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1979–80 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

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1979–80 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
NIT, First Round, L 49–53 vs. Alabama
ConferenceIndependent
Record18–10
Head coach
Assistant coachPerry Clark (2nd season)
Home arenaRec Hall
Seasons
1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 DePaul   26 2   .929
No. 19 Iona*   28 4   .875
Old Dominion   25 5   .833
No. 9 Notre Dame   23 8   .742
Tennessee State   19 7   .731
UNLV   23 9   .719
Saint Peter's   22 9   .710
Cleveland State   18 8   .692
James Madison   18 8   .692
Illinois State   20 9   .690
Marquette   18 9   .667
UNC Wilmington   19 10   .655
Penn State   18 10   .643
Southern Mississippi   17 10   .630
South Carolina   16 11   .593
Campbell   15 12   .556
East Carolina   15 12   .556
Stetson   15 12   .556
Long Island   14 12   .538
Detroit   14 13   .519
Navy   14 13   .519
Wagner   14 13   .519
Siena   14 14   .500
Dayton   13 14   .481
Fairleigh Dickinson   13 14   .481
North Texas State   13 14   .481
Richmond   13 14   .481
Baltimore   12 15   .444
William & Mary   12 15   .444
Fordham**   12 16   .429
St. Francis (Pa.)   12 16   .429
St. Francis (N.Y.)   11 15   .423
Fairfield   11 16   .407
Army   9 17   .346
Milwaukee   9 17   .346
Towson State   9 17   .346
Valparaiso   8 18   .308
Catholic   8 19   .296
Robert Morris   7 19   .269
George Mason   5 21   .192
Portland State   5 21   .192
Manhattan   4 22   .154
Baptist   2 23   .080
* –Iona's 1980 NCAA Tournament games were vacated due to NCAA sanctions; disputed record 29–5.
**Disputed record 11–17.
Rankings from AP Poll

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

Roster

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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
Assistant coach(es)

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

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# 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
Memorial Coliseum 
Portland, OR
December 28
vs. Idaho L 46–50  4–5
Memorial Coliseum 
Portland, OR
December 29
vs. Texas Tech W 47–46  5–5
Memorial Coliseum 
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
Johns 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.

Source[1]

References

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  1. ^ "1979–80 Penn State Nittany Lions Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 13, 2019.