1980 NCAA Division III
Basketball Tournament![NCAA logo.svg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/NCAA_logo.svg/125px-NCAA_logo.svg.png) |
Teams | 32 |
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Finals site | Rock Island, Illinois |
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Champions | North Park Vikings (3rd title) |
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Runner-up | Upsala Vikings (1st title game) |
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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.
Regional Rounds[]
Regional No. 1[]
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First Round
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Regional Championship
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Longwood
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73
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Framingham State
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63
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Longwood
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70
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Clark (MA)
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60
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Clark (MA)
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90
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Salem State
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71
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Regional Third-place
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Framingham State
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82
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Salem State
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84
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Regional No. 2[]
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First Round
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Regional Championship
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Potsdam
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93
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Stony Brook
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75
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Potsdam
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87
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Albany
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72
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Albany
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75
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St. Lawrence
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66
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Regional Third-place
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Stony Brook
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85
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St. Lawrence
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70
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Regional No. 3[]
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First Round
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Regional Championship
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North Park
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91
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Ripon
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73
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North Park
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72
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Augustana (IL)
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60
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Augustana (IL)
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76
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Central
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74
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Regional Third-place
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Ripon
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81
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Central
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71
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Regional No. 4[]
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First Round
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Regional Championship
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Jersey City State
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66
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Beloit
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55
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Jersey City State
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74
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Humboldt State
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73
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Humboldt State
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66
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Occidental
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54
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Regional Third-place
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Beloit
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69
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Occidental
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57
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Regional No. 5[]
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First Round
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Regional Championship
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Upsala
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78
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Washington & Lee
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70
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Upsala
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104
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William Paterson
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79
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William Paterson
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81
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Allegheny
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74
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Regional Third-place
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Washington & Lee
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80
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Allegheny
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103
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Regional No. 6[]
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First round
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Regional Championship
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Albright
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88
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Ursinus
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72
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Albright
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81
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Scranton
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73
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Scranton
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51
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Dickinson
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48
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Regional Third-place
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Ursinus
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64
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Dickinson
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77
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Regional No. 7[]
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First round
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Regional Championship
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Wittenberg
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76
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Wabash
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68
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Wittenberg
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59
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Ohio Northern
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51
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Ohio Northern
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92
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Calvin
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80
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Regional Third-place
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Wabash
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76
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Calvin
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88
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Regional No. 8[]
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First round
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Regional Championship
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Lane
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57
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Southwestern (TN)
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54
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Lane
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87
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Savannah State
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70
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Savannah State
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61
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UNC Greensboro
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58
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Regional Third-place
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Southwestern (TN)
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88
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UNC Greensboro
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80
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Championship Rounds[]
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Championship
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| Longwood
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| Potsdam
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| Longwood
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| North Park
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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
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| Wittenberg
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| Wittenberg
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| Longwood
| 47
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| Lane
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| Wittenberg
| 48
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