The 1980

Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament The State Farm Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament, commonly called Gateway Arch, Arch Madness, is an annual college basketball, basketball tournament which features the men's basketball teams of each of the Missouri Valley Con ...

was played after the conclusion of the 1979–1980 regular season at

Robertson Memorial Field House Robertson Memorial Field House was a multi-purpose arena on the Bradley University campus in Peoria, Illinois. The arena, built inside two surplus World War II airplane hangars in 1949 for $400,000 ($ in present terms), had a 3-foot (1 meter) r ...

on the campus of Bradley University in

Peoria, Illinois Peoria ( ) is a city in Peoria County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. Located on the Illinois River, the city had a population of 113,150 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Ill ...

. The

Bradley Braves The Bradley Braves are the intercollegiate athletics teams of Bradley University, located in Peoria, Illinois, United States. The Braves' athletic program is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) and competes at the Division I (NCAA), ...

defeated the in the championship game, 62-59, and as a result won their first MVC Tournament title to earn an automatic bid to the 1980 NCAA tournament.

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