The 1980
National Invitation Tournament
The National Invitational Tournament (NIT) is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Played at regional sites and traditionally at Madison Square Garden (Final Four) in New York City ...
was the 1980 edition of the annual
NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.
[Tournament Results (1980's)](_blank)
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Alabama
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Boston College
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Boston University
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Bowling Green
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Connecticut
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Duquesne
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Grambling
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Illinois
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Illinois State
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Jacksonville
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Lafayette
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Long Beach State
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Loyola (IL)
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Michigan
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Minnesota
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Mississippi
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Murray State
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Nebraska
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Penn State #Redirect Pennsylvania State University
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Pepperdine
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Pittsburgh
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Saint Joseph's
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Saint Peter's
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Southwestern Lafayette
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Texas
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UAB
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UTEP
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UNLV
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Virginia
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Washington
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West Texas State
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Wichita State
Brackets
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.
Semifinals & finals
See also
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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 ...
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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 Div ...
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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 collegi ...
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1980 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 1980 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 43rd annual National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination f ...
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1980 National Women's Invitational Tournament
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