1979–80 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team





























1979–80 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball

NCAA Tournament East Region 5 Seed, Final Four vs. Purdue, L 75–58
Conference Big Ten Conference
1979–80 record 23–10 (10–8 Big Ten)
Head coach
Lute Olson (6th season)
MVP Ronnie Lester
Home arena Iowa Field House

Seasons


← 1978–79


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1979–80 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L  
PCT
No. 7 Indiana
13 5   .722     21 8
  .724
No. 10 Ohio State
12 6   .667     21 8
  .724
No. 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)

The 1979–80 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa in the 1979–80 college basketball season. The team was led by head coach Lute Olson and played their home games at the Iowa Field House. They finished with a 23–10 (10–8 Big Ten) record, and reached the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament as champions of the East Region. To date, this is Iowa's most recent appearance in the NCAA Final Four in men's basketball.




Contents






  • 1 Roster


  • 2 Schedule


  • 3 Team players in the 1980 NBA Draft


  • 4 References





Roster


Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.


























































No.

Position
Player
52

United States

F
Steve Waite
32

United States

F
Vince Brookins
54

United States

C
Steve Krafcisin
40

United States

G
Kevin Boyle
30

United States

G
Kenny Arnold
12

United States

G

Ronnie Lester
24

United States

G

Bob Hansen
44

United States

F
Mark Gannon





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Big Ten Conference Standing: 4th
Date
Opponent*
Rank*
Location
Time#
Result
Overall
Conference

Regular Season Games
December 1, 1979 Northern Illinois Iowa City, IA W 86–43 1–0 0–0
December 3, 1979 Colorado State Iowa City, IA W 113–66 2–0 0–0
December 6, 1979 Northern Iowa #20 Iowa City, IA W 78–46 3–0 0–0
December 8, 1979 Detroit #20 Detroit, MI W 80–54 4–0 0–0
December 11, 1979 Wichita State #17 Wichita, KS W 81–62 5–0 0–0
December 15, 1979 Iowa State #17 Ames, IA W 67–64 6–0 0–0
December 22, 1979 Mississippi State #13 Dayton, OH W 81–62 7–0 0–0
December 23, 1979 Dayton #13 Dayton, OH W 61–54 8–0 0–0
December 29, 1979 Drake #11 Iowa City, IA W 77–66 9–0 0–0
January 3, 1980 #20 Illinois
#10 Champaign, IL W 72–71 10–0 1–0
January 5, 1980 Michigan #10 Ann Arbor, MI L 68–65 10–1 1–1
January 10, 1980 #3 Ohio State
#12 Iowa City, IA L 77–71 10–2 1–2
January 12, 1980 Wisconsin #12 Iowa City, IA W 66–65 11–2 2–2
January 17, 1980 #19 Indiana
#13 Bloomington, IN L 81–69 11–3 2–3
January 19, 1980 Michigan State #13 East Lansing, MI L 75–67 11–4 2–4
January 24, 1980 Northwestern Iowa City, IA W 86–64 12–4 3–4
January 26, 1980 Minnesota Iowa City, IA W 80–73 13–4 4–4
January 31, 1980 #17 Purdue
West Lafayette, IN L 70–56 13–5 4–5
February 2, 1980 Minnesota Minneapolis, MN W 73–63 14–5 5–5
February 7, 1980 Michigan State Iowa City, IA W 44–39 OT 15–5 6–5
February 9, 1980 #12 Purdue
Iowa City, IA W 74–59 16–5 7–5
February 14, 1980 Indiana #20 Iowa City, IA L 66–55 16–6 7–6
February 16, 1980 Northwestern #20 Evanston, IL W 60–58 17–6 8–6
February 21, 1980 Wisconsin Madison, WI L 62–58 17–7 8–7
February 23, 1980 #9 Ohio State
Columbus, OH L 70–69 17–8 8–8
February 28, 1980 Michigan Iowa City, IA W 83–67 18–8 9–8
March 1, 1980 Illinois Iowa City, IA W 75–71 19–8 10–8

NCAA Tournament
March 6, 1980 Virginia Commonwealth Greensboro, NC W 86–72 20–8 10–8
March 8, 1980 North Carolina State Greensboro, NC W 77–64 21–8 10–8
March 14, 1980 #6 Syracuse
Philadelphia, PA W 88–77 22–8 10–8
March 16, 1980 #11 Georgetown
Philadelphia, PA W 81–80 23–8 10–8
March 22, 1980 #2 Louisville
Indianapolis, IN L 80–72 23–9 10–8
March 24, 1980 #20 Purdue
Indianapolis, IN L 75–58 23–10 10–8

*Rank according to AP Top 20 Poll. #All times are in CST. Conference games in BOLD.


Team players in the 1980 NBA Draft
















Round Pick Player
NBA Club
1 10 Ronnie Lester
Portland Trail Blazers

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References





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