1979–80 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1979–80 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
1979–80 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Big Ten Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 7
Record	21–8 (13–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bobby Knight (9th season);
Captain	Butch Carter ; Mike Woodson
Home arena	Assembly Hall
	Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

1979–80 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	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 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*	No. 1	Miami (OH)	W 80–52	1–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
12/7/1979*	No. 1	Xavier Indiana Classic	W 92–66	2–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
12/8/1979*	No. 1	UTEP Indiana Classic	W 75–43	3–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
12/11/1979*	No. 1	No. 16 Georgetown	W 76–69	4–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
12/15/1979*	No. 1	at No. 5 Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	L 58–69	4–1	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
12/18/1979*	No. 5	vs. Toledo	W 80–56	5–1	Market Square Arena Indianapolis
12/22/1979*	No. 5	No. 8 North Carolina	L 57–61	5–2	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
12/28/1979*	No. 10	vs. Tennessee	W 70–68	6–2	San Diego Sports Arena San Diego
12/29/1979*	No. 10	vs. Brown	W 61–52	7–2	San Diego Sports Arena San Diego
1/3/1980	No. 11	at No. 5 Ohio State	L 58–59	7–3 (0–1)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
1/5/1980	No. 11	at Wisconsin	L 50–52	7–4 (0–2)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, Wisconsin
1/10/1980	No. 19	Michigan	W 63–61 ^OT	8–4 (1–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
1/12/1980	No. 19	Michigan State	W 72–64	9–4 (2–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
1/17/1980	No. 19	No. 13 Iowa	W 81–69	10–4 (3–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
1/19/1980	No. 19	at Northwestern	W 81–72	11–4 (4–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
1/24/1980	No. 16	at Minnesota	L 47–55	11–5 (4–3)	Williams Arena Minneapolis
1/26/1980	No. 16	No. 17 Purdue Rivalry	W 69–58	12–5 (5–3)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
1/31/1980	No. 18	Illinois Rivalry	W 60–54	13–5 (6–3)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
2/2/1980	No. 18	at No. 17 Purdue Rivalry	L 51–56	13–6 (6–4)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
2/7/1980	No. 20	Northwestern	W 83–69	14–6 (7–4)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
2/9/1980	No. 20	at Illinois Rivalry	L 68–89	14–7 (7–5)	Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois
2/14/1980		at No. 20 Iowa	W 66–55	15–7 (8–5)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, Iowa
2/16/1980		Minnesota	W 67–54	16–7 (9–5)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
2/21/1980	No. 19	at Michigan State	W 75–72	17–7 (10–5)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, Michigan
2/23/1980	No. 19	at Michigan	W 65–61	18–7 (11–5)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
2/28/1980	No. 13	Wisconsin	W 61–52	19–7 (12–5)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
3/2/1980	No. 13	No. 9 Ohio State	W 76–73 ^OT	20–7 (13–5)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
NCAA tournament
3/9/1980*	No. 7 (2)	vs. No. (7) Virginia Tech Second round	W 68–59	21–7 (13–5)	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky
3/13/1980*	No. 7 (2)	vs. No. 20 (6) Purdue Sweet Sixteen	L 69–76	21–8 (13–5)	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

^ "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 16, 2015.

[1] "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 16, 2015.

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Venues	Old Assembly Hall (1900–1917) Men's Gymnasium (1917–1928) The Fieldhouse (1928–1960) New Fieldhouse (1960–1971) Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (1971–present) Cook Hall (practice)
Rivalries	Illinois Kentucky Purdue
Culture & lore	2011 Kentucky upset A Season on the Brink (film) Blue blood status Crimson Guard Crossroads Classic "Indiana, Our Indiana"
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
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NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics