The 1980 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the

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) was held February 28–March 2, 1980 at the Fant–Ewing Coliseum in

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. upset top-seeded in the championship game, 79–77, to win their first TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament. However, the Gentlemen did not ultimately receive a bid to the 1980 NCAA tournament or the 1980 NIT.

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