1980 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament
The 1980 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1979–80 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Virginia Union University and Virginia Union's Keith Valentine was the Most Outstanding Player.
Regional participants
*denotes tie
Regionals
Location: UMBC Fieldhouse
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| UMBC
| 86
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| Benedict
| 69
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| | UMBC
| 65
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| | Virginia Union
| 80
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| Virginia Union
| 72
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| Mount St. Mary's
| 70
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- Third Place - Mount St. Mary's 84, Benedict 82
Location: Bryant Gymnasium
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Springfield
| 91
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| Bryant
| 78
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| | Springfield
| 80
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| | New Hampshire College
| 89
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| New Hampshire College
| 98
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| Quinnipiac
| 89
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- Third Place - Quinnipiac 102, Bryant 97
Location: Frost Arena
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| South Dakota State
| 74
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| Stonehill
| 51
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| | South Dakota State
| 98
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| | Western Illinois
| 86
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| Western Illinois
| 102
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| North Dakota
| 79
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- Third Place - Stonehill 70, North Dakota 57
Location: Jenkins Fieldhouse
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Florida Southern
| 81
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| Bethune–Cookman
| 72
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| | Florida Southern
| 71
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| | UCF
| 64
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| UCF
| 81
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| West Georgia
| 78
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- Third Place - West Georgia 75, Bethune-Cookman 63
Location: Memorial Fieldhouse
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| UC Riverside
| 65
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| Puget Sound
| 61
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| | UC Riverside
| 62
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| | Cal Poly
| 53
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| Cal Poly
| 66
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| San Francisco State
| 46
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- Third Place - Puget Sound 93, San Francisco State 86
Location: CMSU Fieldhouse
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| North Alabama
| 98
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| Central Missouri State
| 86
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| | North Alabama
| 77
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| | Nicholls State
| 68
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| Nicholls State
| 78
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| Jacksonville State
| 76
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- Third Place - Central Missouri State 112, Jacksonville State 91
Location: Hammermill Center
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| NYIT
| 81
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| Gannon
| 59
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| | NYIT
| 80
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| | Hartwick
| 78
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| Hartwick
| 67
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| Cheyney
| 64
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- Third Place - Cheyney 87, Gannon 86
Location: Physical Education Building
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Eastern Illinois
| 74
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| Wright State
| 63
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| | Eastern Illinois
| 56
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| | Northern Michigan
| 58
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| Northern Michigan
| 93
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| Indiana State–Evansville
| 82
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- Third Place - Wright State 88, Indiana State–Evansville 85
*denotes each overtime played
National Quarterfinals
| Quarterfinal - Richmond, VA
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| Virginia Union
| 108
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| New Hampshire College
| 91
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| Quarterfinal - Lakeland, FL
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| South Dakota State
| 71
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| Florida Southern
| 81
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| Quarterfinal - Florence, AL
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| UC Riverside
| 69
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| North Alabama
| 76
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Location: Springfield Civic Center
| Semifinals
| | | Final
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| Virginia Union
| 78
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| Florida Southern
| 71
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| | Virginia Union
| 80
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| | NYIT
| 74
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| North Alabama
| 66
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| NYIT
| 72
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- Third Place - Florida Southern 68, North Alabama 67
*denotes each overtime played
All-tournament team
- Johnny Buckman (North Alabama)
- John Ebeling (Florida Southern)
- Larry Holmes (Virginia Union)
- Bobby Jones (New York Tech)
- Keith Valentine (Virginia Union)
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