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1979-80 La Salle Explorers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 22-9 (7-4, 3rd in ECC MBB East)

Coach: Lefty Ervin

PS/G: 81.0 (22nd of 265)

PA/G: 73.1 (157th of 265)

SRS: 5.82 (58th of 260)

SOS: -1.31 (152nd of 260)

NCAA Tournament: (#11 seed in Mideast)
Lost Mideast First Round (90-82) versus #6 Purdue

ECC Tourney Champ

AP Poll Summary

1979-80 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/3	12/10	12/17	12/26	1/2	1/7	1/14	1/21	1/28	2/4	2/11	2/18	2/25	Final
La Salle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Mon, Dec 3, 1979	REG	@	Alabama	SEC	9.02	W	82	80		1	0	W 1	Memorial Coliseum
2	Wed, Dec 5, 1979	REG	@	Bucknell	ECC	-5.14	L	79	80		1	1	L 1	Davis Gym
3	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	REG		Villanova	EAA	10.81	L	79	86		1	2	L 2	The Palestra
4	Tue, Dec 11, 1979	REG		Rider	ECC	-13.24	W	102	59		2	2	W 1	The Palestra
5	Fri, Dec 14, 1979	REG	N	Texas A&M	SWC	9.28	W	72	67		3	2	W 2	Marriott Center
6	Sat, Dec 15, 1979	REG	@	Brigham Young (18)	WAC	12.06	L	106	108		3	3	L 1	Marriott Center
7	Fri, Dec 28, 1979	REG	N	Utah State	PCAA	5.62	L	88	89		3	4	L 2	University Arena
8	Sat, Dec 29, 1979	REG	N	Idaho State	Big Sky	-9.57	W	88	83		4	4	W 1	University Arena
9	Sat, Jan 5, 1980	REG		Niagara	ECACN	-8.33	W	95	83		5	4	W 2	The Palestra
10	Wed, Jan 9, 1980	REG		West Chester	ECC	-24.45	W	111	70		6	4	W 3	The Palestra
11	Sat, Jan 12, 1980	REG		Stetson	Ind	-4.25	W	74	64		7	4	W 4	The Palestra
12	Wed, Jan 16, 1980	REG	@	Lafayette	ECC	-1.90	L	80	81		7	5	L 1	Allan P. Kirby Field House
13	Sat, Jan 19, 1980	REG		Temple	ECC	1.33	L	62	67		7	6	L 2	The Palestra
14	Wed, Jan 23, 1980	REG		Drexel	ECC	-8.04	W	65	61		8	6	W 1	The Palestra
15	Mon, Jan 28, 1980	REG		Delaware	ECC	-16.24	W	78	59		9	6	W 2	The Palestra
16	Wed, Jan 30, 1980	REG		Notre Dame (8)	Ind	13.38	W	62	60		10	6	W 3	The Palestra
17	Sat, Feb 2, 1980	REG		Saint Joseph's	ECC	-1.12	L	57	58		10	7	L 1	The Palestra
18	Mon, Feb 4, 1980	REG		Lehigh	ECC	-15.18	W	90	79		11	7	W 1	The Palestra
19	Wed, Feb 6, 1980	REG		Rhode Island	ECACN	1.14	W	84	76		12	7	W 2	The Palestra
20	Thu, Feb 7, 1980	REG		Hofstra	ECC	-8.66	W	75	61		13	7	W 3	The Palestra
21	Sat, Feb 9, 1980	REG		American	ECC	-5.30	W	95	85		14	7	W 4	Convention Hall
22	Tue, Feb 12, 1980	REG	@	Pennsylvania	Ivy	-1.56	W	80	73		15	7	W 5	The Palestra
23	Mon, Feb 18, 1980	REG	@	DePaul (1)	Ind	14.10	L	75	92		15	8	L 1	Alumni Hall
24	Thu, Feb 21, 1980	REG	@	Duquesne	EAA	5.33	W	91	79		16	8	W 1	Civic Arena
25	Sat, Feb 23, 1980	REG	@	Vermont	ECACN	-6.28	W	85	70		17	8	W 2	Roy L. Patrick Gymnasium
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
26	Mon, Feb 25, 1980	CTOURN		Drexel	ECC	-8.04	W	87	76		18	8	W 3	The Palestra
27	Thu, Feb 28, 1980	CTOURN	@	Temple	ECC	1.33	W	70	62		19	8	W 4	McGonigle Hall
28	Fri, Feb 29, 1980	CTOURN	N	Lafayette	ECC	-1.90	W	70	62		20	8	W 5	The Palestra
29	Sat, Mar 1, 1980	CTOURN	N	Saint Joseph's	ECC	-1.12	W	59	49		21	8	W 6	The Palestra
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Thu, Mar 6, 1980	NCAA	N	Purdue (20)	Big Ten	17.53	L	82	90		21	9	L 1	Mackey Arena