Overall: 20-10, .667 W-L% (62nd of 260)
Conference: 11-5, 2nd in MAC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: John Weinert (20-10)
PS/G: 70.2 (154th of 260) ▪ PA/G: 69.4 (97th of 260)
SRS: -0.50 (127th of 260) ▪ SOS: -1.36 (153rd of 260)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Dec 4, 1979 | REG | @ | Duquesne | EAA | L | 47 | 72 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Dec 8, 1979 | REG | Ball State | MAC | W | 80 | 79 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Dec 15, 1979 | REG | Northwestern State | A-Sun | W | 64 | 54 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 4 | Mon, Dec 17, 1979 | REG | @ | Valparaiso | Ind | W | 60 | 59 | 3 | 1 | W 3 | |
| 5 | Fri, Dec 28, 1979 | REG | N | Washington | Pac-10 | L | 62 | 92 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 29, 1979 | REG | N | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 79 | 68 | 4 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Jan 5, 1980 | REG | Western Michigan | MAC | W | 70 | 65 | 5 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 8 | Wed, Jan 9, 1980 | REG | @ | Miami (OH) | MAC | L | 61 | 62 | 5 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Sat, Jan 12, 1980 | REG | @ | Ohio | MAC | W | 72 | 50 | 6 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 10 | Mon, Jan 14, 1980 | REG | George Mason | ECACS | W | 95 | 70 | 7 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 11 | Wed, Jan 16, 1980 | REG | Central Michigan | MAC | W | 69 | 62 | 8 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 19, 1980 | REG | Toledo | MAC | W | 74 | 71 | 9 | 3 | W 4 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Jan 23, 1980 | REG | @ | Eastern Michigan | MAC | W | 67 | 63 | 10 | 3 | W 5 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 26, 1980 | REG | Northern Illinois | MAC | W | 71 | 68 | 11 | 3 | W 6 | ||
| 15 | Mon, Jan 28, 1980 | REG | @ | Kent State | MAC | W | 80 | 66 | 12 | 3 | W 7 | |
| 16 | Wed, Jan 30, 1980 | REG | @ | Butler | MW City | W | 77 | 68 | 13 | 3 | W 8 | |
| 17 | Mon, Feb 4, 1980 | REG | @ | Ball State | MAC | W | 79 | 78 | 14 | 3 | W 9 | |
| 18 | Wed, Feb 6, 1980 | REG | Miami (OH) | MAC | W | 64 | 61 | 15 | 3 | W 10 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 9, 1980 | REG | @ | Western Michigan | MAC | L | 60 | 79 | 15 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 20 | Mon, Feb 11, 1980 | REG | @ | Loyola (IL) | MW City | L | 85 | 88 | 15 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 21 | Wed, Feb 13, 1980 | REG | Eastern Michigan | MAC | L | 67 | 79 | 15 | 6 | L 3 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Feb 16, 1980 | REG | Ohio | MAC | W | 91 | 82 | 16 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Feb 20, 1980 | REG | @ | Central Michigan | MAC | L | 72 | 75 | 16 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 23, 1980 | REG | @ | Toledo | MAC | L | 69 | 71 | 16 | 8 | L 2 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 25 | Tue, Feb 26, 1980 | CTOURN | Eastern Michigan | MAC | W | 54 | 49 | 17 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Wed, Feb 27, 1980 | CTOURN | N | Northern Illinois | MAC | W | 78 | 63 | 18 | 8 | W 2 | |
| 27 | Thu, Feb 28, 1980 | CTOURN | N | Toledo | MAC | L | 70 | 85 | 18 | 9 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Wed, Mar 5, 1980 | NIT | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 50 | 64 | 18 | 10 | L 2 |