1980 NCAA Division III basketball tournament

The 1980 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the sixth annual single-elimination tournament, held during March 1980, to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.

1980 NCAA Division III
basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteRock Island, Illinois
ChampionsNorth Park Vikings (3rd title)
Runner-upUpsala Vikings (1st title game)
Semifinalists
  • Wittenberg Tigers (2nd Final Four)
  • Longwood Lancers (1st Final Four)
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
«1979 1981»

The tournament field included 32 teams with the national championship rounds contested at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.

Two-time defending champions North Park defeated Upsala, 83–76, in the championship game to claim their third overall title.

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