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1979-80 Ohio State Buckeyes Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 21-8 (12-6, 2nd in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 10th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Eldon Miller

PS/G: 72.1 (142nd of 265)

PA/G: 64.4 (30th of 265)

SRS: 17.30 (4th of 260)

SOS: 10.80 (6th of 260)

NCAA Tournament: (#4 seed in West)
Won West Second Round (89-75) versus #5 Arizona State
Lost West Regional Semifinal (72-68) versus #8 UCLA

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
Ohio State	4	3	3	2	7	5	3	2	4	6	13	9	11	9	10

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 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		Ohio	MAC	-8.33	W	78	51		1	0	W 1	St. John Arena
2	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	REG	@	Stetson	Ind	-4.25	W	69	50		2	0	W 2	Edmunds Center
3	Mon, Dec 10, 1979	REG	@	West Virginia	EAA	4.01	W	72	55		3	0	W 3	WVU Coliseum
4	Sat, Dec 15, 1979	REG	@	Holy Cross	ECACN	-0.54	W	79	63		4	0	W 4	Hart Recreation Center
5	Wed, Dec 19, 1979	REG	@	Louisville (11)	Metro	15.56	L	65	75		4	1	L 1	Freedom Hall
6	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	REG		Tennessee	SEC	10.77	W	91	65		5	1	W 1	St. John Arena
7	Sat, Dec 29, 1979	REG		Northwestern State	TAAC	-9.66	W	71	46		6	1	W 2	St. John Arena
8	Thu, Jan 3, 1980	REG		Indiana (11)	Big Ten	17.55	W	59	58		7	1	W 3	St. John Arena
9	Sat, Jan 5, 1980	REG		Purdue (8)	Big Ten	17.53	W	67	58		8	1	W 4	St. John Arena
10	Thu, Jan 10, 1980	REG	@	Iowa (12)	Big Ten	17.56	W	77	71		9	1	W 5	Iowa Field House
11	Sat, Jan 12, 1980	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	5.92	W	75	63		10	1	W 6	Welsh-Ryan Arena
12	Thu, Jan 17, 1980	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	15.72	W	75	70		11	1	W 7	St. John Arena
13	Sat, Jan 19, 1980	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	13.70	L	74	75		11	2	L 1	Crisler Arena
14	Thu, Jan 24, 1980	REG	@	Illinois	Big Ten	15.77	W	79	76		12	2	W 1	Assembly Hall
15	Sat, Jan 26, 1980	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	11.93	L	71	72		12	3	L 1	St. John Arena
16	Sun, Jan 27, 1980	REG		Virginia (17)	ACC	12.77	W	70	65		13	3	W 1	St. John Arena
17	Thu, Jan 31, 1980	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	11.29	L	54	74		13	4	L 1	St. John Arena
18	Sat, Feb 2, 1980	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11.93	L	67	70		13	5	L 2	Wisconsin Field House
19	Thu, Feb 7, 1980	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	13.70	W	66	63		14	5	W 1	St. John Arena
20	Sat, Feb 9, 1980	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	11.29	W	71	59		15	5	W 2	St. John Arena
21	Thu, Feb 14, 1980	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	15.72	L	70	74		15	6	L 1	Williams Arena
22	Sat, Feb 16, 1980	REG		Illinois	Big Ten	15.77	W	71	57		16	6	W 1	St. John Arena
23	Thu, Feb 21, 1980	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	5.92	W	68	59		17	6	W 2	St. John Arena
24	Sat, Feb 23, 1980	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	17.56	W	70	69		18	6	W 3	St. John Arena
25	Thu, Feb 28, 1980	REG	@	Purdue (18)	Big Ten	17.53	W	64	60		19	6	W 4	Mackey Arena
26	Sun, Mar 2, 1980	REG	@	Indiana (13)	Big Ten	17.55	L	73	76	OT	19	7	L 1	Assembly Hall
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Sun, Mar 9, 1980	NCAA	N	Arizona State (18)	Pac-10	12.47	W	89	75		20	7	W 1	Desert Financial Arena
28	Thu, Mar 13, 1980	NCAA	N	UCLA	Pac-10	15.66	L	68	72		20	8	L 1	McKale Center