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

Teams

32

Finals site

Rock Island, Illinois

Champions

North Park Vikings (3rd title)

Runner-up

Upsala Vikings (1st title game)

Semifinalists

Wittenberg Tigers (2nd Final Four)
Longwood Lancers (1st Final Four)

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

Regional No. 1

	First Round					Regional Championship

	Longwood		73
	Framingham State		63
						Longwood		70
						Clark (MA)		60
	Clark (MA)		90
	Salem State		71			Regional Third-place

						Framingham State		82
						Salem State		84

Regional No. 2

	First Round					Regional Championship

	Potsdam		93
	Stony Brook		75
						Potsdam		87
						Albany		72
	Albany		75
	St. Lawrence		66			Regional Third-place

						Stony Brook		85
						St. Lawrence		70

Regional No. 3

	First Round					Regional Championship

	North Park		91
	Ripon		73
						North Park		72
						Augustana (IL)		60
	Augustana (IL)		76
	Central		74			Regional Third-place

						Ripon		81
						Central		71

Regional No. 4

	First Round					Regional Championship

	Jersey City State		66
	Beloit		55
						Jersey City State		74
						Humboldt State		73
	Humboldt State		66
	Occidental		54			Regional Third-place

						Beloit		69
						Occidental		57

Regional No. 5

	First Round					Regional Championship

	Upsala		78
	Washington & Lee		70
						Upsala		104
						William Paterson		79
	William Paterson		81
	Allegheny		74			Regional Third-place

						Washington & Lee		80
						Allegheny		103

Regional No. 6

	First round					Regional Championship

	Albright		88
	Ursinus		72
						Albright		81
						Scranton		73
	Scranton		51
	Dickinson		48			Regional Third-place

						Ursinus		64
						Dickinson		77

Regional No. 7

	First round					Regional Championship

	Wittenberg		76
	Wabash		68
						Wittenberg		59
						Ohio Northern		51
	Ohio Northern		92
	Calvin		80			Regional Third-place

						Wabash		76
						Calvin		88

Regional No. 8

	First round					Regional Championship

	Lane		57
	Southwestern (TN)		54
						Lane		87
						Savannah State		70
	Savannah State		61
	UNC Greensboro		58			Regional Third-place

						Southwestern (TN)		88
						UNC Greensboro		80

Championship Rounds

Site: Rock Island, Illinois

	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

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

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