1979–80 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team

1979–80 Eastern 8 men's basketball standings
	† 1980 Eastern 8 Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball
1979–80 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball
Conference	Eastern Athletic Association
1979–80 record	14–14 (7–3 EAA)
Head coach	Tom Young (7th season)
Home stadium	Louis Brown Athletic Center
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Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 3*	Drexel	69–62	1–0	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
December 7*	Manhattan	67–57	2–0	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
December 8*	Saint Peter's	58–50	3–0	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
December 11	UMass	84–68	4–0 (1–0)	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
December 15*	No. 15 St. John's	64–75	4–1 (1–0)	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
December 22	Villanova	64–75	4–2 (1–1)	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
December 28*	at Minnesota	59–98	4–3 (1–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
December 29*	at Loyola (IL)	87–98	4–4 (1–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
January 5	at UMass	76–70	5–4 (2–1)	Curry Hicks Cage Amherst, Massachusetts
January 8*	Lehigh	81–63	6–4 (2–1)	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
January 12	George Washington	69–59	7–4 (3–1)	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
January 15*	Cleveland State	69–78	7–5 (3–1)	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
January 17*	Long Island	67–68	7–6 (3–1)	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
January 19*	at Penn State	66–75	7–7 (3–1)	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 21*	at Columbia	65–49	8–7 (3–1)	Levien Gymnasium Manhattan, NY
January 24*	Syracuse	66–69	8–8 (3–1)	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
January 27	at Duquesne	75–73	9–8 (4–1)	Civic Arena Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
January 29*	Biscayne	78–58	10–8 (4–1)	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
February 2	at George Washington	71–76	10–9 (4–2)	Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D. C.
February 5*	at Princeton	63–65	10–10 (4–2)	Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ
February 9	West Virginia	82–80 ^OT	11–10 (5–2)	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
February 12	at Villanova	68–70	11–11 (5–3)	Villanova Field House Villanova, Pennsylvania
February 14*	No. 11 North Carolina	70–73	11–12 (5–3)	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
February 16*	at Fordham	39–42	11–13 (5–3)	Rose Hill Gymnasium The Bronx, New York
February 20*	Seton Hall	75–66	12–13 (6–3)	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
February 23	Pittsburgh	83–76	13–13 (7–3)	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
EAAC Tournament
February 26	St. Bonaventure	76–74	14–13 (7–3)	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
February 29	vs. West Virginia	66–77	14–14 (7–3)	Civic Arena Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Team players drafted into the NBA[edit]

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
5	105	Daryl Strickland	Washington Bullets

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References[edit]

↑ "1979–80 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
↑ "1980 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com.

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[2] "1980 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com.

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Venues	Original College Avenue Gymnasium (1906–1931) College Avenue Gymnasium (1931–1977) Jersey Mike's Arena (1977–present)
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People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
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NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

1979–80 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team

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1979–80 Eastern 8 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
[[{{{school}}}\|Villanova]]	7	–	3	.700	23	–	8	.742
Duquesne	7	–	3	.700	18	–	10	.643
Rutgers	7	–	3	.700	14	–	14	.500
[[{{{school}}}\|St. Bonaventure]]	5	–	5	.500	16	–	13	.552
[[{{{school}}}\|Pittsburgh]]	5	–	5	.500	17	–	12	.586
[[{{{school}}}\|George Washington]]	5	–	5	.500	15	–	11	.577
[[{{{school}}}\|West Virginia]]	4	–	6	.400	15	–	14	.517
[[{{{school}}}\|UMass]]	0	–	10	.000	2	–	24	.077

† 1980 Eastern 8 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll