1979–80 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1979–80 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP No. 20
1979–80 record 23–10 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach Lee Rose
Assistant coach Everett Bass
Assistant coach Billy Keller
Assistant coach Jeff Meyer
Home arena Mackey Arena
1979–80 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 7 Indiana135 .722  218  .724
No. 10 Ohio State126 .667  218  .724
No. 20 Purdue117 .611  2310  .697
Iowa108 .556  2310  .697
Minnesota108 .556  2111  .656
Illinois810 .444  2213  .629
Michigan810 .444  1713  .567
Wisconsin711 .389  1514  .517
Michigan State612 .333  1215  .444
Northwestern513 .278  1017  .370
Rankings from AP Poll)

Regular season

During the 1980 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Purdue qualified for the Final Four, where they lost to UCLA.

NCAA basketball tournament

  • Midwest
    • Purdue (#6 seed) 90, LaSalle 82
    • Purdue 87, St. John’s, New York 72
    • Purdue 76, Indiana 69
    • Purdue 68, Duke 60
  • Final Four
    • UCLA 67, Purdue 62
    • Purdue 75, Iowa 58 (3rd Place / Consolation Game)

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Team players drafted into the NBA

RoundPickPlayerNBA Club
11Joe Barry CarrollGolden State Warriors
246Arnette HallmanBoston Celtics

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References

  1. http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1980
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-18. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
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