Overall: 21-8, .724 W-L% (31st of 260)
Conference: 13-5, 1st in Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bob Knight (21-8)
PS/G: 68.2 (181st of 260) ▪ PA/G: 61.9 (15th of 260)
SRS: 17.56 (2nd of 260) ▪ SOS: 11.25 (3rd of 260)
NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in Mideast)
Won Mideast Second Round (68-59) versus #7 Virginia Tech
Lost Mideast Regional Semifinal (76-69) versus #6 Purdue
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 7 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Dec 1, 1979 | REG | Miami (OH) | MAC | W | 80 | 52 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Dec 7, 1979 | REG | Xavier | MW City | W | 92 | 66 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Dec 8, 1979 | REG | Texas-El Paso | WAC | W | 75 | 43 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Dec 11, 1979 | REG | Georgetown | Big East | W | 76 | 69 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Dec 15, 1979 | REG | @ | Kentucky | SEC | L | 58 | 69 | 4 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Tue, Dec 18, 1979 | REG | N | Toledo | MAC | W | 80 | 56 | 5 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 22, 1979 | REG | North Carolina | ACC | L | 57 | 61 | 5 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Fri, Dec 28, 1979 | REG | N | Tennessee | SEC | W | 70 | 68 | 6 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 9 | Sat, Dec 29, 1979 | REG | N | Brown | Ivy | W | 61 | 52 | 7 | 2 | W 2 | |
| 10 | Thu, Jan 3, 1980 | REG | @ | Ohio State | Big Ten | L | 58 | 59 | 7 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 11 | Sat, Jan 5, 1980 | REG | @ | Wisconsin | Big Ten | L | 50 | 52 | 7 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 12 | Thu, Jan 10, 1980 | REG | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 63 | 61 | OT | 8 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 12, 1980 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 72 | 64 | 9 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 14 | Thu, Jan 17, 1980 | REG | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 81 | 69 | 10 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 19, 1980 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 81 | 72 | 11 | 4 | W 4 | |
| 16 | Thu, Jan 24, 1980 | REG | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 47 | 55 | 11 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 17 | Sat, Jan 26, 1980 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 69 | 58 | 12 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Thu, Jan 31, 1980 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 60 | 54 | 13 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 2, 1980 | REG | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 51 | 56 | 13 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 20 | Thu, Feb 7, 1980 | REG | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 83 | 69 | 14 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 9, 1980 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 68 | 89 | 14 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 22 | Thu, Feb 14, 1980 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 66 | 55 | 15 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 16, 1980 | REG | Minnesota | Big Ten | W | 67 | 54 | 16 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 24 | Thu, Feb 21, 1980 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 75 | 72 | 17 | 7 | W 3 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 23, 1980 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 65 | 61 | 18 | 7 | W 4 | |
| 26 | Thu, Feb 28, 1980 | REG | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 61 | 52 | 19 | 7 | W 5 | ||
| 27 | Sun, Mar 2, 1980 | REG | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 76 | 73 | OT | 20 | 7 | W 6 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Sun, Mar 9, 1980 | NCAA | N | Virginia Tech | Metro | W | 68 | 59 | 21 | 7 | W 7 | |
| 29 | Thu, Mar 13, 1980 | NCAA | N | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 69 | 76 | 21 | 8 | L 1 |