1980 AIAW National Division II Basketball Championship

1980 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship

Tournament information
Administrator	Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
Host(s)	University of Dayton
Venue(s)	Dayton, Ohio
Participants	24
Final positions
Champions	Dayton (1st title)
Runner-up	College of Charleston
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24

The 1980 AIAW National Division II 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 II members in the United States.

The tournament was held at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.

Hosts Dayton defeated College of Charleston in the championship game, 83–53, to capture the Flyers' first AIAW Division II 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
							South Carolina State	68
							William Penn	69
		William Penn	69
		Carson-Newman	57
												William Penn	75
												Charleston (WV)	68
							Charleston (WV)	80
							Langston	75
		Langston	59
		Air Force	58
																	William Penn	49
																	College of Charleston	67
							College of Charleston	75
							St. Peter's	58
		St. Peter's	75
		Niagara	55
												College of Charleston	64
												Morgan State	56
							Berry	74
							Morgan State	80
		Morgan State	62
		Hofstra	52
																						College of Charleston	53
																						Dayton	83
							Arkansas Tech	56
							Cal Poly Pomona	59
		Cal Poly Pomona	79
		Nebraska–Omaha	64
												Cal Poly Pomona	79
												Dayton	88
							Dayton	105
							Cal State Los Angeles	88
		Cal State Los Angeles	84*
		Idaho	81
																	Dayton	77
																	Louisiana College	52
							St. John Fisher	65
							Lenoir-Rhyne	79
		Lenoir-Rhyne	80																		Third place final
		SE Missouri State	63
												Lenoir-Rhyne	61									William Penn	77*
												Louisiana College	62									Louisiana College	71
							Livingston	77
							Louisiana College	86
		Louisiana College	61
		West Georgia	55

See also

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