Overall: 17-10, .630 W-L% (82nd of 260) (Schedule and Results)
Coach: M.K. Turk (17-10)
PS/G: 74.5 (87th of 260) ▪ PA/G: 70.0 (106th of 260)
SRS: 4.04 (78th of 260) ▪ SOS: -0.41 (130th of 260)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 30, 1979 | REG | N | Alcorn State | SWAC | L | 71 | 77 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Dec 1, 1979 | REG | N | Cincinnati | Metro | W | 86 | 84 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 3 | Wed, Dec 19, 1979 | REG | @ | Mississippi | SEC | L | 65 | 68 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 22, 1979 | REG | @ | Oklahoma | Big 8 | L | 61 | 78 | 1 | 3 | L 2 | |
| 5 | Thu, Jan 3, 1980 | REG | @ | Arkansas State | Southland | W | 78 | 76 | 2 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 6 | Sat, Jan 5, 1980 | REG | @ | Eastern Kentucky | OVC | L | 61 | 79 | 2 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Wed, Jan 9, 1980 | REG | @ | Louisiana Tech | Southland | L | 62 | 67 | 2 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 8 | Sat, Jan 12, 1980 | REG | Louisiana-Lafayette | Southland | L | 70 | 74 | 2 | 6 | L 3 | ||
| 9 | Mon, Jan 14, 1980 | REG | Arkansas State | Southland | W | 72 | 53 | 3 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Thu, Jan 17, 1980 | REG | @ | Northwestern State | A-Sun | W | 74 | 61 | 4 | 6 | W 2 | |
| 11 | Sat, Jan 19, 1980 | REG | @ | Louisiana-Lafayette | Southland | L | 77 | 86 | 4 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Mon, Jan 21, 1980 | REG | Eastern Kentucky | OVC | W | 80 | 77 | 5 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Jan 23, 1980 | REG | @ | Memphis | Metro | W | 59 | 54 | 6 | 7 | W 2 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 26, 1980 | REG | Mercer | A-Sun | W | 72 | 63 | 7 | 7 | W 3 | ||
| 15 | Thu, Jan 31, 1980 | REG | Northwestern State | A-Sun | W | 78 | 66 | 8 | 7 | W 4 | ||
| 16 | Mon, Feb 4, 1980 | REG | @ | Saint Louis | Metro | W | 69 | 52 | 9 | 7 | W 5 | |
| 17 | Thu, Feb 7, 1980 | REG | Tulane | Metro | W | 101 | 72 | 10 | 7 | W 6 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Feb 9, 1980 | REG | Memphis | Metro | W | 85 | 68 | 11 | 7 | W 7 | ||
| 19 | Thu, Feb 14, 1980 | REG | @ | South Carolina | Ind | W | 84 | 63 | 12 | 7 | W 8 | |
| 20 | Mon, Feb 18, 1980 | REG | Saint Louis | Metro | W | 86 | 73 | 13 | 7 | W 9 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 23, 1980 | REG | @ | Mercer | A-Sun | L | 70 | 71 | 13 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 22 | Mon, Feb 25, 1980 | REG | @ | Tulane | Metro | L | 78 | 79 | 13 | 9 | L 2 |