1979-80 Georgetown Hoyas Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 26-6 (5-1, 3rd in Big East MBB)

Rank: 11th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: John Thompson

PS/G: 80.1 (25th of 265)

PA/G: 68.8 (94th of 265)

SRS: 13.07 (17th of 260)

SOS: 5.00 (37th of 260)

NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in East)
Won East Second Round (74-71) versus #6 Iona
Won East Regional Semifinal (74-68) versus #2 Maryland
Lost East Regional Final (81-80) versus #5 Iowa

Big East Reg Season Champ
Big East 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
Georgetown	19	17	16	17	17	18	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	11

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	Wed, Dec 5, 1979	REG		Maryland	ACC	14.61	W	83	71		1	0	W 1	McDonough Gymnasium
2	Tue, Dec 11, 1979	REG	@	Indiana (1)	Big Ten	17.55	L	69	76		1	1	L 1	Assembly Hall
3	Wed, Dec 12, 1979	REG	@	Oral Roberts	MW City	4.22	L	65	76		1	2	L 2	Mabee Center
4	Thu, Dec 13, 1979	REG		Providence	Big East	-0.03	W	55	50		2	2	W 1	McDonough Gymnasium
5	Fri, Dec 14, 1979	REG	N	Loyola Marymount	WCAC	-0.22	W	69	63		3	2	W 2	University Arena
6	Sat, Dec 15, 1979	REG	N	Houston	SWC	2.11	W	78	75		4	2	W 3	University Arena
7	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	REG		Northeastern	ECACN	-5.54	W	85	66		5	2	W 4	McDonough Gymnasium
8	Wed, Dec 26, 1979	REG	N	Boston College	Big East	5.92	L	74	75		5	3	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
9	Thu, Dec 27, 1979	REG	N	Lafayette	ECC	-1.90	W	65	60		6	3	W 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
10	Thu, Jan 3, 1980	REG		Drake	MVC	3.90	L	77	79		6	4	L 1	McDonough Gymnasium
11	Sat, Jan 5, 1980	REG		Iona	ECACM	7.90	W	95	84		7	4	W 1	McDonough Gymnasium
12	Tue, Jan 8, 1980	REG	@	Saint Joseph's	ECC	-1.12	W	62	53		8	4	W 2	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse
13	Wed, Jan 16, 1980	REG		Saint Peter's	ECACM	5.72	W	64	49		9	4	W 3	McDonough Gymnasium
14	Sat, Jan 19, 1980	REG		St. John's (NY) (10)	Big East	10.43	L	69	71		9	5	L 1	McDonough Gymnasium
15	Sat, Jan 26, 1980	REG		American	ECC	-5.30	W	86	62		10	5	W 1	McDonough Gymnasium
16	Wed, Jan 30, 1980	REG	@	Boston College	Big East	5.92	W	97	92		11	5	W 2	Roberts Center
17	Sat, Feb 2, 1980	REG		Connecticut	Big East	3.37	W	84	64		12	5	W 3	McDonough Gymnasium
18	Wed, Feb 6, 1980	REG	@	Seton Hall	Big East	-2.87	W	81	67		13	5	W 4	Walsh Gymnasium
19	Sat, Feb 9, 1980	REG		Wagner	ECACM	-2.97	W	89	75		14	5	W 5	McDonough Gymnasium
20	Wed, Feb 13, 1980	REG	@	Syracuse (2)	Big East	16.43	W	52	50		15	5	W 6	Manley Field House
21	Sat, Feb 16, 1980	REG		Detroit Mercy	Ind	3.19	W	88	83		16	5	W 7	McDonough Gymnasium
22	Wed, Feb 20, 1980	REG		George Washington	EAA	0.17	W	98	74		17	5	W 8	McDonough Gymnasium
23	Sat, Feb 23, 1980	REG		Holy Cross	ECACN	-0.54	W	105	78		18	5	W 9	McDonough Gymnasium
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
24	Thu, Feb 28, 1980	CTOURN	N	Seton Hall	Big East	-2.87	W	60	47		19	5	W 10	Providence Civic Center
25	Fri, Feb 29, 1980	CTOURN	N	St. John's (NY) (8)	Big East	10.43	W	76	66		20	5	W 11	Providence Civic Center
26	Sat, Mar 1, 1980	CTOURN	N	Syracuse (3)	Big East	16.43	W	87	81		21	5	W 12	Providence Civic Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Sun, Mar 9, 1980	NCAA	N	Iona (19)	ECACM	7.90	W	74	71		22	5	W 13	Providence Civic Center
28	Fri, Mar 14, 1980	NCAA	N	Maryland (8)	ACC	14.61	W	74	68		23	5	W 14	The Spectrum
29	Sun, Mar 16, 1980	NCAA	N	Iowa	Big Ten	17.56	L	80	81		23	6	L 1	The Palestra