Annual NCAA college basketball competition
The 1980 National Invitation Tournament was the 1980 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Brackets
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.[1]
| First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
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| UNLV
| 93
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| Washington
| 73
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| | UNLV
| 90
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| | | Long Beach State
| 81
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| Long Beach State
| 104
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| Pepperdine
| 87
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| | UNLV
| 67
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| | | Saint Peter's
| 63
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| Duquesne
| 65
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| Pittsburgh
| 63
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| | Duquesne
| 33
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| | | Saint Peter's
| 34
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| Saint Peter's
| 71
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| Connecticut
| 56
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| First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
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| Virginia
| 67
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| Lafayette
| 56
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| | Virginia
| 57
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| | | Boston College
| 55
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| Boston College
| 95
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| Boston University
| 74
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| | Virginia
| 79
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| | | Michigan
| 68
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| Michigan
| 76
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| Nebraska
| 69
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| | Michigan
| 75
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| | | UTEP
| 65
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| UTEP
| 58
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| Wichita State
| 56
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| First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
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| Minnesota
| 64
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| Bowling Green
| 50
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| Minnesota
| 58
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| Mississippi
| 56
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| Mississippi
| 76
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| Grambling
| 74
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| | Minnesota
| 94
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| | | Southwestern Louisiana
| 73
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| Texas
| 70
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| Saint Joseph's
| 61
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| | Texas
| 76
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| | | Southwestern Louisiana
| 77
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| Southwestern Louisiana
| 74
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| UAB
| 72
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| First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
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| Illinois
| 105
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| Loyola (IL)
| 87
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| | Illinois
| 75
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| | | Illinois State
| 65
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| Illinois State
| 80
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| West Texas State
| 63
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| | Illinois
| 65
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| | | Murray State
| 63
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| Alabama
| 53
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| Penn State
| 49
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| | Alabama
| 62
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| | | Murray State
| 70
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| Murray State
| 53
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| Jacksonville
| 49
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Semifinals & finals
| Semifinals
| | | Finals
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| UNLV
| 71
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| Virginia
| 90
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| | Virginia
| 58
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| | | Minnesota
| 55
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| Minnesota
| 65
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| Illinois
| 63
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| Third place game
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| UNLV
| 74
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| Illinois
| 84
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