1980 AIAW National Division II Basketball Championship

none August 2023 1980 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship AIAW logo.jpg Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women University of Dayton Dayton, Ohio 24 Dayton (1st title) College of Charleston 24 1979 (Small College) 1981 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.PRE-NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RECORDS http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_basketball_RB/2020/AIAW.pdf NCAA NCAA.org 23 January 2022 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 Third place final William Penn 69 Carson-Newman 57 Langston 59 Air Force 58 St. Peter's 75 Niagara 55 Morgan State 62 Hofstra 52 Cal Poly Pomona 79 Nebraska–Omaha 64 Cal State Los Angeles 84* Idaho 81 Lenoir-Rhyne 80 SE Missouri State 63 Louisiana College 61 West Georgia 55 South Carolina State 68 William Penn 69 Charleston (WV) 80 Langston 75 College of Charleston 75 St. Peter's 58 Berry 74 Morgan State 80 Arkansas Tech 56 Cal Poly Pomona 59 Dayton 105 Cal State Los Angeles 88 St. John Fisher 65 Lenoir-Rhyne 79 Livingston 77 Louisiana College 86 William Penn 75 Charleston (WV) 68 College of Charleston 64 Morgan State 56 Cal Poly Pomona 79 Dayton 88 Lenoir-Rhyne 61 Louisiana College 62 William Penn 49 College of Charleston 67 Dayton 77 Louisiana College 52 College of Charleston 53 Dayton 83 William Penn 77* Louisiana College 71 See also 1980 AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship 1980 AIAW National Division III Basketball Championship References Category:AIAW women's basketball tournament AIAW Division II AIAW National Division II Basketball Championship Category:1980 in sports in Ohio Category:Women's sports in Ohio