1980 NAIA basketball tournament

1980 (1980) NAIA men's basketball tournament
Teams	32
Finals site	Kemper Arena; Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Cameron (1 title, 1 title game,; 1 Fab Four)
Runner-up	Alabama 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 MVP	LeRoy 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 edit

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

1980 NAIA bracket edit

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 edit

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

References edit

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

[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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1980 NAIA basketball tournament

Contents

Awards and honors edit

1980 NAIA bracket edit

Third-place game edit

See also edit

References edit