1979–80 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1979–80 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1979–80 record	23–10 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lee Rose
Assistant coach	Everett Bass
Assistant coach	Billy Keller
Assistant coach	Jeff Meyer
Home arena	Mackey Arena

	Conf							Overall
1979–80 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#7 Indiana	13	–	5		.722			21	–	8		.724
#10 Ohio State	12	–	6		.667			21	–	8		.724
#20 Purdue	11	–	7		.611			23	–	10		.697
Iowa	10	–	8		.556			23	–	10		.697
Minnesota	10	–	8		.556			21	–	11		.656
Illinois	8	–	10		.444			22	–	13		.629
Michigan	8	–	10		.444			17	–	13		.567
Wisconsin	7	–	11		.389			15	–	14		.517
Michigan State	6	–	12		.333			12	–	15		.444
Northwestern	5	–	13		.278			10	–	17		.370

Rankings from AP Poll)

Regular season

During the 1980 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Purdue qualified for the Final Four, where they lost to UCLA.

NCAA basketball tournament

Midwest
- Purdue (#6 seed) 90, LaSalle 82
- Purdue 87, St. John’s, New York 72
- Purdue 76, Indiana 69
- Purdue 68, Duke 60
Final Four
- UCLA 67, Purdue 62

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	1	Joe Barry Carroll	Golden State Warriors
2	46	Arnette Hallman	Boston Celtics

References

Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball

Venues	Lafayette Coliseum (1896–1909) Memorial Gymnasium (1909–1934) Lafayette Jefferson High School Gymnasium (1929, 1934–1937) Lambert Fieldhouse (1937–1967) Mackey Arena (1967–present)

Rivalries	Indiana

Culture & lore	History Boilermaker Special Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!"

People	Head coaches Award winners

Seasons	1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Helms national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics