Overall: 12-15, .444 W-L% (177th of 260)
Conference: 6-12, 9th in Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jud Heathcote (12-15)
PS/G: 69.7 (162nd of 260) ▪ PA/G: 68.6 (85th of 260)
SRS: 11.29 (28th of 260) ▪ SOS: 10.18 (9th of 260)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 30, 1979 | REG | N | Princeton | Ivy | W | 60 | 46 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Dec 1, 1979 | REG | @ | St. John's (NY) | Big East | L | 73 | 88 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 3 | Thu, Dec 6, 1979 | REG | Long Beach State | PCAA | W | 87 | 73 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Mon, Dec 10, 1979 | REG | Portland State | Ind | W | 88 | 54 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Fri, Dec 14, 1979 | REG | @ | Wichita State | MVC | L | 54 | 55 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Tue, Dec 18, 1979 | REG | @ | Central Michigan | MAC | W | 95 | 76 | 4 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 7 | Thu, Dec 20, 1979 | REG | @ | Detroit Mercy | Ind | W | 63 | 57 | 5 | 2 | W 2 | |
| 8 | Fri, Dec 28, 1979 | REG | N | Weber State | Big Sky | L | 61 | 63 | 5 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Sat, Dec 29, 1979 | REG | N | Loyola Marymount | WCC | W | 82 | 65 | 6 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 10 | Thu, Jan 3, 1980 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 73 | 74 | 6 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 5, 1980 | REG | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 80 | 93 | 6 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 12 | Thu, Jan 10, 1980 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | L | 61 | 65 | 6 | 6 | L 3 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 12, 1980 | REG | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 64 | 72 | 6 | 7 | L 4 | |
| 14 | Thu, Jan 17, 1980 | REG | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 62 | 61 | 7 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 19, 1980 | REG | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 75 | 67 | 8 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 16 | Thu, Jan 24, 1980 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 59 | 58 | 9 | 7 | W 3 | |
| 17 | Sat, Jan 26, 1980 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 65 | 74 | 9 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 18 | Thu, Jan 31, 1980 | REG | @ | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 74 | 54 | 10 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 19 | Sat, Feb 2, 1980 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 68 | 59 | 11 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Thu, Feb 7, 1980 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 39 | 44 | 11 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 9, 1980 | REG | @ | Ohio State | Big Ten | L | 59 | 71 | 11 | 10 | L 2 | |
| 22 | Thu, Feb 14, 1980 | REG | @ | Wisconsin | Big Ten | L | 66 | 80 | 11 | 11 | L 3 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 16, 1980 | REG | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 82 | 74 | 12 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Thu, Feb 21, 1980 | REG | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 72 | 75 | 12 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Feb 23, 1980 | REG | Northwestern | Big Ten | L | 73 | 75 | 12 | 13 | L 2 | ||
| 26 | Thu, Feb 28, 1980 | REG | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 73 | 87 | 12 | 14 | L 3 | |
| 27 | Sat, Mar 1, 1980 | REG | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 73 | 91 | 12 | 15 | L 4 |