UCLA was stripped of second place
2 seed Maryland in round of 32
The number one seeds in the 1980 NCAA basketball tournament were DePaul, LSU, Kentucky and Syracuse. Louisville was a number two seed. Click on the '1980 NCAA Basketball Seedings' link on this page to see an entire listing of the seedings.
1980, 2006, & 2011
Clemson has made 10 appearances in the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: 1980, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
91st Tournament of Roses Parade - 1980 TV was released on: USA: 1 January 1980
In 2008, both of the 2007 finalists, Florida and Ohio State, didn't make the NCAA tournament. That has only happened one other time - in 1980 when the 1979 finalists, Michigan State and Indiana State also failed to make the tournament.
Including the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, the University of Kentucky has 17 consecutive appearances. Their current streak began with the 1992 tournament, and is currently the third longest active streak behind Arizona (24) and Kansas (18). Duke University is fourth on the list with 13 consecutive appearances.
Australian Basketball Association was created in 1980.
Alex Garcia - basketball - was born in 1980.
Adam Harrington - basketball - was born in 1980.
Dick Edwards - basketball - died in 1980.
Chris Williams - basketball - was born in 1980.