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1979-80 UNLV Rebels Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 23-9 (Independent)

Coach: Jerry Tarkanian

PS/G: 79.2 (38th of 265)

PA/G: 73.8 (169th of 265)

SRS: 6.52 (50th of 260)

SOS: 1.29 (100th 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
UNLV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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		Texas-Rio Grande Valley	TAAC	0.84	L	75	77		0	1	L 1	Las Vegas Convention Center
2	Fri, Dec 7, 1979	REG		Nevada	Big Sky	-5.69	W	70	58		1	1	W 1	Las Vegas Convention Center
3	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	REG		Idaho State	Big Sky	-9.57	W	89	75		2	1	W 2	Las Vegas Convention Center
4	Mon, Dec 10, 1979	REG	@	Tulsa	MVC	-1.41	W	73	70		3	1	W 3	Tulsa Convention Center
5	Fri, Dec 21, 1979	REG		Montana	Big Sky	-2.09	W	99	69		4	1	W 4	Las Vegas Convention Center
6	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	REG		Texas A&M	SWC	9.28	L	73	77		4	2	L 1	Las Vegas Convention Center
7	Fri, Dec 28, 1979	REG	N	Loyola Marymount	WCAC	-0.22	W	105	87		5	2	W 1	Las Vegas Convention Center
8	Sat, Dec 29, 1979	REG		Weber State	Big Sky	6.57	L	78	79		5	3	L 1	Las Vegas Convention Center
9	Mon, Dec 31, 1979	REG		Utah	WAC	5.47	W	86	73		6	3	W 1	Las Vegas Convention Center
10	Thu, Jan 10, 1980	REG		Hawaii	WAC	-1.52	W	87	78		7	3	W 2	Las Vegas Convention Center
11	Fri, Jan 11, 1980	REG		San Diego State	WAC	-7.60	W	88	86		8	3	W 3	Las Vegas Convention Center
12	Mon, Jan 14, 1980	REG	@	Utah	WAC	5.47	W	73	65		9	3	W 4	Jon M. Huntsman Center
13	Thu, Jan 17, 1980	REG	@	Seton Hall	Big East	-2.87	W	67	65		10	3	W 5	Walsh Gymnasium
14	Mon, Jan 21, 1980	REG	@	Nevada	Big Sky	-5.69	W	74	53		11	3	W 6	Centennial Coliseum
15	Fri, Jan 25, 1980	REG		UTEP	WAC	4.39	W	63	61		12	3	W 7	Las Vegas Convention Center
16	Sat, Jan 26, 1980	REG		New Mexico	WAC	-5.73	W	84	78		13	3	W 8	Las Vegas Convention Center
17	Mon, Jan 28, 1980	REG	@	Colorado State	WAC	-4.11	W	66	62		14	3	W 9	Moby Arena
18	Thu, Jan 31, 1980	REG		Oklahoma City	MW City	-1.95	W	84	81		15	3	W 10	Las Vegas Convention Center
19	Tue, Feb 5, 1980	REG	@	San Diego State	WAC	-7.60	W	98	86		16	3	W 11	San Diego Sports Arena
20	Thu, Feb 7, 1980	REG	@	Hawaii	WAC	-1.52	L	84	85		16	4	L 1	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
21	Wed, Feb 13, 1980	REG		Wyoming	WAC	2.99	W	66	64		17	4	W 1	Las Vegas Convention Center
22	Thu, Feb 14, 1980	REG		Colorado State	WAC	-4.11	W	81	80		18	4	W 2	Las Vegas Convention Center
23	Sun, Feb 17, 1980	REG		Kentucky (5)	SEC	16.94	L	69	74		18	5	L 1	Las Vegas Convention Center
24	Fri, Feb 22, 1980	REG	@	New Mexico	WAC	-5.73	W	84	68		19	5	W 1	University Arena
25	Sat, Feb 23, 1980	REG	@	UTEP	WAC	4.39	L	69	76		19	6	L 1	Don Haskins Center
26	Wed, Feb 27, 1980	REG	@	Wyoming	WAC	2.99	L	70	71		19	7	L 2	War Memorial Fieldhouse
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Fri, Mar 7, 1980	NIT		Washington	Pac-10	7.14	W	93	73		20	7	W 1	Las Vegas Convention Center
28	Mon, Mar 10, 1980	NIT		Long Beach State	PCAA	6.73	W	90	81		21	7	W 2	Las Vegas Convention Center
29	Thu, Mar 13, 1980	NIT		Saint Peter's	ECACM	5.72	W	67	62		22	7	W 3	Las Vegas Convention Center
30	Mon, Mar 17, 1980	NIT	N	Virginia	ACC	12.77	L	71	90		22	8	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
31	Wed, Mar 19, 1980	NIT	N	Illinois	Big Ten	15.77	L	74	84		22	9	L 2	Madison Square Garden (IV)