1979-80 Iowa Hawkeyes Men's Schedule and Results

Record: 23-10 (10-8, 4th in Big Ten MBB)

PS/G: 73.0 (125th of 265)

PA/G: 65.6 (44th of 265)

SRS: 17.56 (1st of 260)

SOS: 10.90 (5th of 260)

NCAA Tournament: (#5 seed in East)
Won East First Round (86-72) versus #12 Virginia Commonwealth
Won East Second Round (77-64) versus #4 NC State
Won East Regional Semifinal (88-77) versus #1 Syracuse
Won East Regional Final (81-80) versus #3 Georgetown
Lost National Semifinal (80-72) versus #2 Louisville
Lost National Third Place (75-58) versus #6 Purdue

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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
Iowa	-	20	17	13	11	10	12	13	-	-	-	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	Sat, Dec 1, 1979	REG		Northern Illinois	MAC	1.23	W	86	43		1	0	W 1	Iowa Field House
2	Mon, Dec 3, 1979	REG		Colorado State	WAC	-4.11	W	113	66		2	0	W 2	Iowa Field House
3	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	REG	@	Detroit Mercy	Ind	3.19	W	80	54		3	0	W 3	Calihan Hall
4	Tue, Dec 11, 1979	REG	@	Wichita State	MVC	5.87	W	81	62		4	0	W 4	Levitt Arena
5	Sat, Dec 15, 1979	REG	@	Iowa State	Big 8	-1.24	W	67	64		5	0	W 5	James H. Hilton Coliseum
6	Fri, Dec 21, 1979	REG	N	Mississippi State	SEC	5.49	W	81	62		6	0	W 6	University of Dayton Arena
7	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	REG	@	Dayton	Ind	2.33	W	61	54		7	0	W 7	University of Dayton Arena
8	Sat, Dec 29, 1979	REG		Drake	MVC	3.90	W	77	66		8	0	W 8	Iowa Field House
9	Thu, Jan 3, 1980	REG	@	Illinois (20)	Big Ten	15.77	W	72	71		9	0	W 9	Assembly Hall
10	Sat, Jan 5, 1980	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	13.70	L	65	68		9	1	L 1	Crisler Arena
11	Thu, Jan 10, 1980	REG		Ohio State (3)	Big Ten	17.30	L	71	77		9	2	L 2	Iowa Field House
12	Sat, Jan 12, 1980	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	11.93	W	66	65		10	2	W 1	Iowa Field House
13	Thu, Jan 17, 1980	REG	@	Indiana (19)	Big Ten	17.55	L	69	81		10	3	L 1	Assembly Hall
14	Sat, Jan 19, 1980	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	11.29	L	67	75		10	4	L 2	Jenison Field House
15	Thu, Jan 24, 1980	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	5.92	W	86	64		11	4	W 1	Iowa Field House
16	Sat, Jan 26, 1980	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	15.72	W	80	73		12	4	W 2	Iowa Field House
17	Thu, Jan 31, 1980	REG	@	Purdue (17)	Big Ten	17.53	L	56	70		12	5	L 1	Mackey Arena
18	Sat, Feb 2, 1980	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	15.72	W	73	63		13	5	W 1	Williams Arena
19	Thu, Feb 7, 1980	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	11.29	W	44	39		14	5	W 2	Iowa Field House
20	Sat, Feb 9, 1980	REG		Purdue (12)	Big Ten	17.53	W	74	59		15	5	W 3	Iowa Field House
21	Thu, Feb 14, 1980	REG		Indiana	Big Ten	17.55	L	55	66		15	6	L 1	Iowa Field House
22	Sat, Feb 16, 1980	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	5.92	W	60	58		16	6	W 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
23	Thu, Feb 21, 1980	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11.93	L	58	62		16	7	L 1	Wisconsin Field House
24	Sat, Feb 23, 1980	REG	@	Ohio State (11)	Big Ten	17.30	L	69	70		16	8	L 2	St. John Arena
25	Thu, Feb 28, 1980	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	13.70	W	83	67		17	8	W 1	Iowa Field House
26	Sat, Mar 1, 1980	REG		Illinois	Big Ten	15.77	W	75	71		18	8	W 2	Iowa Field House
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Thu, Mar 6, 1980	NCAA	N	Virginia Commonwealth	Sun Belt	3.19	W	86	72		19	8	W 3	Greensboro Coliseum
28	Sat, Mar 8, 1980	NCAA	N	NC State	ACC	12.95	W	77	64		20	8	W 4	Greensboro Coliseum
29	Fri, Mar 14, 1980	NCAA	N	Syracuse (6)	Big East	16.43	W	88	77		21	8	W 5	The Spectrum
30	Sun, Mar 16, 1980	NCAA	N	Georgetown (11)	Big East	13.07	W	81	80		22	8	W 6	The Palestra
31	Sat, Mar 22, 1980	NCAA	N	Louisville (2)	Metro	15.56	L	72	80		22	9	L 1	Market Square Arena
32	Mon, Mar 24, 1980	NCAA	N	Purdue (20)	Big Ten	17.53	L	58	75		22	10	L 2	Market Square Arena