1980 TAAC men's basketball tournament
| 1980 TAAC men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1979–80 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Site | Fant–Ewing Coliseum Monroe, LA |
| Champions | Centenary (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Tommy Canterbury (1st title) |
| MVP | George Lett (Centenary) |
TAAC men's basketball tournaments | |
The 1980 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the ASUN men's basketball tournament) was held February 28–March 2, 1980 at the Fant–Ewing Coliseum in Monroe, Louisiana.[1]
Centenary upset top-seeded Northeast Louisiana 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.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Thursday, February 28 | Semifinals Saturday, March 1 | Championship Sunday, March 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Northeast Louisiana | 102 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Mercer | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Samford | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Mercer | 74 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Northeast Louisiana | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Centenary | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Centenary | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Houston Baptist | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Centenary | 88 | Third place Sunday, March 2 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Pan American | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Hardin–Simmons | 67 | 4 | Mercer | 90 | |||||||||
| 2 | Pan American | 83 | 2 | Texas–Pan American | 78 | |||||||||
References
- ^ "1979-80 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2016.