1979-80 Tennessee Volunteers Men's Schedule and Results

Record: 18-11 (12-6, 4th in SEC MBB)

PS/G: 71.8 (146th of 265)

PA/G: 68.8 (95th of 265)

SRS: 10.77 (31st of 260)

SOS: 7.74 (13th of 260)

NCAA Tournament: (#7 seed in East)
Won East First Round (80-69) versus #10 Furman
Lost East Second Round (86-75) versus #2 Maryland

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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
Tennessee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	19	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Tue, Dec 4, 1979	REG		St. John's (NY) (9)	Big East	10.43	W	97	80		1	0	W 1	Stokely Center
2	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	REG		Louisville (14)	Metro	15.56	L	75	77		1	1	L 1	Stokely Center
3	Wed, Dec 12, 1979	REG		Auburn	SEC	3.37	W	61	58		2	1	W 1	Stokely Center
4	Fri, Dec 14, 1979	REG		Fordham	ECACM	-5.89	W	88	63		3	1	W 2	Stokely Center
5	Sat, Dec 15, 1979	REG		Arizona State	Pac-10	12.47	W	82	79		4	1	W 3	Stokely Center
6	Mon, Dec 17, 1979	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	15.72	W	71	64		5	1	W 4	Stokely Center
7	Wed, Dec 19, 1979	REG		Alabama	SEC	9.02	W	79	78		6	1	W 5	Stokely Center
8	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	REG	@	Ohio State (2)	Big Ten	17.30	L	65	91		6	2	L 1	St. John Arena
9	Fri, Dec 28, 1979	REG	N	Indiana (10)	Big Ten	17.55	L	68	70		6	3	L 2	San Diego Sports Arena
10	Sat, Dec 29, 1979	REG	@	San Diego State	WAC	-7.60	W	96	77		7	3	W 1	San Diego Sports Arena
11	Wed, Jan 2, 1980	REG	@	Mississippi	SEC	8.15	W	66	65		8	3	W 2	C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum
12	Sat, Jan 5, 1980	REG		Kentucky (2)	SEC	16.94	W	49	47		9	3	W 3	Stokely Center
13	Wed, Jan 9, 1980	REG	@	Florida	SEC	-4.00	W	69	58		10	3	W 4	Florida Gymnasium
14	Sat, Jan 12, 1980	REG		Vanderbilt	SEC	5.10	W	71	63		11	3	W 5	Stokely Center
15	Thu, Jan 17, 1980	REG	@	Mississippi State	SEC	5.49	W	70	61		12	3	W 6	Humphrey Coliseum
16	Sat, Jan 19, 1980	REG		Louisiana State (14)	SEC	12.87	L	74	75		12	4	L 1	Stokely Center
17	Wed, Jan 23, 1980	REG	@	Georgia	SEC	6.01	L	54	55		12	5	L 2	Stegeman Coliseum
18	Sat, Jan 26, 1980	REG	@	Alabama	SEC	9.02	L	59	72		12	6	L 3	Memorial Coliseum
19	Wed, Jan 30, 1980	REG		Mississippi	SEC	8.15	L	61	66		12	7	L 4	Stokely Center
20	Sat, Feb 2, 1980	REG	@	Kentucky (3)	SEC	16.94	L	75	83		12	8	L 5	Rupp Arena
21	Wed, Feb 6, 1980	REG		Florida	SEC	-4.00	W	100	76		13	8	W 1	Stokely Center
22	Sat, Feb 9, 1980	REG	@	Vanderbilt	SEC	5.10	W	51	48		14	8	W 2	Memorial Gymnasium
23	Wed, Feb 13, 1980	REG		Mississippi State	SEC	5.49	W	85	73		15	8	W 3	Stokely Center
24	Sat, Feb 16, 1980	REG	@	Louisiana State (6)	SEC	12.87	L	66	73		15	9	L 1	Maravich Assembly Center
25	Thu, Feb 21, 1980	REG		Georgia	SEC	6.01	W	50	49		16	9	W 1	Stokely Center
26	Sat, Feb 23, 1980	REG	@	Auburn	SEC	3.37	W	72	63		17	9	W 2	Memorial Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Thu, Feb 28, 1980	CTOURN	N	Mississippi	SEC	8.15	L	74	76		17	10	L 1	BJCC Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Thu, Mar 6, 1980	NCAA	N	Furman	Southern	0.25	W	80	69		18	10	W 1	Greensboro Coliseum
29	Sat, Mar 8, 1980	NCAA	N	Maryland (8)	ACC	14.61	L	75	86		18	11	L 1	Greensboro Coliseum