The 1980 NAIA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena

Kemper Arena

Kemper Arena is a 19,500 seat indoor arena, in Kansas City, Missouri.It is named for R. Crosby Kemper Sr., a member of the powerful Kemper financial clan and who donated $3.2 million, from his estate for the arena...

 in Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

. The 43rd annual NAIA

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...

 basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format .

Awards and honors

• Leading scorer:
• Leading rebounder:
• Player of the Year: est. 1994

1980 NAIA bracket

•  * denotes overtime.

3rd place game

The third place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.

See also

• 1980 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
  1980 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
  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...
  
  
• 1980 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament
  1980 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament
  The 1980 NCAA Men's 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 Division II men's basketball season...
  
  
• 1980 NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Tournament
• 1980 National Invitation Tournament
  1980 National Invitation Tournament
  -Semifinals & Finals:*Third Place - Illinois 84, UNLV 74...