Overall: 22-6, .786 W-L% (17th of 260) (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Digger Phelps (22-6)
PS/G: 78.0 (38th of 260) ▪ PA/G: 67.3 (59th of 260)
SRS: 13.39 (16th of 260) ▪ SOS: 2.61 (67th of 260)
NCAA Tournament: (#4 seed in Midwest)
Lost Midwest Second Round (87-84) versus #5 Missouri
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 9 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Dec 1, 1979 | REG | Valparaiso | Ind | W | 92 | 66 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Mon, Dec 3, 1979 | REG | Iowa State | Big 8 | W | 87 | 77 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Wed, Dec 5, 1979 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 73 | 56 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 8, 1979 | REG | Saint Louis | Metro | W | 93 | 66 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Dec 11, 1979 | REG | UCLA | Pac-10 | W | 77 | 74 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 22, 1979 | REG | Fairfield | ECACM | W | 69 | 59 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 29, 1979 | REG | N | Kentucky | SEC | L | 80 | 86 | 6 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Tue, Jan 8, 1980 | REG | @ | San Francisco | WCC | L | 59 | 67 | 6 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 9 | Thu, Jan 10, 1980 | REG | @ | Tulane | Metro | W | 79 | 59 | 7 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 10 | Sun, Jan 13, 1980 | REG | @ | Texas Christian | SWC | W | 85 | 68 | 8 | 2 | W 2 | |
| 11 | Tue, Jan 15, 1980 | REG | Villanova | EAA | W | 70 | 69 | 9 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 19, 1980 | REG | @ | UCLA | Pac-10 | W | 80 | 73 | 10 | 2 | W 4 | |
| 13 | Wed, Jan 23, 1980 | REG | Canisius | ECACN | W | 84 | 63 | 11 | 2 | W 5 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 26, 1980 | REG | Maryland | ACC | W | 64 | 63 | 12 | 2 | W 6 | ||
| 15 | Wed, Jan 30, 1980 | REG | @ | La Salle | ECC | L | 60 | 62 | 12 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 16 | Sat, Feb 2, 1980 | REG | Davidson | Southern | W | 105 | 71 | 13 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Mon, Feb 4, 1980 | REG | Navy | ECACS | W | 67 | 53 | 14 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 18 | Wed, Feb 6, 1980 | REG | Manhattan | ECACM | W | 93 | 49 | 15 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 9, 1980 | REG | North Carolina State | ACC | L | 55 | 63 | 15 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 20 | Mon, Feb 11, 1980 | REG | San Francisco | WCC | W | 78 | 66 | 16 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 21 | Thu, Feb 14, 1980 | REG | @ | Fordham | ECACM | W | 86 | 76 | 17 | 4 | W 2 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 16, 1980 | REG | @ | South Carolina | Ind | W | 90 | 66 | 18 | 4 | W 3 | |
| 23 | Wed, Feb 20, 1980 | REG | @ | Xavier | MW City | W | 85 | 72 | 19 | 4 | W 4 | |
| 24 | Sun, Feb 24, 1980 | REG | Marquette | Ind | L | 74 | 77 | 19 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Wed, Feb 27, 1980 | REG | DePaul | Ind | W | 76 | 74 | 20 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Mar 1, 1980 | REG | @ | Dayton | Ind | W | 62 | 54 | 21 | 5 | W 2 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Sun, Mar 9, 1980 | NCAA | N | Missouri | Big 8 | L | 84 | 87 | OT | 21 | 6 | L 1 |