1980 AIAW National Division III Basketball Championship

1980 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship

Tournament information
Administrator	Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
Venue(s)	Spokane, Washington
Participants	24
Final positions
Champions	Worcester State (1st title)
Runner-up	Wisconsin–La Crosse
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24

The 1980 AIAW National Division III Basketball Championship was the inaugural tournament hosted by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women to determine the national champion of collegiate basketball among its Division III members in the United States.

The tournament was held in Spokane, Washington.

Worcester State defeated Wisconsin–La Crosse in the championship game, 76–73, to capture the Lancers' first AIAW Division III national title.

Format

Twenty-four teams participated in a single-elimination tournament, with eight teams receiving byes into the second round.

The tournament also included a third-place game for the two teams that lost in the semifinal games.

Tournament bracket

	First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					National championship
							Worcester State	69
							Adrian	59
		Adrian	73
		Elizabethtown	55
												Worcester State	72
												Lee (TN)	59
							Lee (TN)	89
							Pitt Johnstown	78
		Pitt Johnstown	79
		Bridgewater (VA)	70
																	Worcester State	81
																	Scranton	60
							Scranton	78
							Eastern Connecticut	71
		Eastern Connecticut	69
		Christopher Newport	60
												Scranton	76
												Juniata	36
							McMurry	66
							Juniata	68
		Juniata	77
		Columbia (SC)	69
																						Worcester State	76
																						Wisconsin–La Crosse	73
							Wisconsin–La Crosse	80
							Notre Dame de Namur	57
		Notre Dame de Namur	57
		Pacific Lutheran	48
												Wisconsin–La Crosse	75
												San Francisco State	60
							San Francisco State	74
							Minnesota–Morris	58
		Minnesota–Morris	71
		Linfield	46
																	Wisconsin–La Crosse	66
																	Mount Mercy	63
							Mount Mercy	90
							Tarleton State	81
		Tarleton State	69																		Third place final
		Spring Arbor	68
												Mount Mercy	81									Scranton	78
												Biola	77									Mount Mercy	68
							Western Oregon	60
							Biola	75
		Biola	84
		Willamette	51

See also

• 1980 AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship
• 1980 AIAW National Division II Basketball Championship