The 1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the
1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
The 1980 NCAA Division I basketball tournament involved 48 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 6th, 1980, and ended with the championship g ...
and it determined the national champion for the
1979-80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The 1980 National Title Game was played on March 24, 1980, at
Market Square Arena in
Indianapolis
Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Marion ...
. The 1980 National Title Game was played between the 1980 Midwest Regional Champions,
Louisville and the 1980 West Regional Champions,
UCLA.
Participating teams
UCLA
*West
**UCLA (8) 87, Old Dominion (9) 74
**UCLA 77, DePaul (1) 71
**UCLA 72, Ohio State (4) 68
**UCLA 85, Clemson (6) 74
*Final Four
**UCLA 67, Purdue (6) 62
Louisville
*Midwest
**Louisville (2) 71, Kansas State (7) 69 (OT)
**Louisville 66, Texas A&M (6) 55 (OT)
**Louisville 86, LSU (1) 66
*Final Four
**Louisville 80, Iowa (5) 72
Starting lineups
Game summary
References
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