Front Row (l-r): Mgr. Randy Bufford, Greg Deuser, Jerry Eaves, Roger Burkman, Head Coach Denny Crum, Darrell Griffith, Tony Branch, "Poncho" Wright, Mgr. Lambert Jemley
Back Row (l-r): Asst. Coach Jerry Jones, Grad Asst. Mark McDonald, Rodney McCray, Daryl Cleveland, Marty Pulliam, Scooter McCray, Wiley Brown, Derek Smith, Asst. Coach Wade Houston, Asst. Coach Bill Olsen, Student Trainer Steve Donohue
| WINNING COACH | MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER |
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| DENNY CRUM | DARRELL GRIFFITH | LOUISVILLE |
| Location: Market Square Arena | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| March 24, 1980 | |
FINAL FOUR
| Player | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | REB | PF | PTS |
| UCLA | |||||
| Wilkes | 1-4 | 0-0 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Vandeweghe | 4-9 | 6-6 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| Sanders | 4-10 | 2-4 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Fosters | 6-15 | 4-4 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| Holton | 1-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Pruitt | 2-8 | 2-2 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| Daye | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Allums | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Anderson | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | ||||
| Totals | 19-52 | 16-18 | 34 | 18 | 54 |
| Louisville | |||||
| Brown | 4-12 | 0-2 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| Smith | 3-9 | 3-4 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| McCray | 2-4 | 3-4 | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| Eaves | 4-7 | 0-2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Griffith | 9-16 | 5-8 | 2 | 3 | 23 |
| Burkman | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Wright | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Branch | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | ||||
| Totals | 25-53 | 11-20 | 36 | 20 | 59 |