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.
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, 83โ76, in the championship game to claim their third overall title.
| National quarterfinals
| | | National semifinals
| | | National championship
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| Longwood
| 78
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| Potsdam
| 61
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| | Longwood
| 55
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| | | North Park
| 57
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| North Park
| 86
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| Jersey City State
| 63
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| | North Park
| 83
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| | | Upsala
| 76
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| Upsala
| 71
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| Albright
| 58
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| | Upsala
| 67
| | | National third-place game
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| | | Wittenberg
| 63
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| Wittenberg
| 69
| | | Longwood
| 47
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| Lane
| 59
| | | Wittenberg
| 48
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