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| 1980 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1979–80 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Website | Freedom Hall Louisville, KY |
| Champions | Louisville (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Denny Crum (2nd title) |
| MVP | Darrell Griffith (Louisville) |
| Television | Tanner Sports Network (finals) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Louisville † | 12 | - | 0 | 1.000 | 33 | - | 3 | .917 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 8 | - | 4 | .667 | 21 | - | 8 | .724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida State | 7 | - | 5 | .583 | 22 | - | 9 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis State | 5 | - | 7 | .417 | 13 | - | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 4 | - | 8 | .333 | 12 | - | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 3 | - | 9 | .250 | 13 | - | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 3 | - | 9 | .250 | 10 | - | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1980 Metro Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1980 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held February 28–March 2 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.[2]
Top-seeded Louisville defeated Florida State in the championship game, 81–72, to win their second Metro men's basketball tournament.
The Cardinals, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1980 NCAA Tournament, which they would go on to win. Fellow Metro Conference members Florida State and Virginia Tech also qualified for the NCAA field.
Format
All seven of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top team earning a bye into the semifinal round. The other six teams entered into the preliminary first round.
Bracket
| First Round Thursday, February 28 | Semifinals Saturday, March 1 | Championship Sunday, March 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Louisville | 84 | ||||||||||||
| Memphis State | 65 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Saint Louis | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Memphis State | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Louisville | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Florida State | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Florida State | 85 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Tulane | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Florida State | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Cincinnati | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Cincinnati | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Virginia Tech | 51 | ||||||||||||
References
- ^ sports-reference.com 1979-80 Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference Season Summary
- ^ "1979-80 Metro Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2018.