1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament

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 6th, 1980, and ended with the championship game on March 24th at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. A total of 48 games were played, including a national 3rd place game.

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»

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 1st tournament of the modern era.[1] For the first time:

1. An unlimited number of at-large teams could come from any conference. (From 1975 to 1979, conferences were only allowed 1 at-large entry.)
2. The bracket was seeded to make each region as evenly competitive as possible. (Previously, geographic considerations had trumped this.)
3. All teams were seeded solely based on the subjective judgment of the committee. (In 1979, seeding was also partially based on the prior performance of a conference winner's conference.)

In the 2nd year the tournament field was seeded, no #1 seed reached the Final 4. This would not happen again until 2006 and also occurred in 2011.

UCLA would forfeit its second place in the standings in 1981 after players representing the school were declared ineligible by the NCAA.[2]

Locations

Greensboro

Denton

Bowling Green

Lincoln

Ogden

Providence

Tempe

West Lafayette

1980 sites for first and second round games

Philadelphia

Lexington

Houston

Tucson

Indianapolis

1980 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

1st & 2nd Rounds

Region	Site	Venue	Host
East	Greensboro, North Carolina	Greensboro Memorial Coliseum	Atlantic Coast Conference
	Providence, Rhode Island	Providence Civic Center	Providence
Mideast	Bowling Green, Kentucky	E.A. Diddle Arena	Western Kentucky
	West Lafayette, Indiana	Mackey Arena	Purdue
Midwest	Denton, Texas	UNT Coliseum	North Texas
	Lincoln, Nebraska	Bob Devaney Sports Center	Nebraska
West	Ogden, Utah	Dee Events Center	Weber State
	Tempe, Arizona	ASU Activity Center	Arizona State

Regional Sites and Final 4

Region	Site	Venue	Host
East	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	The Spectrum	Drexel/Penn/Temple/Villanova
Mideast	Lexington, Kentucky	Rupp Arena	Kentucky
Midwest	Houston, Texas	The Summit	Houston/Rice/Texas Southern
West	Tucson, Arizona	McKale Center	Arizona
Final Four	Indianapolis, Indiana	Market Square Arena	Butler/IUPUI

For the 1st time, Indianapolis was the host of the Final 4; the next 6 held in the city were held at either the RCA Dome or at Lucas Oil Stadium. The Midwest Regional at The Summit marked the 4th different venue to host Tournament games in the city of Houston; a 5th location, NRG Stadium, was introduced in 2008. The city holds the record for the most different venues used. Only Indianapolis has used 4 venues and could conceivably use 20% if its current NBA arena, Bankers Life Fieldhouse is used. 3 different venues hosted games for the first time, all on college campuses; of the 3, only Purdue's Mackey Arena has not repeated as a host.

Teams

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

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period.

East region

	First round					Second round					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					Second round					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					Second round					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					Second round					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					National Championship
	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

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)

See also

• 1980 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament
• 1980 NCAA Division III Basketball Tournament
• 1980 National Invitation Tournament
• 1980 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
• 1980 National Women's Invitation Tournament

References

1. "NCAA 2008 Final 4 – San Antonio". Archived from the original on 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
2. U.C.L.A. ON PROBATION IN BASKETBALL - New York Times (UPI) December 9, 1981