1980 NBL Season

Here are the results and statistics from the National Basketball League (Australia) season of 1980.

End of Season Ladder

This is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. In all, 132 games were played, 22 for each team.
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1
St. Kilda Saints
22
17
5
112
77
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2
West Adelaide Bearcats
22
17
5
109
77
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3
Brisbane Bullets
22
15
7
108
68
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4
Nunawading Spectres
22
14
8
105
64
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5
Newcastle Falcons
22
13
9
102
59
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6
Illawarra Hawks
22
13
9
100
59
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7
Canberra Cannons
22
11
11
102
50
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8
Launceston Casino City
22
9
13
99
41
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9
Coburg Giants
22
7
15
99
32
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10
City of Sydney Astronauts
22
7
15
90
32
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11
West Torrens Eagles
22
6
16
88
27
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12
Bankstown Bruins
22
3
19
88
14
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Final

There were two semi-finals, and then one final. All three of these finals were sudden death.

emi-Finals

1st place played 4th place on the end of year ladder, and then 2nd place played 3rd place.

"1st Semi Final" - St. Kilda Saints "'101" to Nunawading Spectres 77

"2nd Semi Final" - West Adelaide Bearcats 101 to Brisbane Bullets 94

Final

St. Kilda Saints 113 to West Adelaide Bearcats 88

Awards

The MVP was awarded to Rocky Smith of the St. Kilda Saints

The Grand Final MVP was also awarded to Rocky Smith of the St. Kilda Saints

The Coach of the Year was awarded to Barry Barnes of the Nunawading Spectres.

All NBL First Team
* Danny Morseu (St. Kilda Saints)
* Cal Stamp (Canberra Cannons)
* Brian Banks (Brisbane Bullets)
* Ian Davies (Launceston Casino City)
* Herb McEachin (Canberra Cannons)
* Ken Richardson (West Adelaide Bearcats)

Referee of the Year was awarded to Eddie Crouch.

tats

Points Per Game

#Rocky Smith - 33.4 PPG (22 games for the Saints)
#Michael Haddow - 30.8 PPG (9 games for the Bullets)
#Herb McEachin- 25.8 PPG (22 games for the Cannons)
#Ken Richardson - 24.1 PPG (19 games for the Bearcats)
#Rick Fried - 23.3 PPG (18 games for the Westars)