1979–80 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team

1979–80 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball
1979–80 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball
National Invitation Tournament, First Round
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	18–13 (8–6 Big 8)
Head coach	Joe Cipriano (17th season);
Home arena	Bob Devaney Sports Center
	Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

1979–80 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 16 Missouri	11	–	3	.786	25	–	6	.806
Kansas State †	8	–	6	.571	22	–	9	.710
Nebraska	8	–	6	.571	18	–	13	.581
Kansas	7	–	7	.500	15	–	14	.517
Colorado	7	–	7	.500	17	–	10	.630
Oklahoma	6	–	8	.429	15	–	12	.556
Iowa State	5	–	9	.357	11	–	16	.407
Oklahoma State	4	–	10	.286	10	–	17	.370

† 1980 Big Eight tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1979–80 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska, Lincoln during the 1979–80 NCAA Division I season. The Cornhuskers finished with record of 18–13, 8–6 in their conference. They were led by Joe Cipriano, in his final year as Nebraska head coach before his death.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 30*	South Dakota State	W 100–83	1–0	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
December 1*	Portland State	W 74–52	2–0	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
December 3*	Eastern Washington	W 82–68	3–0	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
December 8*	Creighton	W 64–55	4–0	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
December 11*	at No. 9 Purdue	L 56–78	4–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
December 13*	Cal Bakersfield	W 94–80	5–1	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
December 15*	at Minnesota	L 58–75	5–2	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
December 22*	UAB	W 92–84 ^4OT	6–2	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
December 27*	vs. Wisconsin	W 83–82 ^OT	7–2	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii
December 29*	vs. Hawaii	L 55–67	7–3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii
December 30*	vs. No. 12 Louisville	L 58–65	7–4	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii
January 2*	at Idaho	L 55–64	7–5	Kibbie Dome Moscow, Idaho
January 4*	Wisconsin-Oshkosh	W 96–72	8–5	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
January 5*	Angelo State	W 83–70	9–5	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
January 9	at Iowa State	W 58–50	10–5 (1–0)	Hilton Coliseum (6,827) Ames, Iowa
January 12	No. 13 Missouri	L 63–84	10–6 (1–1)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
January 16	Kansas	W 64–57	11–6 (2–1)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
January 19	at Colorado	W 53–44	12–6 (3–1)	CU Events/Conference Center Boulder, Colorado
January 23	Oklahoma State	W 74–73 ^OT	13–6 (4–1)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
January 26	at Kansas State	L 64–66 ^2OT	13–7 (4–2)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
January 30	Oklahoma	W 59–58	14–7 (5–2)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
February 2	at No. 14 Missouri	L 61–73	14–8 (5–3)	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
February 5	at Kansas	W 61–56	15–8 (6–3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
February 9	Iowa State	W 69–66	16–8 (7–3)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
February 13	at Oklahoma State	L 68–83	16–9 (7–4)	Gallagher Hall Stillwater, Oklahoma
February 16	Colorado	L 55–56	16–10 (7–5)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
February 20	Kansas State	W 70–58	17–10 (8–5)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
February 23	at Oklahoma	L 60–78	17–11 (8–6)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Big 8 Tournament
February 26	Oklahoma	W 75–68	18–11 (8–6)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
February 29	vs. Kansas State	L 59–60	18–12 (8–6)	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
NIT
March 6*	at Michigan	L 69–76	18–13 (8–6)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1979-80 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
^ "1979-80 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Nebraska Athletics.
^ "2019-20 Men's Basketball Media Guide (PDF) - University of Nebraska" (PDF). University of Nebraska Athletics. p. 196.

[1] sports-reference.com 1979-80 Big Eight Conference Season Summary

[2] "1979-80 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Nebraska Athletics.

[3] "2019-20 Men's Basketball Media Guide (PDF) - University of Nebraska" (PDF). University of Nebraska Athletics. p. 196.

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