1979–80 BYU Cougars men's basketball team

1979-80 WAC men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

BYU Cougars men's basketball
1979–80 BYU Cougars men's basketball
WAC champion
NCAA Tournament, First round
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
1979–80 record	24-5 (13-1 WAC)
Head coach	Frank Arnold
Assistant coach	Roger Reid
Assistant coach	Harry Anderson
Home stadium	Marriott Center
	Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 1979–80 college basketball season. This was head coach Frank Arnold's 5th season at BYU. The Cougars finished the regular season with a record of 24–5, 13—1. The team's sole loss was by a 66–71 score against Clemson in the NCAA Tournament.

Junior Guard Danny Ainge was leading scorer, averaging 19.1 points per game. Center Alan Taylor with 12.5 rebounds per game.^[2]

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 30*	Illinois	76–86	0–1	Marriott Center Provo, Utah
December 1*	Baylor	100–58	1–1	Marriott Center Provo, Utah
December 7*	at Tulsa	73–71	2–1	Tulsa Convention Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
December 8*	at Oral Roberts	76–75	3–1	Mabee Center
December 11*	Cal State Fullerton	80–64	4–1	Marriott Center Provo, Utah
December 14*	UC-Santa Barbara	87–65	5–1	Marriott Center Provo, Utah
December 15*	La Salle	108–106	6–1	Marriott Center Provo, Utah
December 18*	at Long Beach State	76–78	6–2	Long Beach Arena
December 22*	at Utah State	89–84	7–2	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum
December 26*	vs. Penn State	58–50	8–2	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
December 27*	vs. Oregon State	71–86	8–3	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
December 28*	vs. Charlotte	104–91	9–3	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
January 3	at New Mexico	75–63	10–3 (1–0)	The Pit/Bob King Court
January 5	at UTEP	70–69	11–3 (2–0)	Don Haskins Center
January 12	Utah	89–72	12–3 (3–0)	Marriott Center Provo, Utah
January 17	Wyoming	53–56	12–4 (3–1)	Marriott Center Provo, Utah
January 19	Colorado State	104–82	13–4 (4–1)	Marriott Center Provo, Utah
January 24	at San Diego State	123–91	14–4 (5–1)	San Diego Sports Arena San Diego, California
January 26	at Hawaii	34–33	15–4 (6–1)	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii
January 31	UTEP	89–81	16–4 (7–1)	Marriott Center Provo, Utah
February 2	New Mexico	89–68	17–4 (8–1)	Marriott Center Provo, Utah
February 9	at Utah	83–82	18–4 (9–1)	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
February 12*	Utah State	84–83	19–4 (9–1)	Marriott Center Provo, Utah
February 16*	Alaska	93–59	20–4 (9–1)	Marriott Center Provo, Utah
February 21	at Colorado State	111–86	21–4 (10–1)	Moby Arena Fort Collins, Colorado
February 23	at Wyoming	39–30	22–4 (11–1)	War Memorial Fieldhouse Laramie, Wyoming
February 28	Hawaii	107–82	23–4 (12–1)	Marriott Center Provo, Utah
March 1	San Diego State	114–81	24–4 (13–1)	Marriott Center Provo, Utah
NCAA Tournament
March 8*	at Clemson	66–71	24–5 (13–1)	Dee Events Center Ogden, Utah
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References[edit]

↑ https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/wac/1980.html
↑ "1979-80 BYU Cougars Roster and Stats". sports-reference.com. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
↑ "1979-80 BYU Cougars Schedule". sports-reference.com. Retrieved June 22, 2021.

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1979-80 WAC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
BYU	13	–	1	.929	24	–	5	.828
UTEP	10	–	4	.714	20	–	8	.714
Utah	10	–	4	.714	18	–	10	.643
Wyoming	5	–	9	.357	18	–	10	.643
Colorado State	5	–	9	.357	10	–	17	.370
Hawaii	4	–	10	.286	13	–	14	.481
New Mexico	3	–	11	.214	7	–	21	.250
San Diego State	3	–	11	.214	6	–	21	.222
Air Force		–		–	8	–	17	.320

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

1979–80 BYU Cougars men's basketball team

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