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1979-80 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
Record: 157-83, .654 W-L% (2nd of 29) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 12.06 (2nd of 29) ▪ SOS: 7.56 (2nd of 29)
Regular Season Champion: Maryland
Tournament Champion: Duke
NCAA Tournament: 5 (Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina and North Carolina State)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Duke, North Carolina and Virginia)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Duke, Maryland and North Carolina)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | PTS/G | SRS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Maryland* R | 11 | 3 | .786 | 24 | 7 | .774 | 79.0 | 71.8 | 14.6 | 7.4 |
| 2 | North Carolina* | 9 | 5 | .643 | 21 | 8 | .724 | 73.6 | 68.0 | 12.8 | 7.2 |
| 3 | North Carolina State* | 9 | 5 | .643 | 20 | 8 | .714 | 68.1 | 61.5 | 13.0 | 6.3 |
| 4 | Clemson* | 8 | 6 | .571 | 23 | 9 | .719 | 81.3 | 71.6 | 15.7 | 6.0 |
| 5 | Virginia | 7 | 7 | .500 | 24 | 10 | .706 | 69.5 | 64.5 | 12.8 | 7.7 |
| 6 | Duke* T | 7 | 7 | .500 | 24 | 9 | .727 | 72.9 | 67.4 | 13.7 | 8.3 |
| 7 | Wake Forest | 4 | 10 | .286 | 13 | 14 | .481 | 69.2 | 67.9 | 8.6 | 7.4 |
| 8 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 13 | .071 | 8 | 18 | .308 | 55.2 | 60.2 | 5.2 | 10.2 |
AP Poll Summary
| School | Pre | 12/4 | 12/11 | 12/18 | 12/26 | 1/2 | 1/8 | 1/15 | 1/22 | 1/29 | 2/5 | 2/12 | 2/19 | 2/26 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 15 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||
| Duke | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 14 | |
| North Carolina | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 15 |
| Clemson | 18 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 17 | |||||||
| North Carolina State | 16 | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Virginia | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 18 |
NCAA Tournament
First Round
Clemson won (76-73) versus Utah State (West Regional)
Second Round
Clemson won (71-66) versus Brigham Young (West Regional)
Duke won (52-42) versus Pennsylvania (Mideast Regional)
Maryland won (86-75) versus Tennessee (East Regional)
North Carolina lost (78-61) versus Texas A&M (Midwest Regional)
North Carolina State lost (77-64) versus Iowa (East Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Clemson won (74-66) versus Lamar (West Regional)
Duke won (55-54) versus Kentucky (Mideast Regional)
Maryland lost (74-68) versus Georgetown (East Regional)
Regional Final
Clemson lost (85-74) versus UCLA (West Regional)
Duke lost (68-60) versus Purdue (Mideast Regional)
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