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1980 NBL season

Field	Value
title	1980 NBL season
league	National Basketball League
sport	Basketball
duration	2 February–8 June 1980 (Regular season)
14–15 June 1980 (Finals)
no_of_games	22
no_of_teams	12
TV	ABC
season	Regular season
season_champs	St. Kilda Saints
top_scorer	Rocky Smith (St. Kilda)
top_scorer_link	List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders
MVP	Rocky Smith (St. Kilda)
MVP_link	NBL Most Valuable Player Award
finals	Finals
finals_link	1980 NBL Finals
finals_champ	St. Kilda Saints (2nd title)
finals_runner-up	West Adelaide Bearcats
grand_final_MVP	Rocky Smith (St. Kilda)
grand_final_MVP_link	NBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award
seasonslist	List of NBL seasons
seasonslistnames	NBL
prevseason_link	1979 NBL season
prevseason_year	1979
nextseason_link	1981 NBL season
nextseason_year	1981

14–15 June 1980 (Finals) | finals_runner-up = West Adelaide Bearcats

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

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

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

Main article: 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

Grand Final

Awards

Statistics leaders

Category		Player		Team		Stat
Points
Free throw percentage

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)
- 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

"All Time Leaders". nbl.gearbox.performgroup.com.
"NBL Historical Stats". spatialjam.com.
"All NBL First Team". andthefoul.net.

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