1980 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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The 1980 NCAA Men's 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 in Indianapolis, Indiana. A total of 48 games were played.

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.

The high five is said by many to have been popularized by the Louisville team during their championship run.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Teams 3 Bracket 3.1 East region 3.2 Midwest region 3.3 Mideast region 3.4 West region 3.5 Final Four 4 External links

[edit] Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Greensboro, North Carolina, Providence, Rhode Island
Mideast	Lexington, Kentucky	Bowling Green, Kentucky, West Lafayette, Indiana
Midwest	Houston, Texas	Denton, Texas, Lincoln, Nebraska
West	Tucson, Arizona	Ogden, Utah, Tempe, Arizona
Finals	Indianapolis, Indiana

[edit] Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	1	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	Sweet Sixteen	5 Iowa	L 88-77
East	2	Maryland	Lefty Driesell	Sweet Sixteen	3 Georgetown	L 74-68
East	3	Georgetown	John Thompson	Elite Eight	5 Iowa	L 81-80
East	4	North Carolina State	Norm Sloan	Round of 32	5 Iowa	L 77-64
East	5	Iowa	Lute Olson	Fourth Place	6 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 64	8 Villanova	L 77-59
East	10	Furman	Eddie Holbrook	Round of 64	7 Tennessee	L 80-69
East	11	Holy Cross	George Blaney	Round of 64	6 Iona	L 84-78
East	12	Virginia Commonwealth	J.D. Barnett	Round of 64	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	Elite Eight	6 Purdue	L 68-60
Mideast	5	Washington State	George Raveling	Round of 64	12 Penn	L 62-55
Mideast	6	Purdue	Lee Rose	Third 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 64	8 Florida State	L 94-91
Mideast	10	Western Kentucky	Gene Keady	Round of 64	7 Virginia Tech	L 89-85
Mideast	11	La Salle	Lefty Ervin	Round of 64	6 Purdue	L 90-82
Mideast	12	Penn	Bob Weinhauer	Round of 32	4 Duke	L 52-42
Midwest
Midwest	1	LSU	Dale Brown	Elite Eight	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 64	8 Alcorn State	L 70-62
Midwest	10	Arkansas	Eddie Sutton	Round of 64	7 Kansas State	L 71-53
Midwest	11	Bradley	Dick Versace	Round of 64	6 Texas A&M	L 55-53
Midwest	12	San Jose State	Bill Berry	Round of 64	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 C. Foster	Elite Eight	8 UCLA	L 85-74
West	7	Weber State	Neil McCarthy	Round of 64	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 64	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 64	6 Clemson	L 76-73
West	12	Loyola Marymount	Ron Jacobs	Round of 64	5 Arizona State	L 99-71

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	8	Villanova	77
	9	Marquette	59
						8	Villanova	83
						1	Syracuse	97
											1	Syracuse	77
										5	Iowa	88
						4	N.C. State	64
						5	Iowa	77
	5	Iowa	86
	12	Virginia Commonwealth	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

[edit] Midwest region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	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

[edit] Mideast region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	8	Florida State	94
	9	Toledo	91
						8	Florida State	78
						1	Kentucky	97
											1	Kentucky	54
										4	Duke	55
						4	Duke	52
						12	Pennsylvania	42
	5	Washington State	55
	12	Pennsylvania	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*

[edit] West region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	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-CA	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

[edit] Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Finals
	5	Iowa	72
	2	Louisville	80
						2	Louisville	59
						8	UCLA	54
	6	Purdue	62
	8	UCLA	67

[edit] External links

• 1980 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
• HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.

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