Overall: 20-9, .690 W-L% (57th of 260)
Conference: 3-3, 4th in Big East (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Dom Perno (20-9)
PS/G: 74.9 (79th of 260) ▪ PA/G: 70.4 (112th of 260)
SRS: 3.37 (86th of 260) ▪ SOS: -1.20 (149th of 260)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Dec 1, 1979 | REG | Yale | Ivy | W | 83 | 75 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Dec 4, 1979 | REG | New Hampshire | ECACN | W | 71 | 62 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Dec 7, 1979 | REG | N | Richmond | ECACS | W | 81 | 79 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 8, 1979 | REG | @ | Utah | WAC | L | 66 | 73 | 3 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 5 | Tue, Dec 11, 1979 | REG | Fairfield | ECACM | W | 66 | 57 | 4 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Fri, Dec 14, 1979 | REG | @ | Rhode Island | ECACN | L | 63 | 74 | 4 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 22, 1979 | REG | Seton Hall | Big East | W | 89 | 73 | 5 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Fri, Dec 28, 1979 | REG | N | Ohio | MAC | W | 95 | 76 | 6 | 2 | W 2 | |
| 9 | Sun, Dec 30, 1979 | REG | N | Pittsburgh | EAA | L | 72 | 77 | 6 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Thu, Jan 3, 1980 | REG | @ | New Hampshire | ECACN | L | 59 | 67 | 6 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 11 | Sat, Jan 5, 1980 | REG | @ | St. John's (NY) | Big East | L | 73 | 83 | 6 | 5 | L 3 | |
| 12 | Wed, Jan 9, 1980 | REG | Boston College | Big East | W | 83 | 71 | 7 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Jan 12, 1980 | REG | @ | Massachusetts | EAA | W | 72 | 51 | 8 | 5 | W 2 | |
| 14 | Wed, Jan 16, 1980 | REG | Fordham | ECACM | W | 66 | 53 | 9 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 19, 1980 | REG | McNeese State | Southland | W | 73 | 69 | 10 | 5 | W 4 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Jan 23, 1980 | REG | Providence | Big East | W | 74 | 63 | 11 | 5 | W 5 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Jan 26, 1980 | REG | @ | Syracuse | Big East | L | 89 | 99 | 11 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 18 | Wed, Jan 30, 1980 | REG | Manhattan | ECACM | W | 89 | 66 | 12 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 2, 1980 | REG | @ | Georgetown | Big East | L | 64 | 84 | 12 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 20 | Wed, Feb 6, 1980 | REG | Massachusetts | EAA | W | 73 | 55 | 13 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 9, 1980 | REG | Rhode Island | ECACN | L | 65 | 68 | 13 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Feb 13, 1980 | REG | Boston University | ECACN | W | 72 | 65 | 14 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Mon, Feb 18, 1980 | REG | Vermont | ECACN | W | 89 | 62 | 15 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 24 | Wed, Feb 20, 1980 | REG | @ | Holy Cross | ECACN | W | 88 | 70 | 16 | 8 | W 3 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 23, 1980 | REG | @ | Maine | ECACN | W | 87 | 67 | 17 | 8 | W 4 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 26 | Thu, Feb 28, 1980 | CTOURN | N | Boston College | Big East | W | 79 | 68 | 18 | 8 | W 5 | |
| 27 | Fri, Feb 29, 1980 | CTOURN | N | Syracuse | Big East | L | 61 | 92 | 18 | 9 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Wed, Mar 5, 1980 | NIT | Saint Peter's | ECACM | L | 56 | 71 | 18 | 10 | L 2 |