1980 NBL Season

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Here are the results and statistics from the National Basketball League (Australia) season of 1980.

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[edit] End of Season Ladder

This is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. In all, 132 games were played, 22 for each team.

Team Played Won Lost % Won %
1 St. Kilda Saints 22 17 5 112 77
2 West Adelaide Bearcats 22 17 5 109 77
3 Brisbane Bullets 22 15 7 108 68
4 Nunawading Spectres 22 14 8 105 64
5 Newcastle Falcons 22 13 9 102 59
6 Illawarra Hawks 22 13 9 100 59
7 Canberra Cannons 22 11 11 102 50
8 Launceston Casino City 22 9 13 99 41
9 Coburg Giants 22 7 15 99 32
10 City of Sydney Astronauts 22 7 15 90 32
11 West Torrents Eagles 22 6 16 88 27
12 Bankstown Bruins 22 3 19 88 14

[edit] Final

There were two semi-finals, and then one final. All three of these finals were sudden death.

[edit] Semi-Finals

1st place played 4th place on the end of year ladder, and then 2nd place played 3rd place.

1st Semi Final - St. Kilda Saints' 101 to Nunawading Spectres 77

2nd Semi Final - West Adelaide Bearcats 101 to Brisbane Bullets 94

[edit] Final

St. Kilda Saints 113 to West Adelaide Bearcats 88

[edit] Awards

The MVP was awarded to Rocky Smith of the St. Kilda Saints

The Grand Final MVP was also awarded to Rocky Smith of the St. Kilda Saints

The Coach of the Year was awarded to Barry Barnes of the Nunawading Spectres.

All NBL First Team

  • Danny Morseu (St. Kilda Saints)
  • Cal Stamp (Canberra Cannons)
  • Brian Banks (Brisbane Bullets)
  • Ian Davies (Launceston Casino City)
  • Herb McEachin (Canberra Cannons)
  • Ken Richardson (West Adelaide Bearcats)

Referee of the Year was awarded to Eddie Crouch.

[edit] Stats

[edit] Points Per Game

  1. Rocky Smith - 33.4 PPG (22 games for the Saints)
  2. Michael Haddow - 30.8 PPG (9 games for the Bullets)
  3. Herb McEachin- 25.8 PPG (22 games for the Cannons)
  4. Ken Richardson - 24.1 PPG (19 games for the Bearcats)
  5. Rick Fried - 23.3 PPG (18 games for the Westars)
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