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1979-80 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 22-13 (8-10, 6th in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Lou Henson

PS/G: 74.7 (99th of 265)

PA/G: 67.7 (73rd of 265)

SRS: 15.77 (7th of 260)

SOS: 10.23 (7th of 260)

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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
Illinois	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Fri, Nov 30, 1979	REG	@	Brigham Young (15)	WAC	12.06	W	86	76		1	0	W 1	Marriott Center
2	Tue, Dec 4, 1979	REG		Missouri	Big 8	12.81	L	66	67		1	1	L 1	Assembly Hall
3	Thu, Dec 6, 1979	REG		Kent State	MAC	-1.11	W	74	65		2	1	W 1	Assembly Hall
4	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	REG		Long Beach State	PCAA	6.73	W	77	60		3	1	W 2	Assembly Hall
5	Mon, Dec 10, 1979	REG	@	TCU	SWC	-8.48	W	79	64		4	1	W 3	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum
6	Sat, Dec 15, 1979	REG	N	Illinois State	Ind	7.13	W	47	40		5	1	W 4	Manley Field House
7	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	REG		Marquette	Ind	9.56	L	78	80		5	2	L 1	Assembly Hall
8	Thu, Dec 27, 1979	REG	N	Army	ECACM	-9.95	W	75	48		6	2	W 1	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
9	Fri, Dec 28, 1979	REG	N	Louisville (12)	Metro	15.56	W	77	64		7	2	W 2	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
10	Sat, Dec 29, 1979	REG	@	Hawaii	WAC	-1.52	W	94	82		8	2	W 3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
11	Thu, Jan 3, 1980	REG		Iowa (10)	Big Ten	17.56	L	71	72		8	3	L 1	Assembly Hall
12	Sat, Jan 5, 1980	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	5.92	W	81	71		9	3	W 1	Assembly Hall
13	Thu, Jan 10, 1980	REG	@	Purdue (10)	Big Ten	17.53	L	66	74		9	4	L 1	Mackey Arena
14	Sat, Jan 12, 1980	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	15.72	L	75	79		9	5	L 2	Williams Arena
15	Thu, Jan 17, 1980	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	13.70	W	80	69		10	5	W 1	Assembly Hall
16	Sat, Jan 19, 1980	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11.93	W	69	64		11	5	W 2	Wisconsin Field House
17	Thu, Jan 24, 1980	REG		Ohio State (4)	Big Ten	17.30	L	76	79		11	6	L 1	Assembly Hall
18	Sat, Jan 26, 1980	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	11.29	W	74	65		12	6	W 1	Assembly Hall
19	Thu, Jan 31, 1980	REG	@	Indiana (18)	Big Ten	17.55	L	54	60		12	7	L 1	Assembly Hall
20	Sat, Feb 2, 1980	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	11.29	L	59	68		12	8	L 2	Jenison Field House
21	Thu, Feb 7, 1980	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	11.93	W	67	50		13	8	W 1	Assembly Hall
22	Sat, Feb 9, 1980	REG		Indiana (20)	Big Ten	17.55	W	89	68		14	8	W 2	Assembly Hall
23	Thu, Feb 14, 1980	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	13.70	L	59	68		14	9	L 1	Crisler Arena
24	Sat, Feb 16, 1980	REG	@	Ohio State (9)	Big Ten	17.30	L	57	71		14	10	L 2	St. John Arena
25	Thu, Feb 21, 1980	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	15.72	W	60	58		15	10	W 1	Assembly Hall
26	Sat, Feb 23, 1980	REG		Purdue (15)	Big Ten	17.53	L	69	72		15	11	L 1	Assembly Hall
27	Thu, Feb 28, 1980	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	5.92	W	90	66		16	11	W 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
28	Sat, Mar 1, 1980	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	17.56	L	71	75		16	12	L 1	Iowa Field House
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
29	Wed, Mar 5, 1980	NIT		Loyola (IL)	MW City	5.07	W	105	87		17	12	W 1	Assembly Hall
30	Mon, Mar 10, 1980	NIT		Illinois State	Ind	7.13	W	75	65		18	12	W 2	Assembly Hall
31	Thu, Mar 13, 1980	NIT		Murray State	OVC	3.31	W	65	63		19	12	W 3	Assembly Hall
32	Mon, Mar 17, 1980	NIT	N	Minnesota	Big Ten	15.72	L	63	65		19	13	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
33	Wed, Mar 19, 1980	NIT	N	Nevada-Las Vegas	Ind	6.52	W	84	74		20	13	W 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)