Overall: 15-14, .517 W-L% (143rd of 260)
Conference: 7-5, 3rd in SWAC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Paul Covington (15-14)
PS/G: 78.4 (35th of 260) ▪ PA/G: 78.6 (222nd of 260)
SRS: -8.16 (204th of 260) ▪ SOS: -7.99 (245th of 260)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Dec 1, 1979 | REG | Arkansas-Little Rock | A-Sun | W | 74 | 58 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Dec 7, 1979 | REG | @ | Howard | MEAC | L | 70 | 91 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 3 | Sat, Dec 8, 1979 | REG | @ | North Carolina A&T | MEAC | L | 76 | 81 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 4 | Tue, Dec 11, 1979 | REG | @ | Arkansas-Little Rock | A-Sun | L | 66 | 72 | 1 | 3 | L 3 | |
| 5 | Mon, Dec 17, 1979 | REG | South Carolina State | MEAC | W | 97 | 83 | 2 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Wed, Dec 19, 1979 | REG | @ | California-Irvine | PCAA | L | 50 | 56 | 2 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Sun, Dec 23, 1979 | REG | @ | Cal State Fullerton | PCAA | L | 68 | 76 | 2 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 8 | Sat, Dec 29, 1979 | REG | @ | North Carolina A&T | MEAC | W | 70 | 67 | 3 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 9 | Thu, Jan 3, 1980 | REG | N | Delaware State | MEAC | W | 71 | 66 | 4 | 5 | W 2 | |
| 10 | Fri, Jan 4, 1980 | REG | Grambling | SWAC | W | 70 | 68 | 5 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 5, 1980 | REG | Alcorn State | SWAC | L | 92 | 102 | 5 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Jan 16, 1980 | REG | Texas Southern | SWAC | W | 85 | 80 | 6 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Tue, Jan 22, 1980 | REG | Florida A&M | MEAC | W | 89 | 76 | 7 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 14 | Mon, Jan 28, 1980 | REG | @ | Southern | SWAC | L | 72 | 77 | 7 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Sat, Feb 2, 1980 | REG | @ | Texas Southern | SWAC | L | 82 | 87 | 7 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 16 | Sat, Feb 9, 1980 | REG | Southern | SWAC | W | 104 | 88 | 8 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Mon, Feb 11, 1980 | REG | @ | Florida A&M | MEAC | L | 68 | 70 | 8 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 18 | Sat, Feb 16, 1980 | REG | @ | Alcorn State | SWAC | L | 75 | 97 | 8 | 10 | L 2 | |
| 19 | Tue, Feb 19, 1980 | REG | @ | Grambling | SWAC | L | 74 | 75 | 8 | 11 | L 3 | |
| 20 | Mon, Feb 25, 1980 | REG | @ | Milwaukee | Ind | L | 70 | 71 | 8 | 12 | L 4 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 21 | Thu, Feb 28, 1980 | CTOURN | N | Mississippi Valley State | SWAC | W | 98 | 82 | 9 | 12 | W 1 | |
| 22 | Sat, Mar 1, 1980 | CTOURN | N | Grambling | SWAC | L | 77 | 84 | 9 | 13 | L 1 | |
| 23 | Sun, Mar 2, 1980 | CTOURN | @ | Southern | SWAC | W | 106 | 101 | 10 | 13 | W 1 |