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The 1979-80 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represents the University of Iowa in the 1979-80 college basketball season. The team is led by head coach Lute Olson. They finished with a 20-8 (10-8 Big Ten) record the previous season. In the NCAA Tournament Iowa was in the East bracket. On the weekend of December 22/23 1979 Iowa played in the Dayton, Ohio Classic.
[edit] Roster
| No. |
|
Position |
Year |
Player |
| 52 |
 |
F |
Jr |
Steve Waite |
| 32 |
|
F |
Jr |
Vince Brookins |
| 54 |
|
C |
Jr |
Steve Krafcisin |
| 32 |
|
G |
So |
Kevin Boyle |
| 30 |
|
G |
So |
Kenny Arnold |
| 12 |
|
G |
Sr |
Ronnie Lester |
| 24 |
|
G |
Fr |
Bob Hansen |
| 44 |
|
F |
Fr |
Mark Gannon |
|
[edit] Schedule
|
Big Ten Conference Standing: 4th
|
| Date |
Opponent* |
Rank* |
Location |
Time# |
Result |
Overall |
Conference |
|
Regular Season Games
|
| December 1, 1979 |
Northern Illinois |
|
Iowa City, IA |
|
W 86-43 |
1–0 |
0–0 |
| December 3, 1979 |
Colorado State |
|
Iowa City, IA |
|
W 113-66 |
2–0 |
0–0 |
| December 6, 1979 |
Northern Iowa |
#20 |
Iowa City, IA |
|
W 78-46 |
3–0 |
0–0 |
| December 8, 1979 |
Detroit |
#20 |
Detroit, MI |
|
W 80-54 |
4–0 |
0–0 |
| December 11, 1979 |
Wichita State |
#17 |
Wichita, KS |
|
W 81-62 |
5–0 |
0–0 |
| December 15, 1979 |
Iowa State |
#17 |
Ames, IA |
|
W 67-64 |
6–0 |
0–0 |
| December 22, 1979 |
Mississippi State |
#13 |
Dayton, OH |
|
W 81-62 |
7–0 |
0–0 |
| December 23, 1979 |
Dayton |
#13 |
Dayton, OH |
|
W 61-54 |
8–0 |
0–0 |
| December 29, 1979 |
Drake |
#11 |
Iowa City, IA |
|
W 77-66 |
9–0 |
0–0 |
| January 3, 1980 |
#20 Illinois |
#10 |
Champaign, IL |
|
W 72-71 |
10–0 |
1–0 |
| January 5, 1980 |
Michigan |
#10 |
Ann Arbor, MI |
|
L 68-65 |
10–1 |
1–1 |
| January 10, 1980 |
#3 Ohio State |
#12 |
Iowa City, IA |
|
L 77-71 |
10–2 |
1–2 |
| January 12, 1980 |
Wisconsin |
#12 |
Iowa City, IA |
|
W 66-65 |
11–2 |
2–2 |
| January 17, 1980 |
#19 Indiana |
#13 |
Bloomington, IN |
|
L 81-69 |
11–3 |
2–3 |
| January 19, 1980 |
Michigan State |
#13 |
East Lansing, MI |
|
L 75-67 |
11–4 |
2–4 |
| January 24, 1980 |
Northwestern |
|
Iowa City, IA |
|
W 86-64 |
12–4 |
3–4 |
| January 26, 1980 |
Minnesota |
|
Iowa City, IA |
|
W 80-73 |
13–4 |
4–4 |
| January 31, 1980 |
#17 Purdue |
|
West Lafayette, IN |
|
L 70-56 |
13–5 |
4–5 |
| February 2, 1980 |
Minnesota |
|
Minneapolis, MN |
|
W 73-63 |
14–5 |
5–5 |
| February 7, 1980 |
Michigan State |
|
Iowa City, IA |
|
W 44-39 OT |
15–5 |
6–5 |
| February 9, 1980 |
#12 Purdue |
|
Iowa City, IA |
|
W 74-59 |
16–5 |
7–5 |
| February 14, 1980 |
Indiana |
#20 |
Iowa City, IA |
|
L 66-55 |
16–6 |
7–6 |
| February 16, 1980 |
Northwestern |
#20 |
Evanston, IL |
|
W 60-58 |
17–6 |
8–6 |
| February 21, 1980 |
Wisconsin |
|
Madison, WI |
|
L 62-58 |
17–7 |
8–7 |
| February 23, 1980 |
#9 Ohio State |
|
Columbus, OH |
|
L 70-69 |
17–8 |
8–8 |
| February 28, 1980 |
Michigan |
|
Iowa City, IA |
|
W 83-67 |
18–8 |
9–8 |
| March 1, 1980 |
Illinois |
|
Iowa City, IA |
|
W 75-71 |
19–8 |
10–8 |
|
NCAA Tournament
|
| March 6, 1980 |
Virginia Commonwealth |
|
Greensboro, NC |
|
W 86-72 |
20-8 |
10-8 |
| March 8, 1980 |
North Carolina State |
|
Greensboro, NC |
|
W 77-64 |
21-8 |
10-8 |
| March 14, 1980 |
#6 Syracuse |
|
Philadelphia, PA |
|
W 88-77 |
22-8 |
10-8 |
| March 16, 1980 |
#11 Georgetown |
|
Philadelphia, PA |
|
W 81-80 |
23-8 |
10-8 |
| March 22, 1980 |
#2 Louisville |
|
Indianapolis, IN |
|
L 80-72 |
23-9 |
10-8 |
| March 24, 1980 |
#20 Purdue |
|
Indianapolis, IN |
|
L 75-58 |
23-10 |
10-8 |
| *Rank according to AP Top 20 Poll. #All times are in CST. Conference games in BOLD. |
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