	DePaul	Ray Meyer	Independent	Round of 32	8 UCLA	L 77–71
West	2	Oregon State	Ralph Miller	Pacific-10	Round of 32	10 Lamar	L 81–77
West	3	BYU	Frank Arnold	Western Athletic	Round of 32	6 Clemson	L 71–66
West	4	Ohio State	Eldon Miller	Big Ten	Sweet Sixteen	8 UCLA	L 72–68
West	5	Arizona State	Ned Wulk	Pacific-10	Round of 32	4 Ohio State	L 89–75
West	6	Clemson	Bill Foster	Atlantic Coast	Regional Runner-up	8 UCLA	L 85–74
West	7	Weber State	Neil McCarthy	Big Sky	Round of 48	10 Lamar	L 87–86
West	8	UCLA	Larry Brown	Pacific-10	Runner Up	2 Louisville	L 59–54
West	9	Old Dominion	Paul Webb	ECAC South	Round of 48	8 UCLA	L 87–74
West	10	Lamar	Billy Tubbs	Southland	Sweet Sixteen	6 Clemson	L 74–66
West	11	Utah State	Rod Tueller	Pacific Coast	Round of 48	6 Clemson	L 76–73
West	12	Loyola Marymount	Ron Jacobs	West Coast	Round of 48	5 Arizona State	L 99–71

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period.

East region

First round			Quarter-finals			Regional semifinals			Regional Finals

8	Villanova	77

9	Marquette	59
			8	Villanova	83

			1	Syracuse	97



						1	Syracuse	77

						5	Iowa	88



			4	NC State	64

			5	Iowa	77
5	Iowa	86

12	VCU	72
									5	Iowa	81

									3	Georgetown	80
6	Iona	84

11	Holy Cross	78
			6	Iona	71

			3	Georgetown	74



						3	Georgetown	74

						2	Maryland	68



			2	Maryland	86

			7	Tennessee	75
7	Tennessee	80

10	Furman	69

Midwest region

First round			Quarter-finals			Regional semifinals			Regional Finals

8	Alcorn State	70

9	South Alabama	62
			8	Alcorn State	88

			1	LSU	98



						1	LSU	68

						5	Missouri	63



			4	Notre Dame	84*

			5	Missouri	87
5	Missouri	61

12	San Jose State	51
									1	LSU	66

									2	Louisville	86
6	Texas A&M	55

11	Bradley	53
			6	Texas A&M	78

			3	North Carolina	61**



						6	Texas A&M	55*

						2	Louisville	66



			2	Louisville	71

			7	Kansas State	69*
7	Kansas State	71

10	Arkansas	53

Mideast region

First round			Quarter-finals			Regional semifinals			Regional Finals

8	Florida State	94

9	Toledo	91
			8	Florida State	78

			1	Kentucky	97



						1	Kentucky	54

						4	Duke	55



			4	Duke	52

			12	Penn	42
5	Washington State	55

12	Penn	62
									4	Duke	60

									6	Purdue	68
6	Purdue	90

11	La Salle	82
			6	Purdue	87

			3	St. John's	72



						6	Purdue	76

						2	Indiana	69



			2	Indiana	68

			7	Virginia Tech	59
7	Virginia Tech	89

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 State	89

			5	Arizona State	75
5	Arizona State	99

12	Loyola Marymount	71
									8	UCLA#	85

									6	Clemson	74
6	Clemson	76

11	Utah State	73
			6	Clemson	71

			3	BYU	66



						6	Clemson	74

						10	Lamar	66



			2	Oregon State	77

			10	Lamar	81
7	Weber State	86

10	Lamar	87

Final Four

National semifinals Saturday, March 22			National Championship Monday, March 24

E5	Iowa	72

MW2	Louisville	80
			MW2	Louisville	59

			W8	UCLA#	54
ME6	Purdue	62

W8	UCLA#	67	National third-place game


			E5	Iowa	58

			ME6	Purdue	75

# — 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.

Announcers

Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, and Al McGuire – Mideast Regional Final at Lexington, Kentucky; Midwest Regional Final at Houston, Texas; Final Four at Indianapolis, Indiana
Don Criqui and Gary Thompson – East Regional Final at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; West Regional Final at Tucson, Arizona
Bill O'Donnell and Bucky Waters – East Regional semifinals at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Fred White and Larry Conley – Mideast Regional semifinals at Lexington, Kentucky
Jay Randolph and Jeff Mullins – Midwest Regional semifinals at Houston, Texas
Dick Enberg and Al McGuire – second round at Lincoln, Nebraska (Louisville–Kansas State, Notre Dame–Missouri); Second Round at Tempe, Arizona (DePaul–UCLA, Ohio State–Arizona State)
Don Criqui and Billy Packer – second round at West Lafayette, Indiana (St. John's–Purdue, Duke–Pennsylvania); Second Round at Bowling Green, Kentucky (Indiana–Virginia Tech, Kentucky–Florida State)
Merle Harmon and Joe Dean – second round at Greensboro, North Carolina (North Carolina State–Iowa, Maryland–Tennessee)
Bob Costas and Bucky Waters – second round at Providence, Rhode Island (Georgetown–Iona, Syracuse–Villanova)
Charlie Jones and Lynn Shackelford – second round at Ogden, Utah (Brigham Young–Clemson, Oregon State–Lamar)
Jay Randolph and Gary Thompson – first round at Lincoln, Nebraska (Kansas State–Arkansas, Missouri–San Jose State); Second Round at Denton, Texas (LSU–Alcorn State, North Carolina–Texas A&M)

References

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

[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.

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