1980 NBL season explained

1980 NBL season
League:	National Basketball League
Sport:	Basketball
Duration:	2 February–8 June 1980 (Regular season) 14–15 June 1980 (Finals)
No Of Games:	22
No Of Teams:	12
Tv:	ABC
Season:	Regular season
Season Champs:	St. Kilda Saints
Top Scorer:	Rocky Smith (St. Kilda)
Top Scorer Link:	List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders
Mvp:	Rocky Smith (St. Kilda)
Mvp Link:	NBL Most Valuable Player Award
Finals:	Finals
Finals Link:	1980 NBL Finals
Finals Champ:	St. Kilda Saints (2nd title)
Finals Runner-Up:	West Adelaide Bearcats
Grand Final Mvp:	Rocky Smith (St. Kilda)
Grand Final Mvp Link:	NBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award
Seasonslist:	List of NBL seasons
Seasonslistnames:	NBL
Prevseason Link:	1979 NBL season
Prevseason Year:	1979
Nextseason Link:	1981 NBL season
Nextseason Year:	1981

The 1980 NBL season was the 2nd season of the National Basketball League (NBL).

Off-Season Changes

• Glenelg Tigers withdrew from the league.
• Coburg Giants, West Torrens Eagles and Launceston Casino City Tigers joined.
• David Claxton replaced Robert Young as Head Coach of Brisbane Bullets.
• Adrian Hurley replaced Joe Farrugia as Head Coach of Illawarra Hawks.
• Dean Donnollon replaced Bob Turner as Head Coach of Newcastle Falcons.

Regular season

The 1980 regular season took place over 18 rounds between 2 February 1980 and 8 June 1980. Each team played 22 games, against every opponent twice.

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 8

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Round 9

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Round 10

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Round 12

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Round 13

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Round 14

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Round 15

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Round 16

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Round 18

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Ladder

The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.

¹Head-to-Head between St. Kilda Saints and West Adelaide Bearcats (1-1). St. Kilda Saints won For and Against (+8).

²Illawarra Hawks won Head-to-Head (2-0).

³Head-to-Head between Coburg Giants and City of Sydney Astronauts (1-1). Coburg Giants won For and Against (+22).

Finals

See main article: 1980 NBL Finals. The NBL finals series in 1980 consisted of two semifinal games, and one championship-deciding grand final. All three of these finals games were sudden death.

Semifinals

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Awards

Statistics leaders

Category	Player	Team	Stat
			737 pts / 22 games^[1]
Free throw percentage			87.2% (68/78)^[2]

Regular season

• Most Valuable Player

Rocky Smith (St Kilda Saints)

• Best Defensive Player

Ray Wood (West Adelaide Bearcats)

• Coach of the Year

Barry Barnes (Nunawading Spectres)

• All-NBL Team

• • Cal Stamp (Canberra Cannons)^[3]
  • Danny Morseu (St Kilda Saints)
  • Brian Banks (Brisbane Bullets)
  • Herb McEachin (Canberra Cannons)
  • Ian Davies (Launceston Casino City)
  • Ken Richardson (West Adelaide Bearcats)

Finals

• Grand Final MVP

Rocky Smith (St Kilda Saints)

Notes and References

1. Web site: All Time Leaders. nbl.gearbox.performgroup.com. 23 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170923062541/http://nbl.gearbox.performgroup.com/nbl-all-time-leaders. 23 September 2017. dead.
2. Web site: NBL Historical Stats. spatialjam.com. 29 October 2019.
3. Web site: All NBL First Team. andthefoul.net. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120918045651/http://andthefoul.net/NBLwiki/index.php?All%20NBL%20First%20Team. 18 September 2012.