1979-80 Southeastern Conference Season Summary

Record: 165-127, .565 W-L% (9th of 29) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 7.38 (3rd of 29) ▪ SOS: 6.36 (3rd of 29)

Regular Season Champion: Kentucky
Tournament Champion: Louisiana State

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Kentucky and Louisiana State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Kentucky and Louisiana State)

Standings

		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS
1	Kentucky* R	15	3	.833	29	6	.829	76.1	66.3	16.9	7.2
2	Louisiana State* T	14	4	.778	26	6	.813	79.0	71.5	12.9	5.4
3	Alabama	12	6	.667	18	12	.600	71.3	67.8	9.0	5.5
4	Tennessee*	12	6	.667	18	11	.621	71.8	68.8	10.8	7.7
5	Mississippi	9	9	.500	17	13	.567	69.8	68.1	8.2	6.5
6	Mississippi State	7	11	.389	13	14	.481	74.4	75.2	5.5	6.3
7	Vanderbilt	7	11	.389	13	13	.500	77.6	77.4	5.1	4.9
8	Georgia	7	11	.389	14	13	.519	64.4	65.5	6.0	7.1
9	Auburn	5	13	.278	10	18	.357	65.3	67.7	3.4	5.7
10	Florida	2	16	.111	7	21	.250	66.7	78.0	-4.0	7.3

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
Louisiana State	7	6	6	7	5	4	6	14	11	10	6	6	5	5	3
Kentucky	2	5	5	3	2	2	4	6	5	3	5	5	3	2	4
Tennessee								20	19

First Round
Tennessee won (80-69) versus Furman (East Regional)

Second Round
Kentucky won (97-78) versus Florida State (Mideast Regional)
Louisiana State won (98-88) versus Alcorn State (Midwest Regional)
Tennessee lost (86-75) versus Maryland (East Regional)

Regional Semifinal
Kentucky lost (55-54) versus Duke (Mideast Regional)
Louisiana State won (68-63) versus Missouri (Midwest Regional)

Regional Final
Louisiana State lost (86-66) versus Louisville (Midwest Regional)