Overall: 20-8, .714 W-L% (40th of 260)
Conference: 9-5, 3rd in ACC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Norm Sloan (20-8)
PS/G: 68.1 (183rd of 260) ▪ PA/G: 61.5 (13th of 260)
SRS: 12.97 (18th of 260) ▪ SOS: 6.34 (23rd of 260)
NCAA Tournament: (#4 seed in East)
Lost East Second Round (77-64) versus #5 Iowa
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 19 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 30, 1979 | REG | N | North Carolina | ACC | L | 84 | 97 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Dec 1, 1979 | REG | N | Wake Forest | ACC | W | 70 | 65 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 3 | Thu, Dec 6, 1979 | REG | Appalachian State | Southern | W | 59 | 53 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 4 | Mon, Dec 17, 1979 | REG | @ | Nevada | Big Sky | W | 82 | 66 | 3 | 1 | W 3 | |
| 5 | Wed, Dec 19, 1979 | REG | Campbell | Ind | W | 100 | 71 | 4 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 29, 1979 | REG | @ | Georgia Tech | ACC | W | 73 | 62 | 5 | 1 | W 5 | |
| 7 | Mon, Dec 31, 1979 | REG | @ | Davidson | Southern | W | 66 | 63 | 6 | 1 | W 6 | |
| 8 | Wed, Jan 2, 1980 | REG | East Carolina | Ind | W | 83 | 68 | 7 | 1 | W 7 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Jan 5, 1980 | REG | Towson | ECACS | W | 95 | 63 | 8 | 1 | W 8 | ||
| 10 | Thu, Jan 10, 1980 | REG | Maryland | ACC | W | 67 | 62 | 9 | 1 | W 9 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 12, 1980 | REG | Virginia | ACC | W | 64 | 56 | 10 | 1 | W 10 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Jan 16, 1980 | REG | @ | North Carolina | ACC | L | 64 | 67 | 10 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 19, 1980 | REG | @ | Duke | ACC | L | 56 | 67 | 10 | 3 | L 2 | |
| 14 | Wed, Jan 23, 1980 | REG | @ | Maryland | ACC | L | 62 | 66 | 10 | 4 | L 3 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 26, 1980 | REG | @ | Virginia | ACC | L | 47 | 49 | 10 | 5 | L 4 | |
| 16 | Tue, Jan 29, 1980 | REG | Clemson | ACC | W | 80 | 67 | 11 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Fri, Feb 1, 1980 | REG | Furman | Southern | W | 76 | 56 | 12 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Feb 2, 1980 | REG | Citadel | Southern | W | 57 | 35 | 13 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 19 | Wed, Feb 6, 1980 | REG | Georgia Tech | ACC | W | 60 | 49 | 14 | 5 | W 4 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Feb 9, 1980 | REG | @ | Notre Dame | Ind | W | 63 | 55 | 15 | 5 | W 5 | |
| 21 | Mon, Feb 11, 1980 | REG | Wake Forest | ACC | W | 52 | 40 | 16 | 5 | W 6 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Feb 13, 1980 | REG | Duke | ACC | W | 76 | 59 | 17 | 5 | W 7 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 16, 1980 | REG | @ | Clemson | ACC | L | 70 | 78 | 17 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 24 | Wed, Feb 20, 1980 | REG | North Carolina | ACC | W | 63 | 60 | 18 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Feb 23, 1980 | REG | @ | Wake Forest | ACC | W | 44 | 41 | 19 | 6 | W 2 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 26 | Thu, Feb 28, 1980 | CTOURN | N | Duke | ACC | L | 62 | 68 | 19 | 7 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Sat, Mar 8, 1980 | NCAA | N | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 64 | 77 | 19 | 8 | L 2 |