1980 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

1980 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 197980
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
«1979  1981»

Template:1979–80 TAAC men's basketball standings

The 1980 Trans America Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Atlantic Sun 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 bit 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

  1. "1979-80 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
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