1979–80 Rice Owls men's basketball team

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

Rice Owls men's basketball
1979–80 Rice Owls men's basketball
Conference	Southwest Conference
1979–80 record	7–19 (4–12 SWC)
Head coach	Mike Schuler (3rd season)
Home stadium	Tudor Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

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The 1979–80 Rice Owls men's basketball team represented the Rice University during the 1979–80 NCAA men's basketball season. The Owls lead by third year coach Mike Schuler. The team finished with a final record of 7–19, 4—12, and they finished eight in the Southwest Conference.

Roster[edit]

1979–80 Rice Owls men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	25	Ricky Pierce	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Garland, Texas

Head coach

Mike Schuler

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 30*	at Vanderbilt	75–94	0–1	Memorial Gymnasium
December 1*	Angelo State	84–60	1–1	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
December 3*	at Texas Arlington	80–81	1–2	Arlington, Texas
December 6*	at Stanford	51–78	1–3	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
December 8*	at Pacific	51–78	1–4	Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium Stockton, California
December 10*	at Tulane	53–56	1–5	Avron B. Fogelman Arena New Orleans, Louisiana
December 21*	vs. USC	60–69	1–6	The Summit Houston, Texas
December 22*	vs. Niagara	70–69	2–6	The Summit Houston, Texas
January 3	vs. Houston	70–78	2–7 (0–1)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
January 5	TCU	57–47	3–7 (1–1)	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
January 12	at Baylor	63–73	3–8 (1–2)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
January 15	at Texas Tech	59–62	3–9 (1–3)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
January 19	Texas A&M	65–84	3–10 (1–4)	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
January 22	SMU	83–85	3–11 (1–5)	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
January 26	at Arkansas	64–73	3–12 (1–6)	Barnhill Arena
January 28	Texas	76–87	3–13 (1–7)	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
January 30	at TCU	60–59	4–13 (2–7)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
February 2	Baylor	57–60	4–14 (2–8)	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
February 4*	Wright State	84–78	5–14 (2–8)	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
February 7	Texas Tech	71–61	6–14 (3–8)	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
February 9	at Texas A&M	53–55	6–15 (3–9)	G. Rollie White Coliseum
February 12	at SMU	81–82	6–16 (3–10)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 16	Arkansas	73–77	6–17 (3–11)	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
February 19	Houston	81–74	7–17 (4–11)	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
February 22	at Texas	56–76	7–18 (4–12)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Southwest Tournament
February 25	vs. Houston	80–92	7–19 (4–12)	HemisFair Arena San Antonio, Texas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References[edit]

↑ "1979–80 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
↑ "1979-80 Schedule". Rice Owls.com.

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[1] "1979–80 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[2] "1979-80 Schedule". Rice Owls.com.

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Venues	Tudor Fieldhouse (1950–present)
Rivalries	Houston
Culture & lore	Sammy the Owl Marching Owl Band
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1979–80 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
[[{{{school}}}\|Texas A&M]]†	14	–	2	.875	26	–	8	.765
Arkansas	13	–	3	.813	21	–	8	.724
[[{{{school}}}\|Texas]]	10	–	6	.625	19	–	11	.633
Texas Tech	8	–	8	.500	16	–	13	.552
[[{{{school}}}\|Houston]]	8	–	8	.500	14	–	14	.500
SMU	7	–	9	.438	16	–	12	.571
Baylor	6	–	10	.375	11	–	16	.407
Rice	4	–	12	.250	7	–	19	.269
TCU	2	–	14	.125	7	–	19	.269

† 1980 SWC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

1979–80 Rice Owls men's basketball team

Roster[edit]

Schedule[edit]

References[edit]

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