Annual NCAA college basketball competition
The 1980 National Invitation Tournament was the 1980 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.[1]
| First Round | | | Second Round | | | Quarterfinals | |
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| UNLV | 93 | | | |
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| Washington | 73 | |
| | UNLV | 90 | |
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| | | Long Beach State | 81 | |
| Long Beach State | 104 | |
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| Pepperdine | 87 | |
| | UNLV | 67 | |
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| | | Saint Peter's | 63 | |
| Duquesne | 65 | | |
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| Pittsburgh | 63 | |
| | Duquesne | 33 | |
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| | | Saint Peter's | 34 | |
| Saint Peter's | 71 | |
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| Connecticut | 56 | |
| First Round | | | Second Round | | | Quarterfinals | |
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| Virginia | 67 | | | |
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| Lafayette | 56 | |
| | Virginia | 57 | |
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| | | Boston College | 55 | |
| Boston College | 95 | |
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| Boston University | 74 | |
| | Virginia | 79 | |
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| | | Michigan | 68 | |
| Michigan | 76 | | |
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| Nebraska | 69 | |
| | Michigan | 75 | |
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| | | UTEP | 65 | |
| UTEP | 58 | |
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| Wichita State | 56 | |
| First Round | | | Second Round | | | Quarterfinals | |
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| Minnesota | 64 | | | |
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| Bowling Green | 50 | |
| | | Minnesota | 58 | |
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| | | | Mississippi | 56 | |
| Mississippi | 76 | |
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| Grambling | 74 | |
| | Minnesota | 94 | |
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| | | Southwestern Louisiana | 73 | |
| Texas | 70 | | |
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| Saint Joseph's | 61 | |
| | Texas | 76 | |
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| | | Southwestern Louisiana | 77 | |
| Southwestern Louisiana | 74 | |
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| UAB | 72 | |
| First Round | | | Second Round | | | Quarterfinals | |
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| Illinois | 105 | | | |
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| Loyola (IL) | 87 | |
| | Illinois | 75 | |
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| | | Illinois State | 65 | |
| Illinois State | 80 | |
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| West Texas State | 63 | |
| | Illinois | 65 | |
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| | | Murray State | 63 | |
| Alabama | 53 | | |
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| Penn State | 49 | |
| | Alabama | 62 | |
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| | | Murray State | 70 | |
| Murray State | 53 | |
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| Jacksonville | 49 | |
Semifinals & finals
[edit] | Semifinals | | | Finals | |
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| UNLV | 71 | | |
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| Virginia | 90 | |
| | Virginia | 58 | |
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| | | Minnesota | 55 | |
| Minnesota | 65 | |
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| Illinois | 63 | |
| Third place game | |
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| UNLV | 74 | |
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| Illinois | 84 | |
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