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1980 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Teams 48 Finals Site Market Square Arena Indianapolis, Indiana Champions Louisville (1st title) Runner-Up UCLA (11th title game) Semifinalists Iowa (3rd Final Four) Purdue (2nd Final Four) Winning Coach Denny Crum (1st title) MOP Darrell Griffith Louisville Attendance 321,260 Top scorer Joe Barry Carroll Purdue (158 points) |
The 1980 NCAA Men's 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 6, 1980, and ended with the championship
game on March 24 in Indianapolis, Indiana. A total of 48 games were played,
including a national third place game. Louisville, coached by Denny Crum, won the national title with a 59-54 victory in the final game over UCLA, coached by Larry Brown. Darrell Griffith of Louisville was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. In the second year the tournament field was seeded, no number one seed reached the Final Four. This would not happen again until 2006. The high five is said by many to have been popularized by the Louisville team during their championship run. UCLA would later forfeit their place in the standings after players representing the school were declared ineligible by the NCAA. |
Louisville's rivalry with the University of Kentucky is considered one of the most
intense in college sports, and the basketball game is commonly known as the Battle
for the Bluegrass or the Dream Game. Louisville also maintains basketball
rivalries with West Virginia, Cincinnati and Marquette. As of the end of the 2006-07 season, UofL had an all-time 1529-816 record in 92 seasons of intercollegiate basketball. The Cardinals are 19th among all NCAA schools in victories. |
The Louisville Cardinals basketball team is the 18th winningest college basketball
team in NCAA Division I history and has the 16th best winning percentage in the
last 7 seasons. Currently coached by Rick Pitino, the Cardinals of the University
of Louisville have a tradition of continued success, having been to 33 NCAA
tournaments (6th all time). Under Denny Crum, Louisville was one of the premier
program of the 1980s, going to four Final Fours, winning two NCAA championships,
and posting the highest NCAA tournament record of the 80s. |
March 18, 2008 UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Host: University of Dayton UD Arena Concierge March 20 and 22, 2008 Honda Center Anaheim, California Host: Big West Conference Honda Center Concierge Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado Hosts: Colorado State University Pepsi Center Concierge Qwest Center Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Hosts: Creighton University Qwest Center Omaha Concierge Verizon Center Washington, D.C. Host: Georgetown University Verizon Center Concierge March 21 and 23, 2008 BJCC Arena Birmingham, Alabama Host: Southeastern Conference BJCC Arena Concierge Alltel Arena Little Rock, Arkansas Host: University of Arkansas Alltel Arena Concierge RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina Host: North Carolina State University RBC Center Concierge St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, Florida Host: University of South Florida St Pete Times Forum Concierge March 27 and 29, 2008 East Regional Charlotte Bobcats Arena Charlotte, North Carolina Host: University of North Carolina Charlotte Arena Concierge West Regional US Airways Center Phoenix, Arizona Host: Arizona State University US Airways Center Concierge March 28 and 30, 2008 Midwest Regional Ford Field Detroit, Michigan Host: University of Detroit Mercy Ford Field Concierge South Regional Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas Host: University of Houston and Rice Reliant Stadium Concierge Final Four: April 5 and 7, 2008 Alamodome San Antonio, Texas Host: Univ. of Texas-San Antonio Alamodome Concierge |
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Louisville is the only school in the nation to have claimed the championship of three
major national post-season tournaments including the 1948 NAIB championship,
the 1956 NIT title and the 1980 and 1986 NCAA championships. UofL basketball has been named the seventh best all-time basketball program by Street and Smith's, The Sporting News, and CBS Sportsline. Eighteen Louisville players have earned All-America status, the latest being Francisco Garcia in 2005. The Cardinals have had 57 players taken in the NBA Draft, the latest of whom is Francisco Garcia being chosen in the first round (23rd overall) in the 2005 NBA draft. |
