Overall: 24-7, .774 W-L% (19th of 260)
Conference: 11-3, 1st in ACC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Lefty Driesell (24-7)
PS/G: 79.0 (30th of 260) ▪ PA/G: 71.8 (129th of 260)
SRS: 14.62 (12th of 260) ▪ SOS: 7.42 (15th of 260)
NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in East)
Won East Second Round (86-75) versus #7 Tennessee
Lost East Regional Semifinal (74-68) versus #3 Georgetown
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Dec 3, 1979 | REG | Penn State | Ind | W | 56 | 55 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Wed, Dec 5, 1979 | REG | @ | Georgetown | Big East | L | 71 | 83 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 3 | Sat, Dec 8, 1979 | REG | Brown | Ivy | W | 72 | 59 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 15, 1979 | REG | Catholic | ECACS | W | 113 | 79 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Wed, Dec 19, 1979 | REG | Georgia Tech | ACC | W | 70 | 60 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 22, 1979 | REG | Bucknell | ECC | W | 95 | 73 | 5 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 7 | Fri, Dec 28, 1979 | REG | Miami (OH) | MAC | W | 115 | 76 | 6 | 1 | W 5 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 29, 1979 | REG | Temple | ECC | W | 85 | 63 | 7 | 1 | W 6 | ||
| 9 | Thu, Jan 3, 1980 | REG | Georgia Tech | ACC | W | 83 | 74 | 8 | 1 | W 7 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Jan 5, 1980 | REG | @ | Wake Forest | ACC | W | 84 | 76 | 9 | 1 | W 8 | |
| 11 | Thu, Jan 10, 1980 | REG | @ | North Carolina State | ACC | L | 62 | 67 | 9 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 12, 1980 | REG | Pittsburgh | EAA | W | 95 | 88 | 10 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Jan 16, 1980 | REG | Clemson | ACC | W | 84 | 83 | 11 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 14 | Sun, Jan 20, 1980 | REG | @ | North Carolina | ACC | W | 92 | 86 | 12 | 2 | W 3 | |
| 15 | Wed, Jan 23, 1980 | REG | North Carolina State | ACC | W | 66 | 62 | 13 | 2 | W 4 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 26, 1980 | REG | @ | Notre Dame | Ind | L | 63 | 64 | 13 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 17 | Wed, Jan 30, 1980 | REG | @ | Virginia | ACC | W | 63 | 61 | 14 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 18 | Sat, Feb 2, 1980 | REG | Duke | ACC | W | 73 | 69 | 15 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 19 | Thu, Feb 7, 1980 | REG | North Carolina | ACC | W | 70 | 69 | 16 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Feb 9, 1980 | REG | @ | Clemson | ACC | L | 81 | 90 | 16 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Mon, Feb 11, 1980 | REG | Boston University | ECACN | W | 99 | 76 | 17 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Feb 13, 1980 | REG | East Carolina | Ind | W | 85 | 72 | 18 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 16, 1980 | REG | @ | Duke | ACC | L | 61 | 66 | 18 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 24 | Wed, Feb 20, 1980 | REG | Wake Forest | ACC | W | 83 | 77 | 19 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Feb 23, 1980 | REG | Virginia | ACC | W | 82 | 71 | 20 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 26 | Thu, Feb 28, 1980 | CTOURN | N | Georgia Tech | ACC | W | 51 | 49 | OT | 21 | 5 | W 3 |
| 27 | Fri, Feb 29, 1980 | CTOURN | N | Clemson | ACC | W | 91 | 85 | 22 | 5 | W 4 | |
| 28 | Sat, Mar 1, 1980 | CTOURN | N | Duke | ACC | L | 72 | 73 | 22 | 6 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 29 | Sat, Mar 8, 1980 | NCAA | N | Tennessee | SEC | W | 86 | 75 | 23 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 30 | Fri, Mar 14, 1980 | NCAA | N | Georgetown | Big East | L | 68 | 74 | 23 | 7 | L 1 |