1980 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
| 1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament |
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| Season | 1979–80 | ||||
| Teams | 48 | ||||
| Finals site |
Market Square Arena Indianapolis, Indiana |
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| Champions |
Louisville (1st title, 1st title game, 4th Final Four) |
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| Runner-up |
UCLA (Vacated) (11th title game, 14th Final Four) |
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| Semifinalists | |||||
| Winning coach | Denny Crum (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Darrell Griffith Louisville | ||||
| Attendance | 321,260 | ||||
| Top scorer |
Joe Barry Carroll Purdue (158 points) |
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The 1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament involved 48 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 6, 1980, and ended with the championship game on March 24 at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana. A total of 48 games were played, including a national third place game.
Louisville, coached by Denny Crum, won the national title with a 59–54 victory in the final game over UCLA, coached by Larry Brown. Darrell Griffith of Louisville was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
Structurally speaking, this was the first tournament of the modern era. For the first time:
In the second year the tournament field was seeded, no number one seed reached the Final Four. This would not happen again until 2006 and also occurred in 2011.
UCLA would later forfeit its place in the standings after players representing the school were declared ineligible by the NCAA.
* indicates overtime; in case of multiple overtime, there is one * per overtime.
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