1980 NBL season

April 2022 March 2026 1980 NBL season National Basketball League Basketball 2 February–8 June 1980 (Regular season)14–15 June 1980 (Finals) 22 12 ABC Regular season St. Kilda Saints Rocky Smith (St. Kilda) List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders Rocky Smith (St. Kilda) NBL Most Valuable Player Award Finals 1980 NBL Finals St. Kilda Saints (2nd title) West Adelaide Bearcats Rocky Smith (St. Kilda) NBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award List of NBL seasons NBL 1979 NBL season 1979 1981 NBL season 1981 The 1980 NBL season was the 2nd season of the National Basketball League (NBL). Off-Season Changes Glenelg Tigers withdrew from the league. Coburg Giants, West Torrens Eagles and Launceston Casino City Tigers joined. David Claxton replaced Robert Young as Head Coach of Brisbane Bullets. Adrian Hurley replaced Joe Farrugia as Head Coach of Illawarra Hawks. Dean Donnollon replaced Bob Turner as Head Coach of Newcastle Falcons. Regular season The 1980 regular season took place over 18 rounds between 2 February 1980 and 8 June 1980. Each team played 22 games, against every opponent twice. Round 1 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 2/02/1980 WTE 78–64 NS Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27609 2/02/1980 CC 77–69 LCCT Canberra Showgrounds N/A 27610 2/02/1980 CG 76–73 IH Ken Watson Stadium N/A 27611 2/02/1980 NF 73–69 BBR Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 27612 3/02/1980 WAB 78–71 NS Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27613 3/02/1980 BB 83–71 LCCT Auchenflower Stadium N/A 27614 3/02/1980 SKS 68–74 IH Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 27615 3/02/1980 CSA 74–86 BBR Alexandria Stadium N/A 27616 Round 2 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 8/02/1980 SKS 109–70 CC Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 27617 9/02/1980 NS 54–51 CG Burwood Stadium N/A 27618 9/02/1980 NF 86–88 SKS Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 27619 9/02/1980 BBR 95–74 WTE Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 27620 9/02/1980 CC 78–68 WAB Canberra Showgrounds N/A 27621 10/02/1980 LCCT 83–80 CG Dowling Street Stadium N/A 27622 10/02/1980 CSA 71–84 SKS Alexandria Stadium N/A 27623 10/02/1980 IH 101–77 WTE Beaton Park Stadium N/A 27624 10/02/1980 BB 91–86 WAB Auchenflower Stadium N/A 27625 Round 3 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 16/02/1980 WAB 91–89 NF Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27626 16/02/1980 NS 85–66 CSA Burwood Stadium N/A 27627 16/02/1980 SKS 94–74 BB Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 27628 16/02/1980 CC 56–78 IH Canberra Showgrounds N/A 27629 17/02/1980 WTE 86–88 NF Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27630 17/02/1980 LCCT 101–77 CSA Dowling Street Stadium N/A 27631 17/02/1980 CG 71–83 BB Ken Watson Stadium N/A 27632 17/02/1980 BBR 66–69 CC Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 27633 Round 4 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 23/02/1980 BB 83–77 NS Auchenflower Stadium N/A 27634 23/02/1980 CG 85–80 LCCT Ken Watson Stadium N/A 27635 23/02/1980 NF 71–73 IH Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 27636 23/02/1980 WTE 79–73 BBR Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27637 24/02/1980 CSA 75–97 NS Alexandria Stadium N/A 27638 24/02/1980 SKS 90–74 LCCT Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 27639 24/02/1980 IH 72–65 CC Beaton Park Stadium N/A 27640 24/02/1980 WAB 84–82 BBR Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27641 Round 5 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 27/02/1980 BBR 82–83 IH Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 27642 1/03/1980 NF 71–68 CG Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 27643 1/03/1980 BBR 84–100 SKS Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 27644 1/03/1980 CC 81–65 WTE Canberra Showgrounds N/A 27645 1/03/1980 NS 83–73 WAB Burwood Stadium N/A 27646 2/03/1980 CSA 73–70 CG Alexandria Stadium N/A 27647 2/03/1980 IH 83–101 SKS Beaton Park Stadium N/A 27648 2/03/1980 BB 84–80 WTE Auchenflower Stadium N/A 27649 2/03/1980 LCCT 65–84 WAB Dowling Street Stadium N/A 27650 Round 6 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 8/03/1980 IH 101–98 NF Beaton Park Stadium N/A 27651 8/03/1980 WAB 93–70 CSA Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27652 8/03/1980 LCCT 81–99 BB Dowling Street Stadium N/A 27653 9/03/1980 BBR 105–95 NF Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 27654 9/03/1980 WTE 70–72 CSA Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27655 9/03/1980 NS 58–56 BB Burwood Stadium N/A 27656 9/03/1980 CG 58–73 CC Ken Watson Stadium N/A 27657 Round 7 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 15/03/1980 CG 47–69 NS Ken Watson Stadium N/A 27658 15/03/1980 NF 86–87 LCCT Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 27659 15/03/1980 WTE 66–83 IH Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27660 15/03/1980 CC 69–68 BBR Canberra Showgrounds N/A 27661 16/03/1980 SKS 94–84 NS Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 27662 16/03/1980 CSA 87–86 LCCT Alexandria Stadium N/A 27663 16/03/1980 WAB 104–68 IH Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27664 16/03/1980 BB 104–53 BBR Auchenflower Stadium N/A 27665 Round 8 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 19/03/1980 BBR 73–82 CSA Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 27666 22/03/1980 BBR 65–94 CG Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 27667 22/03/1980 CC 95–69 SKS Canberra Showgrounds N/A 27668 22/03/1980 LCCT 96–71 WTE Dowling Street Stadium N/A 27669 22/03/1980 NF 81–77 WAB Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 27670 23/03/1980 IH 70–74 CG Beaton Park Stadium N/A 27671 23/03/1980 BB 94–75 SKS Auchenflower Stadium N/A 27672 23/03/1980 NS 83–71 WTE Burwood Stadium N/A 27673 23/03/1980 CSA 85–86 WAB Alexandria Stadium N/A 27674 Round 9 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 29/03/1980 SKS 112–92 NF Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 27675 29/03/1980 IH 89–82 CSA Beaton Park Stadium N/A 27676 29/03/1980 WAB 92–70 BB Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27677 29/03/1980 LCCT 59–81 CC Dowling Street Stadium N/A 27678 30/03/1980 CG 75–76 NF Ken Watson Stadium N/A 27679 30/03/1980 WTE 91–88 BB Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27680 30/03/1980 NS 73–59 CC Burwood Stadium N/A 27681 Round 10 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 12/04/1980 BBR 63–76 NS Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 27682 12/04/1980 WTE 77–61 CG Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27683 12/04/1980 BB 89–99 NF Auchenflower Stadium N/A 27684 13/04/1980 IH 88–89 NS Beaton Park Stadium N/A 27685 13/04/1980 WAB 93–81 CG Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27686 13/04/1980 CC 74–78 NF Canberra Showgrounds N/A 27687 Round 11 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 19/04/1980 BB 95–78 CC Auchenflower Stadium N/A 27688 19/04/1980 NF 88–65 CSA Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 27689 19/04/1980 IH 84–81 BBR Beaton Park Stadium N/A 27690 19/04/1980 NS 69–68 LCCT Burwood Stadium N/A 27691 19/04/1980 CG 84–91 SKS Ken Watson Stadium N/A 27692 19/04/1980 WAB 109–76 WTE Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27693 Round 12 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 25/04/1980 CC 82–60 CSA Canberra Showgrounds N/A 27694 25/04/1980 CG 98–71 WTE Ken Watson Stadium N/A 27695 26/04/1980 NS 83–85 IH Burwood Stadium N/A 27696 26/04/1980 NF 85–86 BB Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 27697 27/04/1980 LCCT 95–83 IH Dowling Street Stadium N/A 27698 27/04/1980 SKS 117–88 WTE Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 27699 27/04/1980 CSA 75–74 BB Alexandria Stadium N/A 27700 Round 13 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 3/05/1980 NF 71–79 NS Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 27701 3/05/1980 WAB 102–93 LCCT Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27702 3/05/1980 BB 81–84 IH Auchenflower Stadium N/A 27703 3/05/1980 SKS 115–78 BBR Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 27704 4/05/1980 CC 84–56 NS Canberra Showgrounds N/A 27705 4/05/1980 WTE 92–89 LCCT Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27706 4/05/1980 CSA 79–82 IH Alexandria Stadium N/A 27707 4/05/1980 CG 93–71 BBR Ken Watson Stadium N/A 27708 Round 14 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 10/05/1980 BB 98–95 CG Auchenflower Stadium N/A 27709 10/05/1980 NS 77–99 SKS Burwood Stadium N/A 27710 10/05/1980 NF 84–72 WTE Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 27711 10/05/1980 BBR 80–81 WAB Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 27712 11/05/1980 CC 96–87 CG Canberra Showgrounds N/A 27713 11/05/1980 LCCT 106–92 SKS Dowling Street Stadium N/A 27714 11/05/1980 CSA 101–77 WTE Alexandria Stadium N/A 27715 11/05/1980 IH 85–95 WAB Beaton Park Stadium N/A 27716 Round 15 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 17/05/1980 CG 101–76 CSA Ken Watson Stadium N/A 27717 17/05/1980 BBR 96–108 BB Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 27718 17/05/1980 WTE 75–71 CC Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27719 17/05/1980 LCCT 95–104 NF Dowling Street Stadium N/A 27720 18/05/1980 NS 54–56 NF Burwood Stadium N/A 27721 18/05/1980 SKS 113–105 CSA Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 27722 18/05/1980 IH 80–87 BB Beaton Park Stadium N/A 27723 18/05/1980 WAB 68–67 CC Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27724 Round 16 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 24/05/1980 WAB 94–104 SKS Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27725 24/05/1980 IH 79–80 LCCT Beaton Park Stadium N/A 27726 24/05/1980 BB 103–72 CSA Auchenflower Stadium N/A 27727 25/05/1980 WTE 94–101 SKS Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27728 25/05/1980 BBR 84–96 LCCT Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 27729 Round 17 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 31/05/1980 WTE 77–101 WAB Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27730 31/05/1980 SKS 105–89 CG Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 27731 1/06/1980 CSA 80-87 NF Alexandria Stadium N/A 27732 1/06/1980 CC 87–98 BB Canberra Showgrounds N/A 27733 1/06/1980 LCCT 71–81 NS Dowling Street Stadium N/A 27734 Round 18 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 7/06/1980 SKS 88–90 WAB Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 27735 7/06/1980 NF 70–68 CC Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 27736 7/06/1980 LCCT 118-103 BBR Dowling Street Stadium N/A 27737 8/06/1980 NS 98–64 BBR Burwood Stadium N/A 27738 8/06/1980 CG 89–92 WAB Ken Watson Stadium N/A 27739 8/06/1980 CSA 90–81 CC Alexandria Stadium N/A 27740 Ladder The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding. 1Head-to-Head between St. Kilda Saints and West Adelaide Bearcats (1-1). St. Kilda Saints won For and Against (+8). 2Illawarra Hawks won Head-to-Head (2-0). 3Head-to-Head between Coburg Giants and City of Sydney Astronauts (1-1). Coburg Giants won For and Against (+22). Finals 1980 NBL Finals The NBL finals series in 1980 consisted of two semifinal games, and one championship-deciding grand final. All three of these finals games were sudden death. Playoff bracket Semifinals |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 14/06/1980 SKS 101–77 NS Dowling Street Stadium N/A 27741 14/06/1980 WAB 101–94 BB Dowling Street Stadium N/A 27742 Grand Final |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 15/06/1980 SKS 113–88 WAB Dowling Street Stadium N/A 27743 Awards Statistics leaders Category Player Team Stat Points Rocky Smith St Kilda Saints 737 pts / 22 gameshttp://nbl.gearbox.performgroup.com/nbl-all-time-leaders All Time Leaders nbl.gearbox.performgroup.com 23 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170923062541/http://nbl.gearbox.performgroup.com/nbl-all-time-leaders 23 September 2017 dead Free throw percentage Jim Slacke Illawarra Hawks 87.2% (68/78)https://spatialjam.com/nbl-historical-stats/ NBL Historical Stats spatialjam.com 29 October 2019 Regular season Most Valuable Player: Rocky Smith (St Kilda Saints) Best Defensive Player: Ray Wood (West Adelaide Bearcats) Coach of the Year: Barry Barnes (Nunawading Spectres) All-NBL Team: Cal Stamp (Canberra Cannons)http://andthefoul.net/NBLwiki/index.php?All%20NBL%20First%20Team All NBL First Team andthefoul.net dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120918045651/http://andthefoul.net/NBLwiki/index.php?All%20NBL%20First%20Team 18 September 2012 Danny Morseu (St Kilda Saints) Brian Banks (Brisbane Bullets) Herb McEachin (Canberra Cannons) Ian Davies (Launceston Casino City) Ken Richardson (West Adelaide Bearcats) Finals Grand Final MVP: Rocky Smith (St Kilda Saints) References External links kmbXC4L0otE 1980 NBL Grand Final highlights 1980 Category:1980 in Australian men's sport Category:1980 in Australian basketball