Attendance for the 1980 NIT Championship Game was 13,598 fans.

Great college HOFers McHale and Sampson

star sums up the really elite kevin mchale

I. Remember Channel Nine (KMSP) in the Twin Cities picked up the semi finals and finals of the NIT due to Minnesota playing in it.

These teams both would have been 5 or 6 seeds if the NCAA tournament had had 64 teams in the field at the time instead of 32. I have a feeling these 2 upper-classman laden teams would compare favorably to todays thrown together college teams (transfer portal) full of Freshman one and dones. HOF McHale who at 22 years of age was so polished, you just don’t see that in college anymore sadly.

Most fans today would say this pre-shot clock style was boring. But I think this was more fun to watch. I could take a little more speed than this particular game had, but I like motion offense and working for good shots. Players in that era focused on team play and outperforming their opponent, but not raunchy showmanship.

What up Holmes (Gary)

It's Gophers... not Gopher.

That 1st foul on Ralph was not a foul.