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1980 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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Classification
  
Division I

Teams
  
8

Season
  
1979–80

Champions
  
Furman (6th title)

Site
  
Roanoke Civic Center Roanoke, VA

Winning coach
  
Eddie Holbrook (1st title)

The 1980 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 23–March 1, 1980. The quarterfinal round was hosted at campus sites, while the semifinals and finals were hosted at the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia. The Furman Paladins, led by head coach Eddie Holbrook, won their sixth Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1980 NCAA Tournament.

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Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's nine members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.

Bracket

* Overtime game

References

1980 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia