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1979-80 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 29-6 (15-3, 1st in SEC MBB)

Rank: 4th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Joe B. Hall

PS/G: 76.7 (72nd of 265)

PA/G: 66.4 (51st of 265)

SRS: 16.94 (5th of 260)

SOS: 7.14 (19th of 260)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in Mideast)
Won Mideast Second Round (97-78) versus #8 Florida State
Lost Mideast Regional Semifinal (55-54) versus #4 Duke

SEC Reg Season 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
Kentucky	2	5	5	3	2	2	4	6	5	3	5	5	3	2	4

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, Nov 17, 1979	REG	N	Duke (3)	ACC	13.73	L	76	82	OT	0	1	L 1	MassMutual Center
2	Fri, Nov 30, 1979	REG	N	Bradley	MVC	7.03	W	79	58		1	1	W 1	Buckner Fieldhouse
3	Sat, Dec 1, 1979	REG	N	Alaska-Anchorage			W	97	68		2	1	W 2	Buckner Fieldhouse
4	Sun, Dec 2, 1979	REG	N	Iona	ECACM	7.90	W	57	50		3	1	W 3	Buckner Fieldhouse
5	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	REG		Baylor	SWC	-2.85	W	80	46		4	1	W 4	Rupp Arena
6	Mon, Dec 10, 1979	REG		South Carolina	Ind	0.67	W	126	81		5	1	W 5	Rupp Arena
7	Wed, Dec 12, 1979	REG	@	Kansas	Big 8	4.71	W	57	56		6	1	W 6	Allen Fieldhouse
8	Sat, Dec 15, 1979	REG		Indiana (1)	Big Ten	17.55	W	69	58		7	1	W 7	Rupp Arena
9	Mon, Dec 17, 1979	REG	N	Georgia	SEC	6.01	W	95	69		8	1	W 8	The Omni
10	Fri, Dec 21, 1979	REG		California	Pac-10	-1.78	W	78	52		9	1	W 9	Rupp Arena
11	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	REG		Purdue (9)	Big Ten	17.53	W	61	60		10	1	W 10	Rupp Arena
12	Sat, Dec 29, 1979	REG	N	Notre Dame (3)	Ind	13.38	W	86	80		11	1	W 11	Freedom Hall
13	Wed, Jan 2, 1980	REG		Auburn	SEC	3.37	W	67	65		12	1	W 12	Rupp Arena
14	Sat, Jan 5, 1980	REG	@	Tennessee	SEC	10.77	L	47	49		12	2	L 1	Stokely Center
15	Wed, Jan 9, 1980	REG	@	Mississippi	SEC	8.15	W	79	73		13	2	W 1	C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum
16	Sat, Jan 12, 1980	REG		Alabama	SEC	9.02	L	64	78		13	3	L 1	Rupp Arena
17	Thu, Jan 17, 1980	REG	@	Florida	SEC	-4.00	W	76	63		14	3	W 1	Florida Gymnasium
18	Sat, Jan 19, 1980	REG		Vanderbilt	SEC	5.10	W	106	90		15	3	W 2	Rupp Arena
19	Wed, Jan 23, 1980	REG	@	Mississippi State	SEC	5.49	W	89	67		16	3	W 3	Humphrey Coliseum
20	Sat, Jan 26, 1980	REG		Georgia	SEC	6.01	W	56	49		17	3	W 4	Rupp Arena
21	Mon, Jan 28, 1980	REG		Louisiana State (10)	SEC	12.87	L	60	65		17	4	L 1	Rupp Arena
22	Wed, Jan 30, 1980	REG	@	Auburn	SEC	3.37	W	64	62		18	4	W 1	Memorial Coliseum
23	Sat, Feb 2, 1980	REG		Tennessee	SEC	10.77	W	83	75		19	4	W 2	Rupp Arena
24	Wed, Feb 6, 1980	REG		Mississippi	SEC	8.15	W	86	72		20	4	W 3	Rupp Arena
25	Sat, Feb 9, 1980	REG	@	Alabama	SEC	9.02	W	72	63		21	4	W 4	Memorial Coliseum
26	Wed, Feb 13, 1980	REG		Florida	SEC	-4.00	W	95	70		22	4	W 5	Rupp Arena
27	Fri, Feb 15, 1980	REG	@	Vanderbilt	SEC	5.10	W	91	73		23	4	W 6	Memorial Gymnasium
28	Sun, Feb 17, 1980	REG	@	Nevada-Las Vegas	Ind	6.52	W	74	69		24	4	W 7	Las Vegas Convention Center
29	Wed, Feb 20, 1980	REG		Mississippi State	SEC	5.49	W	71	65		25	4	W 8	Rupp Arena
30	Sun, Feb 24, 1980	REG	@	Louisiana State (5)	SEC	12.87	W	76	74	OT	26	4	W 9	Maravich Assembly Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
31	Thu, Feb 28, 1980	CTOURN	N	Auburn	SEC	3.37	W	69	61		27	4	W 10	BJCC Coliseum
32	Fri, Feb 29, 1980	CTOURN	N	Mississippi	SEC	8.15	W	70	67		28	4	W 11	BJCC Coliseum
33	Sat, Mar 1, 1980	CTOURN	N	Louisiana State (5)	SEC	12.87	L	78	80		28	5	L 1	BJCC Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
34	Sun, Mar 9, 1980	NCAA	N	Florida State	Metro	6.84	W	97	78		29	5	W 1	E. A. Diddle Arena
35	Thu, Mar 13, 1980	NCAA	N	Duke (14)	ACC	13.73	L	54	55		29	6	L 1	Rupp Arena