1980 Sun Belt Conference Tournament

The 1980 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament was held May 9 - 11 in Mobile, AL. #1 University of South Alabama defeated #7 University of South Florida for the title. Pete Otero of South Alabama was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Overall Record	Head Coach
1	University of South Alabama	33-11	Jim Crawford
2	University of Alabama at Birmingham	30-20	Harry Walker
3	Georgia State University	30-25	Jack Humphrey
4	Virginia Commonwealth University	23-28	Lou Martin
5	Jacksonville University	23-33	Tom Bradley
6	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	18-29	Gary Bartley
7	University of South Florida	20-34	Robin Roberts

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Jacksonville University	5-4	Virginia Commonwealth University
Game 2	Georgia State University	17-5	University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Game 3	University of South Florida	3-2	University of Alabama at Birmingham
Game 4	University of South Alabama	7-4	Jacksonville University
Game 5	Georgia State University	6-3	University of South Florida
Game 6	Virginia Commonwealth University	6-5	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	UNC Charlotte eliminated
Game 7	University of Alabama at Birmingham	10-7	Jacksonville University	Jacksonville eliminated
Game 8	University of South Alabama	7-6	Georgia State University
Game 9	University of South Florida	8-4	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Alabama-Birmingham eliminated
Game 10	Georgia State University	6-3	Virginia Commonwealth University	Virginia Commonwealth eliminated
Game 11	University of South Florida	8-2	Georgia State University	Georgia State eliminated
Game 12	University of South Alabama	11-1	University of South Florida	South Alabama wins Sun Belt Conference title