1979–80 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team

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

SMU Mustangs men's basketball
1979–80 SMU Mustangs men's basketball
Conference	Southwest Conference
1979–80 record	16–12 (7–9 SWC)
Head coach	Sonny Allen (5th season)
Home stadium	Moody Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team represented Southern Methodist University during the 1979–80 men's college basketball season. This is Sonny Allen final year at SMU. The Mustangs finished with a record of 16-12, 7-9 in their conference.

Roster[edit]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F		Brad Branson	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	North Fort Myers, Florida

Head coach

Sonny Allen

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
December 1*	Tulane	78–68	1–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 3*	Texas Lutheran	123–91	2–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 5*	Kansas	89–88	3–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 8*	Colorado	86–65	4–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 15*	Texas Arlington	77–76	5–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 17*	Georgia State	119–92	6–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 19*	Texas Wesleyan	112–85	7–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 21*	vs. Purdue	60–85	7–1	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
December 22*	vs. California	97–88	8–1	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
December 29*	at Vanderbilt	77–88	8–2	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
January 3	at Arkansas	69–84	8–3 (0–1)	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
January 5	Texas	75–85	8–4 (0–2)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 8	at Baylor	78–72	9–4 (1–2)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
January 12	at Houston	81–96	9–5 (1–3)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
January 15	Texas A&M	56–63	9–6 (1–4)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 19	TCU	89–92	9–7 (1–5)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 22	at Rice	85–83	10–7 (2–5)	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
January 26	Texas Tech	76–75	11–7 (3–5)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 30	at Texas	80–113	11–8 (3–6)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
February 2	Houston	70–71	11–9 (3–7)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 4	Baylor	73–69	12–9 (4–7)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 6	at Texas A&M	56–67	12–10 (4–8)	G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas
February 9	at TCU	76–57	13–10 (5–8)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
February 12	Rice	82–81	14–10 (6–8)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 16	at Texas Tech	59–62	14–11 (6–9)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
February 19	Arkansas	62–58	15–11 (7–9)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
Southwest Tournament
February 25	vs. Baylor	86–83	16–11 (7–9)	HemisFair Arena San Antonio, Texas
February 26	vs. Texas Tech	65–73	16–12 (7–9)	HemisFair Arena San Antonio, Texas
*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
2	45	Brad Branson	Detroit Pistons

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References[edit]

↑ "1979–80 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
↑ https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/smumustangs.com/documents/2018/10/11/061_128_Results_Web.pdf
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[1] "1979–80 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[2] ttps://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/smumustangs.com/documents/2018/10/11/061_128_Results_Web.pdf

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v t e SMU Mustangs men's basketball
Venues	Various sites (1916–1927) Old Gym (1927–1942) Perkins Gymnasium (1942–1956) Moody Coliseum (1956–present)
Culture & lore	Peruna
People	Head coaches NBA draftees
Seasons	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 1999–00 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 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19

1979–80 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team

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Roster[edit]

Schedule[edit]

Team players drafted into the NBA[edit]

References[edit]

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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