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1979-80 Men's Big Ten Conference Season Summary

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)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Indiana	13	5	.722	21	8	.724	68.2	61.9	17.6	11.2	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
2	Ohio State	12	6	.667	21	8	.724	72.1	64.4	17.3	10.8	NCAA Tournament
3	Purdue	11	7	.611	23	10	.697	70.9	63.3	17.5	11.3	NCAA Tournament; NCAA FF
4	Iowa	10	8	.556	23	10	.697	73.0	65.6	17.6	10.9	NCAA Tournament; NCAA FF
4	Minnesota	10	8	.556	21	11	.656	71.5	66.0	15.7	10.9
6	Illinois	8	10	.444	22	13	.629	74.7	67.7	15.8	10.2
6	Michigan	8	10	.444	17	13	.567	72.3	68.8	13.7	9.6
8	Wisconsin	7	11	.389	15	14	.517	69.8	65.9	11.9	9.8
9	Michigan State	6	12	.333	12	15	.444	69.7	68.6	11.3	10.2
10	Northwestern	5	13	.278	10	17	.370	67.2	71.4	5.9	12.4

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/3	12/10	12/17	12/26	1/2	1/7	1/14	1/21	1/28	2/4	2/11	2/18	2/25	Final
Minnesota	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iowa	-	20	17	13	11	10	12	13	-	-	-	20	-	-	-
Ohio State	4	3	3	2	7	5	3	2	4	6	13	9	11	9	10
Wisconsin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michigan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michigan State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Northwestern	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purdue	11	12	9	9	8	8	10	11	14	17	12	15	15	18	20
Illinois	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Indiana	1	1	1	5	10	11	19	19	16	18	20	-	19	13	7

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	Indiana	29	21	8	.724	13	5	13	1	4	6				26.8	54.7	.490					14.7	20.8	.705		35.7	16.3	6.8	3.0	16.0	20.1	68.2	61.9	17.55	11.24
2	Ohio State	29	21	8	.724	12	6	12	2	7	5				29.2	60.2	.485					13.7	19.2	.712		38.4	15.7	6.4	6.4	15.8	18.2	72.1	64.4	17.30	10.80
3	Purdue	33	23	10	.697	11	7	12	2	4	7				27.9	58.2	.480					15.1	22.2	.678		39.4	14.4	6.4	4.5		19.1	70.9	63.3	17.53	11.28
4	Iowa	33	23	10	.697	10	8	10	2	7	6				28.5	58.2	.490					15.9	22.5	.706		36.8	15.7	6.2	2.3		17.5	73.0	65.6	17.56	10.90
5	Minnesota	32	21	11	.656	10	8	16	1	3	9				29.7	57.1	.519					12.2	17.4	.698		33.7	12.2	5.6			15.9	71.5	66.0	15.72	10.91
6	Illinois	35	22	13	.629	8	10	11	5	5	7				29.7	61.7	.481					15.3	21.1	.723		38.4	17.7	6.1	3.4	14.4	20.1	74.7	67.7	15.77	10.23
7	Michigan	30	17	13	.567	8	10	13	2	3	10				29.3	60.6	.484					13.6	19.0	.718		32.7	14.0	6.3	2.3	14.1	17.4	72.3	68.8	13.70	9.63
8	Wisconsin	29	15	14	.517	7	11	10	4	2	9				27.0	57.4	.470					15.8	22.0	.716		36.6	13.1	5.2	2.2	17.7	20.6	69.8	65.9	11.93	9.79
9	Michigan State	27	12	15	.444	6	12	6	4	4	10				28.1	55.3	.509					13.3	19.2	.692		32.2	15.5	6.7	2.7		21.5	69.7	68.6	11.29	10.18
10	Northwestern	27	10	17	.370	5	13	7	7	1	9				26.3	58.1	.453					14.6	19.6	.745		33.0						67.2	71.4	5.92	12.36