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.

Bracket

Regionals

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	First round					Regional Championship

	Albright		88

	Ursinus		72
						Albright		81

						Scranton		73
	Scranton		51

	Dickinson		48			Regional Third-place


						Ursinus		64

						Dickinson		77

	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

	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

National finals

Site: Rock Island, Illinois

	National quarterfinals					National semifinals					National 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			National third-place game

						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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