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1979-80 Purdue Boilermakers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 23-10 (11-7, 3rd in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 20th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Lee Rose

PS/G: 70.9 (162nd of 265)

PA/G: 63.3 (25th of 265)

SRS: 17.53 (3rd of 260)

SOS: 11.28 (2nd of 260)

NCAA Tournament: (#6 seed in Mideast)
Won Mideast First Round (90-82) versus #11 La Salle
Won Mideast Second Round (87-72) versus #3 St. John's (NY)
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (76-69) versus #2 Indiana
Won Mideast Regional Final (68-60) versus #4 Duke
Lost National Semifinal (67-62) versus #8 UCLA
Won National Third Place (75-58) versus #5 Iowa

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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
Purdue	11	12	9	9	8	8	10	11	14	17	12	15	15	18	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	@	Colorado State	WAC	-4.11	W	65	55		1	0	W 1	Moby Arena
2	Mon, Dec 3, 1979	REG		Butler	MW City	-4.65	W	83	60		2	0	W 2	Mackey Arena
3	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	REG		Providence	Big East	-0.03	W	76	44		3	0	W 3	Mackey Arena
4	Tue, Dec 11, 1979	REG		Nebraska	Big 8	3.41	W	78	56		4	0	W 4	Mackey Arena
5	Fri, Dec 21, 1979	REG	N	Southern Methodist	SWC	0.27	W	85	60		5	0	W 5	Rupp Arena
6	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	REG	@	Kentucky (3)	SEC	16.94	L	60	61		5	1	L 1	Rupp Arena
7	Sat, Dec 29, 1979	REG		Tulsa	MVC	-1.41	W	82	58		6	1	W 1	Mackey Arena
8	Thu, Jan 3, 1980	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	11.29	W	74	73		7	1	W 2	Jenison Field House
9	Sat, Jan 5, 1980	REG	@	Ohio State (5)	Big Ten	17.30	L	58	67		7	2	L 1	St. John Arena
10	Thu, Jan 10, 1980	REG		Illinois	Big Ten	15.77	W	74	66		8	2	W 1	Mackey Arena
11	Sat, Jan 12, 1980	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	13.70	W	63	61		9	2	W 2	Mackey Arena
12	Sun, Jan 13, 1980	REG		Syracuse (5)	Big East	16.43	L	61	66		9	3	L 1	Mackey Arena
13	Thu, Jan 17, 1980	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	5.92	W	68	63		10	3	W 1	Mackey Arena
14	Sat, Jan 19, 1980	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	15.72	L	61	67		10	4	L 1	Williams Arena
15	Thu, Jan 24, 1980	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11.93	W	73	60		11	4	W 1	Wisconsin Field House
16	Sat, Jan 26, 1980	REG	@	Indiana (16)	Big Ten	17.55	L	58	69		11	5	L 1	Assembly Hall
17	Thu, Jan 31, 1980	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	17.56	W	70	56		12	5	W 1	Mackey Arena
18	Sat, Feb 2, 1980	REG		Indiana (18)	Big Ten	17.55	W	56	51		13	5	W 2	Mackey Arena
19	Thu, Feb 7, 1980	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	15.72	W	58	56		14	5	W 3	Mackey Arena
20	Sat, Feb 9, 1980	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	17.56	L	59	74		14	6	L 1	Iowa Field House
21	Thu, Feb 14, 1980	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	5.92	L	54	57		14	7	L 2	Welsh-Ryan Arena
22	Sat, Feb 16, 1980	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	11.93	W	69	61		15	7	W 1	Mackey Arena
23	Thu, Feb 21, 1980	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	13.70	L	64	75		15	8	L 1	Crisler Arena
24	Sat, Feb 23, 1980	REG	@	Illinois	Big Ten	15.77	W	72	69		16	8	W 1	Assembly Hall
25	Thu, Feb 28, 1980	REG		Ohio State (9)	Big Ten	17.30	L	60	64		16	9	L 1	Mackey Arena
26	Sat, Mar 1, 1980	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	11.29	W	91	73		17	9	W 1	Mackey Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Thu, Mar 6, 1980	NCAA	N	La Salle	ECC	5.82	W	90	82		18	9	W 2	Mackey Arena
28	Sat, Mar 8, 1980	NCAA	N	St. John's (NY) (13)	Big East	10.43	W	87	72		19	9	W 3	Mackey Arena
29	Thu, Mar 13, 1980	NCAA	N	Indiana (7)	Big Ten	17.55	W	76	69		20	9	W 4	Rupp Arena
30	Sat, Mar 15, 1980	NCAA	N	Duke (14)	ACC	13.73	W	68	60		21	9	W 5	Rupp Arena
31	Sat, Mar 22, 1980	NCAA	N	UCLA	Pac-10	15.66	L	62	67		21	10	L 1	Market Square Arena
32	Mon, Mar 24, 1980	NCAA	N	Iowa	Big Ten	17.56	W	75	58		22	10	W 1	Market Square Arena