Overall: 18-10, .643 W-L% (71st of 260)
Conference: 4-1, 2nd in MW City (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Ken Hayes (18-10)
PS/G: 86.6 (2nd of 260) ▪ PA/G: 84.0 (251st of 260)
SRS: 4.23 (75th of 260) ▪ SOS: 1.64 (89th of 260)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 30, 1979 | REG | @ | St. John's (NY) | Big East | L | 78 | 90 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Dec 1, 1979 | REG | N | Princeton | Ivy | W | 70 | 62 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 3 | Mon, Dec 3, 1979 | REG | Kansas | Big 8 | W | 75 | 72 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 4 | Thu, Dec 6, 1979 | REG | @ | Drake | MVC | L | 81 | 82 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 8, 1979 | REG | Brigham Young | WAC | L | 75 | 76 | 2 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 6 | Wed, Dec 12, 1979 | REG | Georgetown | Big East | W | 76 | 65 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Thu, Dec 13, 1979 | REG | @ | West Texas A&M | MVC | L | 85 | 86 | 3 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Mon, Dec 17, 1979 | REG | @ | Missouri | Big 8 | L | 73 | 84 | 3 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 9 | Thu, Dec 20, 1979 | REG | @ | Tulsa | MVC | W | 99 | 84 | 4 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Dec 22, 1979 | REG | @ | Wichita State | MVC | L | 66 | 70 | 4 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 11 | Mon, Jan 7, 1980 | REG | East Carolina | Ind | W | 83 | 82 | 5 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 19, 1980 | REG | @ | Milwaukee | Ind | W | 91 | 80 | 6 | 6 | W 2 | |
| 13 | Mon, Jan 21, 1980 | REG | Xavier | MW City | W | 98 | 79 | 7 | 6 | W 3 | ||
| 14 | Wed, Jan 23, 1980 | REG | Portland State | Ind | W | 114 | 88 | 8 | 6 | W 4 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 26, 1980 | REG | @ | Loyola (IL) | MW City | L | 74 | 103 | 8 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 16 | Mon, Jan 28, 1980 | REG | @ | Oklahoma City | MW City | W | 92 | 72 | 9 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 17 | Sat, Feb 2, 1980 | REG | Marquette | Ind | W | 102 | 101 | 10 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 18 | Mon, Feb 4, 1980 | REG | Evansville | MW City | W | 82 | 79 | 11 | 7 | W 3 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 9, 1980 | REG | @ | Stetson | Ind | L | 75 | 81 | 11 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 20 | Mon, Feb 11, 1980 | REG | Butler | MW City | W | 101 | 89 | 12 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 16, 1980 | REG | Duquesne | EAA | W | 87 | 83 | 13 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 22 | Mon, Feb 18, 1980 | REG | Tulsa | MVC | W | 88 | 86 | 14 | 8 | W 3 | ||
| 23 | Thu, Feb 21, 1980 | REG | @ | Detroit Mercy | Ind | L | 85 | 100 | 14 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 23, 1980 | REG | @ | Illinois State | Ind | L | 65 | 66 | 14 | 10 | L 2 | |
| 25 | Mon, Feb 25, 1980 | REG | Oklahoma City | MW City | W | 119 | 115 | 15 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 26 | Sat, Mar 1, 1980 | CTOURN | N | Oklahoma City | MW City | W | 101 | 100 | 16 | 10 | W 2 | |
| 27 | Sun, Mar 2, 1980 | CTOURN | N | Loyola (IL) | MW City | W | 103 | 93 | 17 | 10 | W 3 |