1979–80 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team

1979–80 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
	† 1980 Big Eight Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball
1979–80 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball
National Invitation Tournament, First Round
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1979–80 record	18–13 (8–6 Big 8)
Head coach	Joe Cipriano (17th season)
Home stadium	Bob Devaney Sports Center
	Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

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The 1979–80 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska, Lincoln during the 1979–80 Season. The Cornhuskers finished with record of 18-13, 8-6. Under final year Head Coach Joe Cipriano.

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 30*	South Dakota State	100–83	1–0	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
December 1*	Portland State	74–52	2–0	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
December 3*	Eastern Washington	82–68	3–0	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
December 8*	Creighton	64–55	4–0	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
December 11*	at Purdue	56–78	4–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
December 13*	Cal Bakersfield	94–80	5–1	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
December 15*	at Minnesota	58–75	5–2	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
December 22*	UAB	92–84 ^4OT	6–2	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
December 27*	vs. Wisconsin	83–82	7–2	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii
December 29*	vs. Hawaii	55–67	7–3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii
December 30*	vs. Louisville	58–65	7–4	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii
January 2*	at Idaho	55–64	7–5	Kibbie Dome Moscow, Idaho
January 4*	Wisconsin-Oshkosh	96–72	8–5	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
January 5*	Angelo State	83–70	9–5	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
January 9	at Iowa State	58–50	10–5 (1–0)	Hilton Coliseum (6,827) Ames, Iowa
January 12	Missouri	63–84	10–6 (1–1)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
January 16	Kansas	64–57	11–6 (2–1)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
January 19	at Colorado	53–44	12–6 (3–1)	CU Events/Conference Center Boulder, Colorado
January 23	Oklahoma State	74–73 ^OT	13–6 (4–1)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
January 26	at Kansas State	64–66 ^2OT	13–7 (4–2)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
January 30	Oklahoma	59–58	14–7 (5–2)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
February 2	at Missouri	61–73	14–8 (5–3)	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
February 5	at Kansas	61–56	15–8 (6–3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
February 9	Iowa State	69–66	16–8 (7–3)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
February 13	at Oklahoma State	68–83	16–9 (7–4)	Gallagher Hall Stillwater, Oklahoma
February 16	Colorado	55–56	16–10 (7–5)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
February 20	Kansas State	70–58	17–10 (8–5)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
February 23	at Oklahoma	60–78	17–11 (8–6)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Big 8 Tournament
February 26	Oklahoma	75–68	18–11 (8–6)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
February 29	vs. Kansas State	59–60	18–12 (8–6)	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
NIT
March 6*	at Michigan	69–76	18–13 (8–6)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References[edit]

↑ sports-reference.com 1979-80 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
↑ "1979-80 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Nebraska Athletics.
↑ "2019-20 Men's Basketball Media Guide (PDF) - University of Nebraska" (PDF). University of Nebraska Athletics. p. 196.

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[1] sports-reference.com 1979-80 Big Eight Conference Season Summary

[2] "1979-80 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Nebraska Athletics.

[3] "2019-20 Men's Basketball Media Guide (PDF) - University of Nebraska" (PDF). University of Nebraska Athletics. p. 196.

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v t e Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball
Venues	Grant Memorial Hall (1896–1926, 1924–1926) State Fairgrounds Coliseum (1921–1923) Nebraska Coliseum (1926–1976) Bob Devaney Sports Center (1976–2013) Pinnacle Bank Arena (2013–present)
Rivalries	Creighton
Culture & lore	Herbie Husker Lil' Red "Dear Old Nebraska U" "Hail Varsity"
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 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 1999–2000 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 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23

1979–80 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 16 Missouri	11	–	3	.786	25	–	6	.806
[[{{{school}}}\|Kansas State]] †	8	–	6	.571	22	–	9	.710
Nebraska	8	–	6	.571	18	–	13	.581
Kansas	7	–	7	.500	15	–	14	.517
[[{{{school}}}\|Colorado]]	7	–	7	.500	17	–	10	.630
[[{{{school}}}\|Oklahoma]]	6	–	8	.429	15	–	12	.556
Iowa State	5	–	9	.357	11	–	16	.407
[[{{{school}}}\|Oklahoma State]]	4	–	10	.286	10	–	17	.370

† 1980 Big Eight Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

1979–80 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team

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