1979–80 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1979–80 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll)

Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
1979–80 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
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Big Ten Regular Season Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#7
AP	#7
1979–80 record	21-8 (13-5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bobby Knight (9th year)
Captain	Butch Carter; Mike Woodson
Home arena	Assembly Hall
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The 1979–80 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 9th year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 21-8 and a conference record of 13-5, finishing 1st in the Big Ten Conference. After missing out on the previous NCAA Tournament, IU was invited to participate in the 1980 NCAA Tournament as a 2-seed; the Hoosiers advanced to the Sweet Sixteen, but they lost to the 6-seed Purdue Boilermakers.^[1]

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
11	Isiah Thomas	G	6–1	Fr.	Chicago, Illinois
20	Jim Thomas	G	6–3	Fr.	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
23	Chuck Franz	G	6–2	Fr.	Clarksville, Indiana
24	Randy Wittman	G/F	6–6	RS So.	Indianapolis, Indiana
30	Ted Kitchel	F	6–8	RS So.	Galveston, Indiana
31	Tony Brown	G	6–2	Fr.	Chicago, Illinois
32	Landon Turner	F/C	6–10	So.	Indianapolis, Indiana
33	Eric Kirchner	F	6–7	Jr.	Edelstein, Illinois
34	Steve Risley	F	6–8	Jr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
40	Glen Grunwald	F	6–9	RS Sr.	Franklin Park, Illinois
41	Butch Carter	G	6–5	Sr.	Middletown, Ohio
42	Mike Woodson	F	6–5	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
44	Phil Isenbarger	F	6–8	Jr.	Muncie, Indiana
45	Ray Tolbert	F/C	6–9	Jr.	Anderson, Indiana
54	Steve Bouchie	F	6–8	Fr.	Washington, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular Season
12/1/1979*	#1	Miami (OH)	W 80-52	1-0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/7/1979*	#1	Xavier Indiana Classic	W 92-66	2-0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/8/1979*	#1	UTEP Indiana Classic	W 75-43	3-0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/11/1979*	#1	#16 Georgetown	W 76-69	4-0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/15/1979*	#1	at #5 Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	L 58-69	4-1	Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
12/18/1979*	#5	vs. Toledo	W 80-56	5-1	Market Square Arena Indianapolis, IN
12/22/1979*	#5	#8 North Carolina	L 57-61	5-2	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/28/1979*	#10	vs. Tennessee	W 70-68	6-2	San Diego Sports Arena San Diego, CA
12/29/1979*	#10	vs. Brown	W 61-52	7-2	San Diego Sports Arena San Diego, CA
1/3/1980	#11	at #5 Ohio State	L 58-59	7-3 (0-1)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
1/5/1980	#11	at Wisconsin	L 50-52	7-4 (0-2)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
1/10/1980	#19	Michigan	W 63-61 ^OT	8-4 (1-2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/12/1980	#19	Michigan State	W 72-64	9-4 (2-2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/17/1980	#19	#13 Iowa	W 81-69	10-4 (3-2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/19/1980	#19	at Northwestern	W 81-72	11-4 (4-2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
1/24/1980	#16	at Minnesota	L 47-55	11-5 (4-3)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
1/26/1980	#16	#17 Purdue Rivalry	W 69-58	12-5 (5-3)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/31/1980	#18	Illinois Rivalry	W 60-54	13-5 (6-3)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/2/1980	#18	at #17 Purdue Rivalry	L 51-56	13-6 (6-4)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
2/7/1980	#20	Northwestern	W 83-69	14-6 (7-4)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/9/1980	#20	at Illinois Rivalry	L 68-89	14-7 (7-5)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
2/14/1980		at #20 Iowa	W 66-55	15-7 (8-5)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/16/1980		Minnesota	W 67-54	16-7 (9-5)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/21/1980	#19	at Michigan State	W 75-72	17-7 (10-5)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
2/23/1980	#19	at Michigan	W 65-61	18-7 (11-5)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
2/28/1980	#13	Wisconsin	W 61-52	19-7 (12-5)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
3/2/1980	#13	#9 Ohio State	W 76-73 ^OT	20-7 (13-5)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
NCAA Tournament
3/9/1980*	#7 (2)	vs. #(7) Virginia Tech Second Round	W 68-59	21-7 (13-5)	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
3/13/1980*	#7 (2)	vs. #20 (6) Purdue Sweet Sixteen	L 69-76	21-8 (13-5)	Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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1979–80 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#7 Indiana	13	–	5	.722	21	–	8	.724
#10 Ohio State	12	–	6	.667	21	–	8	.724
#20 Purdue	11	–	7	.611	23	–	10	.697
Iowa	10	–	8	.556	23	–	10	.697
Minnesota	10	–	8	.556	21	–	11	.656
Illinois	8	–	10	.444	22	–	13	.629
Michigan	8	–	10	.444	17	–	13	.567
Wisconsin	7	–	11	.389	15	–	14	.517
Michigan State	6	–	12	.333	12	–	15	.444
Northwestern	5	–	13	.278	10	–	17	.370

Rankings from AP Poll)