1980 NCAA Division III basketball tournament

1980 NCAA Division III
basketball tournament

Teams| 32
Finals site| Rock Island, Illinois
Champions| North Park Vikings (3rd title)
Runner-up| Upsala Vikings (1st title game)
Semifinalists|

* Wittenberg Tigers (2nd Final Four)
* Longwood Lancers (1st Final Four)

| NCAA Division III men's tournaments

«1979 | 1981»

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, 83–76, in the championship game to claim their third overall title.

## Bracket

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### Regionals

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| | First round | | | Regional Championship |

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| Longwood | 73 | |
| Framingham State | 63 |
| | Longwood | 70 |
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| | | Clark (MA) | 60 |
| Clark (MA) | 90 |
| Salem State | 71 | | | Regional Third-place
| | Framingham State | 82
| | Salem State | 84

| | First round | | | Regional Championship |

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| Potsdam | 93 | |
| Stony Brook | 75 |
| | Potsdam | 87 |
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| | | Albany | 72 |
| Albany | 75 |
| St. Lawrence | 66 | | | Regional Third-place
| | Stony Brook | 85
| | St. Lawrence | 70

| | First round | | | Regional Championship |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
| North Park | 91 | |
| Ripon | 73 |
| | North Park | 72 |
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| | | Augustana (IL) | 60 |
| Augustana (IL) | 76 |
| Central | 74 | | | Regional Third-place
| | Ripon | 81
| | Central | 71

| | First round | | | Regional Championship |

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| Jersey City State | 66 | |
| Beloit | 55 |
| | Jersey City State | 74 |
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| | | Humboldt State | 73 |
| Humboldt State | 66 |
| Occidental | 54 | | | Regional Third-place
| | Beloit | 69
| | Occidental | 57

| | First round | | | Regional Championship |

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| Upsala | 78 | |
| Washington & Lee | 70 |
| | Upsala | 104 |
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| | | William Paterson | 79 |
| William Paterson | 81 |
| Allegheny | 74 | | | Regional Third-place
| | Washington & Lee | 80
| | Allegheny | 103

| | First round | | | Regional Championship |

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| Albright | 88 | |
| Ursinus | 72 |
| | Albright | 81 |
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| | | Scranton | 73 |
| Scranton | 51 |
| Dickinson | 48 | | | Regional Third-place
| | Ursinus | 64
| | Dickinson | 77

| | First round | | | Regional Championship |

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| Wittenberg | 76 | |
| Wabash | 68 |
| | Wittenberg | 59 |
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| | | Ohio Northern | 51 |
| Ohio Northern | 92 |
| Calvin | 80 | | | Regional Third-place
| | Wabash | 76
| | Calvin | 88

| | First round | | | Regional Championship |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
| Lane | 57 | |
| Southwestern (TN) | 54 |
| | Lane | 87 |
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| | | Savannah State | 70 |
| Savannah State | 61 |
| UNC Greensboro | 58 | | | Regional Third-place
| | Southwestern (TN) | 88
| | UNC Greensboro | 80

### National finals

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* Site: Rock Island, Illinois

| National quarterfinals | | | National semifinals | | | National championship |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
| Longwood | 78 | | |
| Potsdam | 61 |
| | Longwood | 55 |
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| | | North Park | 57 |
| North Park | 86 |

| Jersey City State | 63 |
| | North Park | 83 |
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| | | Upsala | 76 |
| Upsala | 71 | |
| Albright | 58 |
| | Upsala | 67 | | | National third-place game
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| | | Wittenberg | 63 |
| Wittenberg | 69 | | | Longwood | 47

| Lane | 59 | | | Wittenberg | 48

## See also

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* 1980 NCAA Division I basketball tournament
* 1980 NCAA Division II basketball tournament
* 1980 NAIA basketball tournament

## References

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1. ^ "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 17. Retrieved March 20, 2017.

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