1979–80 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball independents standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
1979–80 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
NIT first round, First Round L 49–53 vs. Alabama
Conference	Independent
1979–80 record	18–10
Head coach	Dick Harter (2nd season)
Home arena	Rec Hall

The 1979–80 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 1979–80 season.

Roster

1979–80 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	43	Frank Brickowski	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	Jr	Bayville, New York

Head coach

Dick Harter

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 2	Indiana (PA)	W 99–57	1–0	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
December 3	at Maryland	L 55–56	1–1	Cole Field House College Park, Maryland
December 5	Muhlenberg	W 85–41	2–1	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
December 8	West Virginia	W 68–66 ^OT	3–1	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
December 15	Syracuse	L 72–85	3–2	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
December 19	Temple	L 48–74	3–3	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
December 22	at Colgate	W 38–37	4–3	Cotterell Court Hamilton, NY
December 26	vs. BYU	L 50–58	4–4	Portland, OR
December 28	vs. Idaho	L 46–50	4–5	Portland, OR
December 29	vs. Texas Tech	W 47–46	5–5	Portland, OR
January 3	Ursinus	W 87–55	6–5	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 5	at Pittsburgh	L 50–54	6–6	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
January 10	at St. Bonaventure	L 75–89	6–7	Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY
January 12	Duquesne	W 62–52	7–7	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 14	Delaware	W 85–53	8–7	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 16	at West Virginia	W 75–71	9–7	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
January 19	Rutgers	W 75–66	10–7	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 21	John Hopkins	W 64–38	11–7	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 26	Fairleigh Dickinson	W 60–52	12–7	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 28	Richmond	W 71–61	13–7	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 31	at Duquesne	L 55–56	13–8	Mellon Arena Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
February 2	at Villanova	L 53–93	13–9	Villanova Field House Villanova, Pennsylvania
February 4	at Vermont	W 53–40	14–9	Patrick Gym Burlington, Vermont
February 9	at Navy	W 51–44	15–9	Halsey Field House Annapolis, Maryland
February 13	Pittsburgh	W 66-53	16–9	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
February 16	at George Washington	W 63-53	17–9	Charles E. Smith Center Washington, DC
February 20	Massachusetts	W 50-36	18–9	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
March 5	at Alabama NIT First round	L 49-53	18–10	Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex Birmingham, AL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

"1979–80 Penn State Nittany Lions Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 13, 2019.

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