1980 NCAA Division I basketball tournament explained

Year:1980
Teams:48
Finalfourarena:Market Square Arena
Finalfourcity:Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions:Louisville Cardinals
Titlecount:1st
Champgamecount:1st
Champffcount:4th
Runnerup:UCLA Bruins (Vacated)
Gamecount:11th
Runnerffcount:14th
Semifinal1:Iowa Hawkeyes
Finalfourcount:3rd
Semifinal2:Purdue Boilermakers
Finalfourcount2:2nd
Coach:Denny Crum
Coachcount:1st
Mop:Darrell Griffith
Mopteam:Louisville
Attendance:321,260
Topscorer:Joe Barry Carroll
Topscorerteam:Purdue
Points:160

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:

  1. An unlimited number of at-large teams could come from any conference. (From 1975 to 1979, conferences were allowed only one 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 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

The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1980 tournament:

First and Second Rounds

Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

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

Teams

Region Seed Team Coach Conference Finished Final Opponent Score
East
East 1Big East Sweet 165 IowaL 88–77
East 2Atlantic Coast Sweet Sixteen3 GeorgetownL 74–68
East 3Big East Regional Runner-up5 IowaL 81–80
East 4Atlantic Coast Round of 325 IowaL 77–64
East 5Big Ten 4th Place2 PurdueL 75–58
East 6Round of 323 GeorgetownL 74–71
East 7Southeastern Round of 322 MarylandL 86–75
East 8Round of 321 SyracuseL 97–83
East 9Independent Round of 488 VillanovaL 77–59
East 10Southern Round of 487 TennesseeL 80–69
East 11Round of 486 IonaL 84–78
East 12Sun Belt Round of 485 IowaL 86–72
Mideast
Mideast 1Southeastern Sweet Sixteen4 DukeL 55–54
Mideast 2Big Ten Sweet Sixteen6 PurdueL 76–69
Mideast 3Big East Round of 326 PurdueL 87–72
Mideast 4Atlantic Coast Regional Runner-up6 PurdueL 68–60
Mideast 5Pacific-10 Round of 4812 PennL 62–55
Mideast 6Big Ten 3rd Place5 IowaW 75–58
Mideast 7Metro Round of 322 IndianaL 68–59
Mideast 8Metro Round of 321 KentuckyL 97–78
Mideast 9Mid-American Round of 488 Florida StateL 94–91
Mideast 10Ohio Valley Round of 487 Virginia TechL 89–85
Mideast 11Round of 486 PurdueL 90–82
Mideast 12Ivy League Round of 324 DukeL 52–42
Midwest
Midwest 1Southeastern Regional Runner-up2 LouisvilleL 86–66
Midwest 2Metro Champion8 UCLAW 59–54
Midwest 3Atlantic Coast Round of 326 Texas A&ML 78–61
Midwest 4Independent Round of 325 MissouriL 87–84
Midwest 5Big Eight Sweet Sixteen1 LSUL 68–63
Midwest 6Southwest Sweet Sixteen2 LouisvilleL 66–55
Midwest 7Big Eight Round of 322 LouisvilleL 71–69
Midwest 8Southwest Athletic Round of 321 LSUL 98–88
Midwest 9Sun Belt Round of 488 Alcorn StateL 70–62
Midwest 10Southwest Round of 487 Kansas StateL 71–53
Midwest 11Missouri Valley Round of 486 Texas A&ML 55–53
Midwest 12Round of 485 MissouriL 61–51
West
West 1Independent Round of 328 UCLAL 77–71
West 2Pacific-10 Round of 3210 LamarL 81–77
West 3Western Athletic Round of 326 ClemsonL 71–66
West 4Big Ten Sweet Sixteen8 UCLAL 72–68
West 5Pacific-10 Round of 324 Ohio StateL 89–75
West 6Atlantic Coast Regional Runner-up8 UCLAL 85–74
West 7Big Sky Round of 4810 LamarL 87–86
West 8Pacific-10 Runner Up2 LouisvilleL 59–54
West 9Round of 488 UCLAL 87–74
West 10Southland Sweet Sixteen6 ClemsonL 74–66
West 11Round of 486 ClemsonL 76–73
West 12West Coast Round of 485 Arizona StateL 99–71

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period.

Final Four

  1. — 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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NCAA 2008 Final 4 – San Antonio . https://web.archive.org/web/20080828173831/http://www.ncaamarchmadness2008.com/mens/history.aspx . 2008-08-28 . dead . 2009-03-06 .
  2. https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/09/sports/ucla-on-probation-in-basketball.html U.C.L.A. ON PROBATION IN BASKETBALL
  3. News: UCLA Will Not Appeal NCAA Ban: Basketball Team Is on Probation, Ineligible for Tournament. Los Angeles Times. 9 December 1981. .

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