1979-80 Villanova Wildcats Men's Schedule and Results

Record: 23-8 (7-3, 1st in EAA MBB)

PS/G: 77.9 (56th of 265)

PA/G: 67.3 (66th of 265)

SRS: 10.81 (30th of 260)

SOS: 1.41 (95th of 260)

NCAA Tournament: (#8 seed in East)
Won East First Round (77-59) versus #9 Marquette
Lost East Second Round (97-83) versus #1 Syracuse

EAA Reg Season Champ
EAA Tourney 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
Villanova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Wed, Dec 5, 1979	REG		St. Bonaventure	EAA	-0.13	W	85	59		1	0	W 1	Villanova Field House
2	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	REG	@	La Salle	ECC	5.82	W	86	79		2	0	W 2	The Palestra
3	Mon, Dec 10, 1979	REG	@	Princeton	Ivy	-4.66	W	57	55		3	0	W 3	Jadwin Gymnasium
4	Wed, Dec 12, 1979	REG		Baltimore	ECACS	-9.54	W	91	70		4	0	W 4	Villanova Field House
5	Sat, Dec 15, 1979	REG	@	Duquesne	EAA	5.33	L	72	77		4	1	L 1	Civic Arena
6	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	REG	@	Rutgers	EAA	0.08	W	81	70		5	1	W 1	Louis Brown Athletic Center
7	Fri, Dec 28, 1979	REG	N	Saint Francis (PA)	ECACS	-7.76	W	93	66		6	1	W 2	Blue Cross Arena
8	Sat, Dec 29, 1979	REG	N	Syracuse (9)	Big East	16.43	L	84	92		6	2	L 1	Blue Cross Arena
9	Thu, Jan 3, 1980	REG		Boston College	Big East	5.92	W	86	67		7	2	W 1	Villanova Field House
10	Sat, Jan 5, 1980	REG	@	Saint Peter's	ECACM	5.72	W	51	50		8	2	W 2	Yanitelli Center
11	Wed, Jan 9, 1980	REG		Massachusetts	EAA	-12.38	W	92	59		9	2	W 3	Villanova Field House
12	Sat, Jan 12, 1980	REG	@	West Virginia	EAA	4.01	L	68	86		9	3	L 1	WVU Coliseum
13	Tue, Jan 15, 1980	REG	@	Notre Dame (8)	Ind	13.38	L	69	70		9	4	L 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
14	Sat, Jan 19, 1980	REG	@	Pennsylvania	Ivy	-1.56	W	65	51		10	4	W 1	The Palestra
15	Tue, Jan 22, 1980	REG		George Washington	EAA	0.17	W	95	78		11	4	W 2	Villanova Field House
16	Sat, Jan 26, 1980	REG	@	St. John's (NY) (9)	Big East	10.43	L	75	81		11	5	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
17	Tue, Jan 29, 1980	REG	@	Providence	Big East	-0.03	W	62	52		12	5	W 1	Providence Civic Center
18	Sat, Feb 2, 1980	REG		Penn State	Ind	1.92	W	98	53		13	5	W 2	Villanova Field House
19	Mon, Feb 4, 1980	REG		Drexel	ECC	-8.04	W	94	76		14	5	W 3	Villanova Field House
20	Wed, Feb 6, 1980	REG	@	George Washington	EAA	0.17	W	74	72		15	5	W 4	Charles E. Smith Center
21	Sat, Feb 9, 1980	REG	@	Massachusetts	EAA	-12.38	W	79	64		16	5	W 5	Curry Hicks Cage
22	Tue, Feb 12, 1980	REG		Rutgers	EAA	0.08	W	70	68		17	5	W 6	Villanova Field House
23	Sat, Feb 16, 1980	REG	@	Temple	ECC	1.33	W	67	59		18	5	W 7	McGonigle Hall
24	Wed, Feb 20, 1980	REG	@	Pittsburgh	EAA	5.70	L	53	62		18	6	L 1	Fitzgerald Fieldhouse
25	Sat, Feb 23, 1980	REG		Saint Joseph's	ECC	-1.12	L	59	60		18	7	L 2	Villanova Field House
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
26	Tue, Feb 26, 1980	CTOURN		Massachusetts	EAA	-12.38	W	85	62		19	7	W 1	Villanova Field House
27	Wed, Feb 27, 1980	CTOURN	@	Pittsburgh	EAA	5.70	W	72	59		20	7	W 2	Civic Arena
28	Sat, Mar 1, 1980	CTOURN	N	West Virginia	EAA	4.01	W	74	62		21	7	W 3	Civic Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
29	Fri, Mar 7, 1980	NCAA	N	Marquette	Ind	9.56	W	77	59		22	7	W 4	Providence Civic Center
30	Sun, Mar 9, 1980	NCAA	N	Syracuse (6)	Big East	16.43	L	83	97		22	8	L 1	Providence Civic Center