NEW: We've added Women's College Basketball Stats to 1981-82! Learn more about this major site update here.

1979-80 Furman Paladins Men's Schedule and Results

Previous Season Next Season

Record: 23-7 (14-1, 1st in Southern MBB)

Coach: Eddie Holbrook

PS/G: 80.9 (23rd of 265)

PA/G: 74.0 (170th of 265)

SRS: 0.25 (114th of 260)

SOS: -4.43 (205th of 260)

NCAA Tournament: (#10 seed in East)
Lost East First Round (80-69) versus #7 Tennessee

Southern Reg Season Champ
Southern Tourney Champ

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

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
Furman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Schedules prior to the 1992-93 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, Dec 8, 1979	REG	@	The Citadel	Southern	-12.62	W	89	88		1	0	W 1	McAlister Field House
2	Sat, Dec 15, 1979	REG	@	Davidson	Southern	-9.27	W	91	81		2	0	W 2	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
3	Mon, Dec 17, 1979	REG		Western Carolina	Southern	-5.87	W	96	90		3	0	W 3	Memorial Auditorium
4	Thu, Dec 20, 1979	REG	@	Charlotte	Sun Belt	0.80	L	76	91		3	1	L 1	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
5	Sat, Dec 29, 1979	REG		Austin Peay	OVC	-8.36	W	93	89		4	1	W 1	Memorial Auditorium
6	Sat, Jan 5, 1980	REG		Appalachian State	Southern	-8.51	W	76	65		5	1	W 2	Memorial Auditorium
7	Mon, Jan 7, 1980	REG	@	Western Carolina	Southern	-5.87	W	92	83		6	1	W 3	Reid Gymnasium
8	Thu, Jan 10, 1980	REG		Chattanooga	Southern	-8.93	W	88	74		7	1	W 4	Memorial Auditorium
9	Sat, Jan 12, 1980	REG		Davidson	Southern	-9.27	W	84	68		8	1	W 5	Memorial Auditorium
10	Wed, Jan 16, 1980	REG	@	East Tennessee State	Southern	-4.26	W	86	84		9	1	W 6	Memorial Center
11	Sat, Jan 19, 1980	REG		The Citadel	Southern	-12.62	W	82	55		10	1	W 7	Memorial Auditorium
12	Mon, Jan 21, 1980	REG	@	Appalachian State	Southern	-8.51	W	75	71		11	1	W 8	Varsity Gym
13	Wed, Jan 23, 1980	REG	@	Clemson (12)	ACC	15.72	L	67	85		11	2	L 1	Littlejohn Coliseum
14	Sat, Jan 26, 1980	REG	@	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	-13.17	W	84	67		12	2	W 1	VMI Field House
15	Mon, Jan 28, 1980	REG	@	Marshall	Southern	-5.93	L	67	83		12	3	L 1	Memorial Field House
16	Fri, Feb 1, 1980	REG	@	NC State	ACC	12.95	L	56	76		12	4	L 2	Reynolds Coliseum
17	Sat, Feb 2, 1980	REG		North Carolina (11)	ACC	12.79	L	63	75		12	5	L 3	Memorial Auditorium
18	Wed, Feb 13, 1980	REG	@	Chattanooga	Southern	-8.93	W	67	65		13	5	W 1	Maclellan Gym
19	Sat, Feb 16, 1980	REG		Marshall	Southern	-5.93	W	61	57		14	5	W 2	Memorial Auditorium
20	Mon, Feb 18, 1980	REG		Virginia Military Institute	Southern	-13.17	W	107	75		15	5	W 3	Memorial Auditorium
21	Wed, Feb 20, 1980	REG		South Carolina	Ind	0.67	W	61	53		16	5	W 4	Memorial Auditorium
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
22	Sat, Feb 23, 1980	CTOURN		Virginia Military Institute	Southern	-13.17	W	87	75		17	5	W 5	Memorial Auditorium
23	Sun, Feb 24, 1980	CTOURN	N	East Tennessee State	Southern	-4.26	W	93	81		18	5	W 6	Roanoke Civic Center
24	Mon, Feb 25, 1980	CTOURN	N	Marshall	Southern	-5.93	W	80	62		19	5	W 7	Roanoke Civic Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
25	Thu, Mar 6, 1980	NCAA	N	Tennessee	SEC	10.77	L	69	80		19	6	L 1	Greensboro Coliseum