Overall: 10-17, .370 W-L% (203rd of 260)
Conference: 5-13, 10th in Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Rich Falk (10-17)
PS/G: 65.4 (217th of 260) ▪ PA/G: 71.8 (130th of 260)
SRS: 5.92 (56th of 260) ▪ SOS: 12.36 (1st of 260)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Dec 3, 1979 | REG | Northern Illinois | MAC | W | 58 | 57 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Wed, Dec 5, 1979 | REG | Notre Dame | Ind | L | 56 | 73 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Dec 8, 1979 | REG | Valparaiso | Ind | W | 80 | 65 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Dec 21, 1979 | REG | DePaul | Ind | L | 75 | 81 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Dec 22, 1979 | REG | Bradley | MVC | W | 67 | 64 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Fri, Dec 28, 1979 | REG | @ | Toledo | MAC | L | 69 | 74 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 29, 1979 | REG | N | Bowling Green State | MAC | L | 68 | 79 | 3 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 8 | Thu, Jan 3, 1980 | REG | @ | Wisconsin | Big Ten | L | 66 | 75 | 3 | 5 | L 3 | |
| 9 | Sat, Jan 5, 1980 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 71 | 81 | 3 | 6 | L 4 | |
| 10 | Thu, Jan 10, 1980 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 65 | 61 | 4 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 12, 1980 | REG | Ohio State | Big Ten | L | 63 | 75 | 4 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Thu, Jan 17, 1980 | REG | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 63 | 68 | 4 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 19, 1980 | REG | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 72 | 81 | 4 | 9 | L 3 | ||
| 14 | Thu, Jan 24, 1980 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 64 | 86 | 4 | 10 | L 4 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 26, 1980 | REG | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 85 | 82 | 5 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Thu, Jan 31, 1980 | REG | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 64 | 74 | 5 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Feb 2, 1980 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 57 | 70 | 5 | 12 | L 2 | |
| 18 | Thu, Feb 7, 1980 | REG | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 69 | 83 | 5 | 13 | L 3 | |
| 19 | Sat, Feb 9, 1980 | REG | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 55 | 72 | 5 | 14 | L 4 | |
| 20 | Thu, Feb 14, 1980 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 57 | 54 | 6 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 16, 1980 | REG | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 58 | 60 | 6 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Thu, Feb 21, 1980 | REG | @ | Ohio State | Big Ten | L | 59 | 68 | 6 | 16 | L 2 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 23, 1980 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 75 | 73 | 7 | 16 | W 1 | |
| 24 | Thu, Feb 28, 1980 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 66 | 90 | 7 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Mar 1, 1980 | REG | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 53 | 50 | 8 | 17 | W 1 |