1980 (1980) NAIA men's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteKemper Arena
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsCameron (1 title, 1 title game,
1 Fab Four)
Runner-upAlabama State (1 title game,
1 Fab Four)
Semifinalists
  • Huron (1 Final Four)
  • Wisconsin-Eau Claire (3 Final Four)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Terry DuPris (Huron)
Chuck Taylor MVPLeRoy Jackson (Cameron)
NAIA men's tournaments
«1979 1981»

The 1980 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 43rd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1]

Awards and honors

  • Leading scorer:
  • Leading rebounder:
  • Player of the Year: est. 1994[2]

1980 NAIA bracket

First round Second round Elite Eight NAIA national semifinals NAIA national championship
               
1 Alabama State 103
- Dowling (N.Y.) 57
1 Alabama State 103
- South Carolina-Aiken 78
- South Carolina-Aiken 74
16 Hampton Institute (Va.) 73
1 Alabama State 67
TOP TIER
- Central Arkansas 53
9 Rockhurst (Mo.) 78
- Defiance (Ohio) 69
9 Rockhurst 53
- Central Arkansas 54
- Central Arkansas 67
8 Augsburg (Minn) 61
1 Alabama State 72
- Huron 58
5 Kearney State (Neb.) 85
- Franklin (Ind.) 86
- Franklin 71
- Huron 73
- Huron (S.D.) 82
12 Paul Quinn (Tex.) 72
- Huron 61
TOP TIER
- Clarion State 52
13 Hawaii-Hilo 70
- Loras (Iowa) 72
- Loras 71
- Clarion State 79
- Clarion State (Pa.) 83
4 Grand Canyon (Ariz.) 75
1 Alabama State 77
3 Cameron 84
3 Cameron (Okla.) 72
- Saginaw Valley (Mich.) 69
3 Cameron 120
14 St. Augustine's 86
- Southern Tech (Ga.) 63
14 St. Augustine's (N.C.) 66
3 Cameron 76
BOTTOM TIER
- LeMoyne-Owen 65
11 Fairmont State (W.Va.) 82
- LeMoyne-Owen (Tenn.) 84*
- LeMoyne-Owen 56
6 Abilene Christian 55
- Illinois Wesleyan 55
6 Abilene Christian (Tex.) 75
3 Cameron 71
2 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 64
7 Central Washington 89
- Moorhead State (Minn.) 73
7 Central Washington 66
10 Biola 64
- Frankin Pierce (N.H.) 64
10 Biola (Calif.) 76
7 Central Washington 61
BOTTOM TIER
2 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 68*
15 Marymount (Kan.) 99*
- Dillard (La.) 88
15 Marymount 49
2 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 56
- Cumberland (Ky.) 61
2 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 84
  •  * denotes overtime.

Third-place game

The third-place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.

NAIA third-place game
   
- Huron 59
2 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 54

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  2. ↑ NAIA Championship History Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
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