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1979-80 Men's Big Ten Conference Schedule and Results

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Record: 185-119, .609 W-L% (3rd of 29) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 14.43 (1st of 29)

SOS: 10.73 (1st of 29)

Regular Season Champion: Indiana

Coach of the Year: Bob Knight

Conference Tournament Champion: None

NCAA Tournament: 4 teams (Indiana, Iowa, Ohio State and Purdue)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 teams (Indiana, Ohio State and Purdue)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 teams (Indiana, Ohio State and Purdue)

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90 Games

Conference games only

90 Games Table
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Thu, Jan 3, 1980	Iowa	72	Illinois	71
Thu, Jan 3, 1980	Minnesota	67	Michigan	71
Thu, Jan 3, 1980	Purdue	74	Michigan State	73
Thu, Jan 3, 1980	Indiana	58	Ohio State	59
Thu, Jan 3, 1980	Northwestern	66	Wisconsin	75
Sat, Jan 5, 1980	Northwestern	71	Illinois	81
Sat, Jan 5, 1980	Iowa	65	Michigan	68
Sat, Jan 5, 1980	Minnesota	93	Michigan State	80
Sat, Jan 5, 1980	Purdue	58	Ohio State	67
Sat, Jan 5, 1980	Indiana	50	Wisconsin	52
Thu, Jan 10, 1980	Michigan	61	Indiana	63	OT
Thu, Jan 10, 1980	Ohio State	77	Iowa	71
Thu, Jan 10, 1980	Wisconsin	76	Minnesota	82
Thu, Jan 10, 1980	Michigan State	61	Northwestern	65
Thu, Jan 10, 1980	Illinois	66	Purdue	74
Sat, Jan 12, 1980	Michigan State	64	Indiana	72
Sat, Jan 12, 1980	Wisconsin	65	Iowa	66
Sat, Jan 12, 1980	Illinois	75	Minnesota	79
Sat, Jan 12, 1980	Ohio State	75	Northwestern	63
Sat, Jan 12, 1980	Michigan	61	Purdue	63
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Thu, Jan 17, 1980	Michigan	69	Illinois	80
Thu, Jan 17, 1980	Iowa	69	Indiana	81
Thu, Jan 17, 1980	Wisconsin	61	Michigan State	62
Thu, Jan 17, 1980	Minnesota	70	Ohio State	75
Thu, Jan 17, 1980	Northwestern	63	Purdue	68
Sat, Jan 19, 1980	Ohio State	74	Michigan	75
Sat, Jan 19, 1980	Iowa	67	Michigan State	75
Sat, Jan 19, 1980	Purdue	61	Minnesota	67
Sat, Jan 19, 1980	Indiana	81	Northwestern	72
Sat, Jan 19, 1980	Illinois	69	Wisconsin	64
Thu, Jan 24, 1980	Ohio State	79	Illinois	76
Thu, Jan 24, 1980	Northwestern	64	Iowa	86
Thu, Jan 24, 1980	Michigan State	59	Michigan	58
Thu, Jan 24, 1980	Indiana	47	Minnesota	55
Thu, Jan 24, 1980	Purdue	73	Wisconsin	60
Sat, Jan 26, 1980	Michigan State	65	Illinois	74
Sat, Jan 26, 1980	Purdue	58	Indiana	69
Sat, Jan 26, 1980	Minnesota	73	Iowa	80
Sat, Jan 26, 1980	Michigan	82	Northwestern	85
Sat, Jan 26, 1980	Wisconsin	72	Ohio State	71
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Thu, Jan 31, 1980	Illinois	54	Indiana	60
Thu, Jan 31, 1980	Minnesota	74	Northwestern	64
Thu, Jan 31, 1980	Michigan State	74	Ohio State	54
Thu, Jan 31, 1980	Iowa	56	Purdue	70
Thu, Jan 31, 1980	Michigan	73	Wisconsin	69
Sat, Feb 2, 1980	Northwestern	57	Michigan	70
Sat, Feb 2, 1980	Illinois	59	Michigan State	68
Sat, Feb 2, 1980	Iowa	73	Minnesota	63
Sat, Feb 2, 1980	Indiana	51	Purdue	56
Sat, Feb 2, 1980	Ohio State	67	Wisconsin	70
Thu, Feb 7, 1980	Wisconsin	50	Illinois	67
Thu, Feb 7, 1980	Northwestern	69	Indiana	83
Thu, Feb 7, 1980	Michigan State	39	Iowa	44
Thu, Feb 7, 1980	Michigan	63	Ohio State	66
Thu, Feb 7, 1980	Minnesota	56	Purdue	58
Sat, Feb 9, 1980	Indiana	68	Illinois	89
Sat, Feb 9, 1980	Purdue	59	Iowa	74
Sat, Feb 9, 1980	Wisconsin	59	Michigan	68
Sat, Feb 9, 1980	Northwestern	55	Minnesota	72
Sat, Feb 9, 1980	Michigan State	59	Ohio State	71
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Thu, Feb 14, 1980	Indiana	66	Iowa	55
Thu, Feb 14, 1980	Illinois	59	Michigan	68
Thu, Feb 14, 1980	Ohio State	70	Minnesota	74
Thu, Feb 14, 1980	Purdue	54	Northwestern	57
Thu, Feb 14, 1980	Michigan State	66	Wisconsin	80
Sat, Feb 16, 1980	Minnesota	54	Indiana	67
Sat, Feb 16, 1980	Michigan	74	Michigan State	82
Sat, Feb 16, 1980	Iowa	60	Northwestern	58
Sat, Feb 16, 1980	Illinois	57	Ohio State	71
Sat, Feb 16, 1980	Wisconsin	61	Purdue	69
Thu, Feb 21, 1980	Minnesota	58	Illinois	60
Thu, Feb 21, 1980	Purdue	64	Michigan	75
Thu, Feb 21, 1980	Indiana	75	Michigan State	72
Thu, Feb 21, 1980	Northwestern	59	Ohio State	68
Thu, Feb 21, 1980	Iowa	58	Wisconsin	62
Sat, Feb 23, 1980	Purdue	72	Illinois	69
Sat, Feb 23, 1980	Indiana	65	Michigan	61
Sat, Feb 23, 1980	Northwestern	75	Michigan State	73
Sat, Feb 23, 1980	Iowa	69	Ohio State	70
Sat, Feb 23, 1980	Minnesota	55	Wisconsin	70
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Thu, Feb 28, 1980	Wisconsin	52	Indiana	61
Thu, Feb 28, 1980	Michigan	67	Iowa	83
Thu, Feb 28, 1980	Michigan State	73	Minnesota	87
Thu, Feb 28, 1980	Illinois	90	Northwestern	66
Thu, Feb 28, 1980	Ohio State	64	Purdue	60
Sat, Mar 1, 1980	Illinois	71	Iowa	75
Sat, Mar 1, 1980	Michigan	67	Minnesota	68
Sat, Mar 1, 1980	Wisconsin	50	Northwestern	53
Sat, Mar 1, 1980	Michigan State	73	Purdue	91
Sun, Mar 2, 1980	Ohio State	73	Indiana	76	OT

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