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1979-80 Duke Blue Devils Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 24-9 (7-7, 6th in ACC MBB)

Rank: 14th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Bill E. Foster

PS/G: 73.3 (113th of 265)

PA/G: 68.3 (85th of 265)

SRS: 13.73 (14th of 260)

SOS: 8.24 (12th of 260)

NCAA Tournament: (#4 seed in Mideast)
Won Mideast Second Round (52-42) versus #12 Pennsylvania
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (55-54) versus #1 Kentucky
Lost Mideast Regional Final (68-60) versus #6 Purdue

ACC Tourney Champ

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AP Poll Summary

1979-80 Season AP Poll summary

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
Duke	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	5	3	5	10	16	17	-	14

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Nov 17, 1979	REG	N	Kentucky (2)	SEC	16.94	W	82	76	OT	1	0	W 1	MassMutual Center
2	Fri, Nov 30, 1979	REG	N	Wake Forest	ACC	8.63	W	72	70		2	0	W 2	Greensboro Coliseum
3	Sat, Dec 1, 1979	REG	N	North Carolina (6)	ACC	12.79	W	86	74		3	0	W 3	Greensboro Coliseum
4	Wed, Dec 5, 1979	REG		Princeton	Ivy	-4.66	W	81	45		4	0	W 4	Cameron Indoor Stadium
5	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	REG		East Carolina	Ind	-2.54	W	92	73		5	0	W 5	Cameron Indoor Stadium
6	Tue, Dec 11, 1979	REG	@	Pennsylvania	Ivy	-1.56	W	70	57		6	0	W 6	The Palestra
7	Fri, Dec 21, 1979	REG	N	Boston College	Big East	5.92	W	70	64	OT	7	0	W 7	Providence Civic Center
8	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	REG	@	Providence	Big East	-0.03	W	82	78		8	0	W 8	Providence Civic Center
9	Fri, Dec 28, 1979	REG		Vermont	ECACN	-6.28	W	92	67		9	0	W 9	Cameron Indoor Stadium
10	Sat, Dec 29, 1979	REG		Cincinnati	Metro	1.58	W	87	75	OT	10	0	W 10	Cameron Indoor Stadium
11	Sat, Jan 5, 1980	REG		Colgate	ECACN	-12.66	W	73	44		11	0	W 11	Cameron Indoor Stadium
12	Mon, Jan 7, 1980	REG		Georgia Tech	ACC	5.20	W	55	42		12	0	W 12	Cameron Indoor Stadium
13	Wed, Jan 9, 1980	REG	@	Clemson (18)	ACC	15.72	L	82	87	OT	12	1	L 1	Littlejohn Coliseum
14	Sat, Jan 12, 1980	REG		North Carolina (15)	ACC	12.79	L	67	82		12	2	L 2	Cameron Indoor Stadium
15	Wed, Jan 16, 1980	REG		Wake Forest	ACC	8.63	W	67	66		13	2	W 1	Cameron Indoor Stadium
16	Sat, Jan 19, 1980	REG		NC State (16)	ACC	12.95	W	67	56		14	2	W 2	Cameron Indoor Stadium
17	Mon, Jan 21, 1980	REG	@	Georgia Tech	ACC	5.20	W	56	49		15	2	W 3	Alexander Memorial Coliseum
18	Wed, Jan 23, 1980	REG		Virginia (17)	ACC	12.77	L	84	90		15	3	L 1	Cameron Indoor Stadium
19	Sat, Jan 26, 1980	REG	@	Pittsburgh	EAA	5.70	W	78	69		16	3	W 1	Fitzgerald Fieldhouse
20	Wed, Jan 30, 1980	REG	@	Wake Forest	ACC	8.63	W	82	61		17	3	W 2	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum
21	Sat, Feb 2, 1980	REG	@	Maryland (12)	ACC	14.61	L	69	73		17	4	L 1	Cole Fieldhouse
22	Wed, Feb 6, 1980	REG	@	Virginia (18)	ACC	12.77	L	69	73		17	5	L 2	University Hall
23	Sun, Feb 10, 1980	REG	N	Marquette	Ind	9.56	L	77	80		17	6	L 3	Alliant Energy Center
24	Wed, Feb 13, 1980	REG	@	NC State	ACC	12.95	L	59	76		17	7	L 4	Reynolds Coliseum
25	Sat, Feb 16, 1980	REG		Maryland (8)	ACC	14.61	W	66	61		18	7	W 1	Cameron Indoor Stadium
26	Wed, Feb 20, 1980	REG		Clemson (12)	ACC	15.72	W	87	82	OT	19	7	W 2	Cameron Indoor Stadium
27	Sat, Feb 23, 1980	REG	@	North Carolina (8)	ACC	12.79	L	71	96		19	8	L 1	Carmichael Auditorium
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Thu, Feb 28, 1980	CTOURN	N	NC State (19)	ACC	12.95	W	68	62		20	8	W 1	Greensboro Coliseum
29	Fri, Feb 29, 1980	CTOURN	N	North Carolina (10)	ACC	12.79	W	75	61		21	8	W 2	Greensboro Coliseum
30	Sat, Mar 1, 1980	CTOURN	N	Maryland (7)	ACC	14.61	W	73	72		22	8	W 3	Greensboro Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
31	Sun, Mar 9, 1980	NCAA	N	Pennsylvania	Ivy	-1.56	W	52	42		23	8	W 4	Mackey Arena
32	Thu, Mar 13, 1980	NCAA	N	Kentucky (4)	SEC	16.94	W	55	54		24	8	W 5	Rupp Arena
33	Sat, Mar 15, 1980	NCAA	N	Purdue (20)	Big Ten	17.53	L	60	68		24	9	L 1	Rupp Arena