1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Preseason AP #1	Indiana Hoosiers^[1]
NCAA Tournament	1980
Tournament dates	March 6, 1980 – March 24, 1980
National Championship	Market Square Arena Indianapolis
NCAA Champions	Louisville Cardinals
Helms National Champions	Louisville Cardinals
Other champions	Virginia Cavaliers (NIT)
Player of the Year (Naismith, Wooden)	Mark Aguirre, DePaul (Wooden) Darrell Griffith, Louisville (Naismith)

The 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 17, 1979, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1980 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Championship Game on March 24, 1980, at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. The Louisville Cardinals won their first NCAA national championship with a 59–54 victory over the UCLA Bruins.

Rule changes

Officials were ordered to more strictly enforce foul rules already on the books, including bench decorum, hand-checking and charging fouls.
An excessive time-out will result in two free throws (technical foul), a rule which would figure prominently in the outcome of the 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Season outlook

Pre-season polls

The top 20 from the AP and UPI polls during the pre-season.^[2]

'Associated Press'
Ranking	Team
1	Indiana (28)
2	Kentucky (5)
3	Duke (18)
4	Ohio State (7)
5	Notre Dame (1)
6	North Carolina
7	Louisiana State
8	UCLA
9	DePaul
10	Louisville
11	Purdue
12	Syracuse
13	Virginia
14	Texas A&M
15	Brigham Young
16	St. John's
17	Oregon State
18	Marquette
19	Georgetown
20	Kansas

UPI Coaches
Ranking	Team
1	Indiana
2	Ohio State
3	Notre Dame
4	North Carolina
5	Kentucky
6	Duke
7	UCLA
8	Louisiana State
9	DePaul
9	Virginia
11	Purdue
12	Syracuse
13	Texas A&M
14	Louisville
15	St. John's
16	Oregon State
17	Brigham Young
18	Iowa
19	Marquette
20	UNLV

Regular season

Conference winners and tournaments

Conference	Regular Season Winner^[3]	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue (City)	Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Maryland	Albert King, Maryland^[4]	1980 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament	Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, North Carolina)	Duke
Big East Conference	Georgetown, St. John's & Syracuse	John Duren, Georgetown^[5]	1980 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament	Providence Civic Center (Providence, Rhode Island)	Georgetown
Big Eight Conference	Missouri	Rolando Blackman, Kansas State^[6]	1980 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) (Semifinals and Finals)	Kansas State
Big Sky Conference	Weber State	Don Newman, Idaho ^[7]	1980 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Dee Events Center (Ogden, Utah)	Weber State
Big Ten Conference	Indiana	None Selected	No Tournament
East Coast Conference	St. Joseph's (East) Lafayette (West)	Michael Brooks, La Salle	1980 East Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	The Palestra (Philadelphia)	La Salle
Eastern Athletic Association (Eastern 8)	Villanova, Duquesne & Rutgers	Earl Belcher, St. Bonaventure^[8]	1980 Eastern 8 Men's Basketball Tournament	Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)	Villanova
Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC)	Division I ECAC members played as independents during the regular season (see note)		1980 ECAC Metro Region Tournament	Nassau Coliseum (Uniondale, New York)	Iona
Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC)			1980 ECAC South Men's Basketball Tournament	Hampton Coliseum (Hampton, Virginia)	Old Dominion
ECAC North	Boston University & Northeastern	Rufus Harris, Maine & Ron Perry, Holy Cross^[9]	1980 ECAC North Men's Basketball Tournament	Hart Center (Worcester, Massachusetts)	Holy Cross
Ivy League	Penn	Peter Moss, Brown ^[10]	No Tournament
Metro Conference	Louisville	Darrell Griffith, Louisville	1980 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Freedom Hall (Louisville, Kentucky)	Louisville
Mid-American Conference	Toledo	Jim Swaney, Toledo^[11]	1980 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament	Crisler Arena (Ann Arbor, Michigan)	Toledo
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	North Carolina A&T State	James Ratiff, Howard	1979 MEAC Men's Basketball Tournament	Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, North Carolina)	North Carolina A&T State
Midwestern City Conference	Loyola (IL)	Calvin Garrett, Oral Roberts^[12]	1980 Midwestern City Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Roberts Municipal Stadium (Evansville, Indiana)	Oral Roberts
Missouri Valley Conference	Bradley	Lewis Lloyd, Drake^[13]	1980 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Robertson Memorial Field House (Peoria, Illinois)	Bradley
Ohio Valley Conference	Murray State & Western Kentucky	Gary Hooker, Murray State^[14]	1980 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	E. A. Diddle Arena (Bowling Green, Kentucky)	Western Kentucky
Pacific-10 Conference	Oregon State	Don Collins, Washington State^[15]	No Tournament
Pacific Coast Athletic Conference	Utah State	Dean Hunger, Utah State ^[16]	1980 PCAA Men's Basketball Tournament	Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California)	San Jose State
Southeastern Conference	Kentucky	Kyle Macy, Kentucky^[17]	1980 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament	Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex (Birmingham, Alabama)	LSU
Southern Conference	Furman	Jonathan Moore, Furman^[18]	1980 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Roanoke Civic Center (Roanoke, Virginia)	Furman
Southland Conference	Lamar	Andrew Toney, Southwestern Louisiana^[19]	No Tournament
Southwest Conference	Texas A&M	Ron Baxter, Texas & Terry Teagle, Baylor	1980 SWC Men's Basketball Tournament	HemisFair Arena (San Antonio, Texas)	Texas A&M
Southwestern Athletic Conference	Alcorn State	Larry Smith, Alcorn State^[20]	1980 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament		Alcorn State
Sun Belt Conference	South Alabama	James Ray, Jacksonville^[21]	1980 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	Charlotte Coliseum (Charlotte, North Carolina) (Semifinals and Finals)	VCU
Trans America Athletic Conference	Northeast Louisiana	George Lett, Centenary^[22]	1980 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament	Ewing Coliseum (Monroe, Louisiana)	Centenary
West Coast Athletic Conference	St. Mary's & San Francisco	Kurt Rambis, Santa Clara^[23]	No Tournament
Western Athletic Conference	BYU	None Selected	No Tournament

Note: From 1975 to 1982, the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), a loosely organized sports federation of Northeastern colleges and universities, organized Division I ECAC regional tournaments for those of its members that were independents in basketball. Each 1980 tournament winner received an automatic bid to the 1980 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament in the same way that the tournament champions of conventional athletic conferences did. The ECAC North was a separate, conventional conference.^[24]

Statistical leaders

Player	School	PPG	Player	School	RPG	Player	School	FG%	Player	School	FT%
Points Per Game			Rebounds Per Game			Field Goal Percentage			Free Throw Percentage
Tony Murphy	Southern	32.1	Larry Smith	Alcorn St.	15.1	Steve Johnson	Oregon St.	71.0	Brian Magid	G. Washington	92.9
Lewis Lloyd	Drake	30.2	Lewis Lloyd	Drake	15.0	Ron Charles	Michigan St.	67.6	Randy Nesbit	The Citadel	92.5
Harry Kelly	TX Southern	29.0	Rickey Brown	Mississippi St.	14.4	Cherokee Rhone	Centenary	66.6	Kyle Macy	Kentucky	91.2
Ken Page	New Mexico	28.0	Monti Davis	Tenn. St.	13.3	Roosevelt Bouie	Syracuse	65.4	Greg Manning	Maryland	90.8
James Tillman	Eastern Kentucky	27.2	Gary Hooker	Murray St.	12.3	Murray Brown	Florida St.	64.6	Eddie White	Gonzaga	89.2

Post-Season tournaments

NCAA tournament

Louisville's "doctors of dunk" brought Denny Crum his first NCAA title with a 59–54 win over surprise finalist UCLA and coach Larry Brown. Wooden Award winner Darrell Griffith was named Final Four Most Outstanding Player.

Final Four

Played at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana

National Semifinals			National Finals


E5	Iowa	72

MW2	Louisville	80
			MW2	Louisville	59

			W8	UCLA	54
ME6	Purdue	62

W8	UCLA	67

Third Place – Purdue 75, Iowa 58

National Invitation Tournament

The first year of the Ralph Sampson era ended with a Virginia Cavaliers NIT Championship – a 58–55 win over Minnesota. 7'4 freshman Sampson was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.

NIT semifinals and final

Played at Madison Square Garden in New York City

Semifinals			Finals


	UNLV	71

	Virginia	90
				Virginia	58

				Minnesota	55
	Minnesota	65

	Illinois	63

Third Place – Illinois 84, UNLV 74

Awards

Consensus All-American teams

**Consensus First Team**
Player	Position	Class	Team
Mark Aguirre	F	Sophomore	DePaul
Michael Brooks	F	Senior	La Salle
Joe Barry Carroll	C	Senior	Purdue
Darrell Griffith	G	Senior	Louisville
Kyle Macy	G	Senior	Kentucky

**Consensus Second Team**
Player	Position	Class	Team
Mike Gminski	C	Senior	Duke
Albert King	F	Junior	Maryland
Mike O'Koren	F	Senior	North Carolina
Kelvin Ransey	G	Senior	Ohio State
Sam Worthen	G	Senior	Marquette

Coaching changes

A number of teams changed coaches throughout the season and after the season ended.^[25]

Team	Former Coach	Interim Coach	New Coach	Reason
Alabama	C. M. Newton		Wimp Sanderson	Newton resigned to take the same position at Southeastern Conference rival Vanderbilt
Akron	Ken Cunningham		Bob Rupert
Army	Mike Krzyzewski		Pete Gaudet
Baptist	David Reese		Phil Carter
Boise State	Bus Connor		Dave Leach
Cal State Fullerton	Bobby Dye		George McQuarn
Colorado State	Jim Williams		Tony McAndrews
Cornell	Ben Bluitt		Tom Miller
Duke	Bill Foster		Mike Krzyzewski^[26]	Duke hired the untested Krzyzewski after a 9–17 season at Army.
Fairleigh Dickinson	Al Lobalbo		Don Feeley
Florida	Ed Visscher		Norm Sloan
George Mason	John Linn		Joe Harrington
Georgia Southern	J. B. Scearce		John Nelson
Hofstra	Joe Harrington		Dick Berg
Iona	Jim Valvano		Pat Kennedy
Iowa State	Lynn Nance	Rick Samuels	Johnny Orr	Nance resigned mid-season after an 8–10 start.
Lafayette	Roy Chipman		Will Rackley
Lamar	Billy Tubbs		Pat Foster
Loyola (IL)	Jerry Lyne		Gene Sullivan
Loyola Marymount	Ron Jacobs		Ed Goorjian
Michigan	Johnny Orr		Bill Frieder
Navy	Bob Hamilton		Paul Evans
Nebraska	Joe Cipriano		Moe Iba	Iba took the helm after Cipriano died of cancer in November 1980.^[27]
Nevada-Reno	Jim Carey		Sonny Allen
Niagara	Dan Raskin		Peter Lonergan
NC State	Norm Sloan		Jim Valvano	Sloan resigned at NC State to take over at Florida, his alma mater, to rebuild the Gators as they moved into their new arena.
Northwestern Louisiana	Tynes Hildebrand		Wayne Yates
Ohio	Dale Bandy		Danny Nee
Oklahoma	Dave Bliss		Billy Tubbs
Pittsburgh	Tim Grgurich		Roy Chipman
Purdue	Lee Rose		Gene Keady
San Francisco	Dan Belluomini		Pete Barry
South Carolina	Frank McGuire		Bill Foster	Hall of Fame coach McGuire retired after 30 years of coaching.
South Carolina State	Tim Autry		Johnny Jones
South Florida	Chip Conner	Gordon Gibbons	Lee Rose	Conner was fired in January^[28] and later replaced with Rose – fresh off of a Final Four at Purdue.
Southern Methodist	Sonny Allen		Dave Bliss
Southern Utah	Stan Jack		Tom McCracken
Tennessee Tech	Cliff Malpass		Tom Deaton
Tulsa	Jim King	Bill Franey	Nolan Richardson	King resigned due to family concerns in February.^[29] Tulsa hired reigning NJCAA championship coach Richardson.
UC Irvne	Tim Tift		Bill Mulligan
Valparaiso	Ken Rochlitz		Tom Smith
Western Kentucky	Gene Keady		Clem Haskins
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Bob Gottlieb		Bob Voight

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NCAA Division I men's basketball seasons
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