Sport Basketball Champions St. Kilda Saints Start date 1980 Champion Southern Melbourne Saints Top seed Southern Melbourne Saints TV partner ABC | Season MVP Mike Jones Number of teams 12 Finals champion Southern Melbourne Saints | |
Duration 2 February 1980 – 8 June 198014 June 1980 (Semi–Finals)15 June 1980 (Grand Final) | ||
The 1980 NBL season was the second season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 12 teams contested the league. The regular season was played between 2 February 1980 and 8 June 1980, and was followed by a post-season featuring the top four in 14–15 June 1980.
Contents
Regular season
The home and away season took place over 18 rounds between 2 February 1980 and 8 June 1980.
Ladder
This is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. In all, 132 games were played, 22 for each team.
Finals
There were two semi-finals, and then one grand final. All three of these finals were sudden death.
Semi-Finals
1st place played 4th place on the end of year ladder, and then 2nd place played 3rd place.
All NBL First Team
Points Per Game
- Rocky Smith - 33.4 PPG (22 games for the St. Kilda Saints)
- Michael Haddow - 30.8 PPG (9 games for the Brisbane Bullets)
- Herb McEachin- 25.8 PPG (22 games for the Canberra Cannons)
- Ken Richardson - 24.1 PPG (19 games for the West Adelaide Bearcats)
References
1980 NBL season Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA