1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
| 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
|---|---|
| Preseason AP No. 1 | Indiana Hoosiers[1] |
| NCAA Tournament | 1980 |
| Tournament dates | March 6 – 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 (Naismith) Darrell Griffith, Louisville (Wooden) |
| Player of the Year (Helms) | Darrell Griffith, Louisville |
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 Division I men's 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.
- Any mistaken attempt to call a time-out after a team runs out of time-outs results in a technical foul and two free throws for the opposing team. The rule would figure prominently in the outcome of the 1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
Season headlines
- ESPN launched in November as the first all-sports television network.[2] It took advantage of college basketball's rapidly growing popularity to begin a highly profitable relationship with the NCAA which greatly expanded television coverage of college basketball in the United States.[2]
- The basketball-centered original Big East Conference began play.[2] Working closely with ESPN, it rapidly developed a reputation as a powerhouse of college basketball and a dominating force in the sport.[2]
- The NCAA tournament expanded from 40 to 48 teams.[3]
- ESPN televised 23 games of the 1980 NCAA tournament, becoming the first television network to broadcast the early rounds of an NCAA Tournament.[3]
- 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.
- The first year of the Ralph Sampson era ended with a Virginia Cavaliers National Invitation Tournament championship – a 58–55 win over Minnesota. Sampson, a 7-foot-4-inch (224 cm) freshman center, was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.
Season outlook
Pre-season polls
The top 20 from the AP Poll and UPI Coaches Poll during the pre-season.[4]
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Regular season
Conference winners and tournaments
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 Division I men's basketball tournament in the same way that the tournament champions of conventional athletic conferences did. The ECAC North was a separate, conventional conference.[27]
Informal championships
| Conference | Regular season winner |
Conference player of the year |
Conference tournament |
Tournament venue (City) |
Tournament winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Big 5 | Saint Joseph's | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Statistical leaders
Points per game |
Rebounds per game |
Field-goal percentage |
Free-throw percentage
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| Player | School | PPG | Player | School | RPG | Player | School | FG% | Player | School | FT% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Murphy | Southern | 32.1 | Larry Smith | Alcorn St. | 15.1 | Steve Johnson | Oregon St. | 71.0 | Brian Magid | George 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
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
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
| 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 |
| 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 |
Major player of the year awards
- Wooden Award: Darrell Griffith, Louisville
- Naismith Award: Mark Aguirre, DePaul
- Helms Player of the Year: Darrell Griffith, Louisville
- Associated Press Player of the Year: Mark Aguirre, DePaul
- UPI Player of the Year: Mark Aguirre, DePaul
- NABC Player of the Year: Michael Brooks, La Salle
- Oscar Robertson Trophy (USBWA): Mark Aguirre, DePaul
- Adolph Rupp Trophy: Mark Aguirre, DePaul
- Sporting News Player of the Year: Darrell Griffith, Louisville
Major coach of the year awards
- Associated Press Coach of the Year: Ray Meyer, DePaul
- Henry Iba Award (USBWA): Ray Meyer, DePaul
- NABC Coach of the Year: Lute Olson, Iowa
- UPI Coach of the Year: Ray Meyer, DePaul
- Sporting News Coach of the Year: Lute Olson, Iowa
Other major awards
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (Best player under 6'0): Jim Sweeney, Boston College
- Robert V. Geasey Trophy (Top player in Philadelphia Big 5): Michael Brooks, La Salle
- NIT/Haggerty Award (Top player in New York City metro area): Jeff Ruland, Iona
Coaching changes
A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after the season ended.[28]
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- ^ "Teagle, Metcalf get top SWC honors". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. February 27, 1980. p. 33. Retrieved December 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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