1979–80 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

1979–80 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball

Conference	Pacific Coast Athletic Association
1979–80 record	4–18 (1–13 PCAA)
Head coach	Tim Taft (11th year)
Home arena	Crawford Court

	Conf				Overall
1979–80 Pacific Coast Athletic Association basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Utah State	11	–	2	.846	18	–	9	.667
Long Beach State	11	–	3	.786	22	–	12	.647
Fresno State	8	–	4	.667	17	–	7	.708
San Jose State†	7	–	6	.538	17	–	12	.586
Pacific	7	–	7	.500	15	–	16	.484
UC Santa Barbara	5	–	9	.357	11	–	16	.407
Cal State Fullerton	4	–	10	.286	10	–	17	.370
UC Irvine	1	–	13	.071	9	–	18	.333


† 1980 PCAA Tournament winner

The 1979–80 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by eleventh year head coach Tim Taft and played their home games at the Bren Events Center. They were members of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. They finished the season 4–18 and 1–13 in PCAA play.

Roster

Source^[1]

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Regular season
Nov. 30*	Samford	W 93–79	1–0	Crawford Hall (-)
Dec. 1*	Saint Mary's (CA)	L 66–68	1–1	Crawford Hall (-)
Dec. 8*	at Northern Arizona	L 77–84	1–2	Walkup Skydome (-)
Dec. 19*	Jackson State	W 56–50	2–2	Crawford Hall (-)
Dec. 21*	vs. Portland State	W 69-56	3–2	(-)
Dec. 22*	vs. Pepperdine	L 55-68	3–3	(-)
Dec. 28*	vs. Hofstra	L 83-84	3–4	(-)
Jan. 10	at Long Beach State	L 46-77	3-5 (0-1)	Gold Mine (-)
Jan. 12	UC Santa Barbara	L 59-61	3-6 (0-2)	Crawford Hall (-)
Jan. 16	at Pacific	L 46-59	3-7 (0-3)	(-)
Jan. 19	at Fresno State	L 53-68	3-8 (0-4)	Selland Arena (-)
Jan. 24	at Cal State Fullerton	L 53-68	3-9 (0-5)	Titans Gym (-)
Jan. 26	Cal State Fullerton	L 62-63	3-10 (0-6)	Crawford Hall (-)
Jan. 31	at San Jose State	L 47-82	3-11 (0-7)	(-)
Feb. 2	at Utah State	L 81-98	3-12 (0-8)	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum (-)
Feb. 7	Utah State	L 83-87	3-13 (0-9)	Crawford Hall (-)
Feb. 9	San Jose State	L 59-74	3-14 (0-10)	Crawford Hall (-)
Feb. 14	Fresno State	L 47-51	3-15 (0-11)	Crawford Hall (-)
Feb. 16	Pacific	W 63-60	4-15 (1-11)	Crawford Hall (-)
Feb. 21	at UC Santa Barbara	L 66-81	4-16 (1-12)	UCSB Events Center (-)
Feb. 24	Long Beach State	L 26-30	4-17 (1-13)	Crawford Hall (-)
PCAA Tournament
Feb. 28	vs. Long Beach State	L 56-64	4-18	(-)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball

Venues	Crawford Hall (1965–1987) Bren Events Center (1987–present)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	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