Overall: 26-3, .897 W-L% (4th of 260)
Conference: 13-1, 1st in Big Sky (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Neil McCarthy (26-3)
PS/G: 72.3 (121st of 260) ▪ PA/G: 63.8 (23rd of 260)
SRS: 6.57 (49th of 260) ▪ SOS: -1.91 (161st of 260)
NCAA Tournament: (#7 seed in West)
Lost West First Round (87-86) versus #10 Lamar
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 30, 1979 | REG | @ | Utah State | PCAA | L | 84 | 92 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Dec 1, 1979 | REG | Utah | WAC | W | 91 | 79 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Thu, Dec 6, 1979 | REG | Utah State | PCAA | W | 79 | 73 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 4 | Mon, Dec 10, 1979 | REG | Rhode Island | ECACN | W | 82 | 60 | 3 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 5 | Thu, Dec 13, 1979 | REG | @ | New Mexico | WAC | W | 80 | 70 | 4 | 1 | W 4 | |
| 6 | Tue, Dec 18, 1979 | REG | @ | Seattle | WCC | W | 80 | 71 | 5 | 1 | W 5 | |
| 7 | Fri, Dec 28, 1979 | REG | N | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 63 | 61 | 6 | 1 | W 6 | |
| 8 | Sat, Dec 29, 1979 | REG | @ | Nevada-Las Vegas | Ind | W | 79 | 78 | 7 | 1 | W 7 | |
| 9 | Fri, Jan 4, 1980 | REG | Boise State | Big Sky | W | 66 | 62 | 8 | 1 | W 8 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Jan 5, 1980 | REG | Idaho | Big Sky | W | 42 | 41 | 9 | 1 | W 9 | ||
| 11 | Thu, Jan 10, 1980 | REG | @ | Montana State | Big Sky | W | 77 | 60 | 10 | 1 | W 10 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 12, 1980 | REG | @ | Montana | Big Sky | W | 51 | 49 | 11 | 1 | W 11 | |
| 13 | Thu, Jan 17, 1980 | REG | Northern Arizona | Big Sky | W | 73 | 58 | 12 | 1 | W 12 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 19, 1980 | REG | Nevada | Big Sky | W | 91 | 65 | 13 | 1 | W 13 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 26, 1980 | REG | @ | Idaho State | Big Sky | W | 83 | 67 | 14 | 1 | W 14 | |
| 16 | Thu, Jan 31, 1980 | REG | @ | Idaho | Big Sky | L | 45 | 51 | 14 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 17 | Sat, Feb 2, 1980 | REG | @ | Boise State | Big Sky | W | 79 | 73 | 15 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 18 | Thu, Feb 7, 1980 | REG | Montana | Big Sky | W | 74 | 60 | 16 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 9, 1980 | REG | Montana State | Big Sky | W | 94 | 83 | 17 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 20 | Thu, Feb 14, 1980 | REG | @ | Nevada | Big Sky | W | 57 | 55 | 18 | 2 | W 4 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 16, 1980 | REG | @ | Northern Arizona | Big Sky | W | 28 | 22 | 19 | 2 | W 5 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 23, 1980 | REG | Idaho State | Big Sky | W | 81 | 67 | 20 | 2 | W 6 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 23 | Fri, Feb 29, 1980 | CTOURN | Montana State | Big Sky | W | 93 | 70 | 21 | 2 | W 7 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Mar 1, 1980 | CTOURN | Montana | Big Sky | W | 50 | 42 | 22 | 2 | W 8 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 25 | Thu, Mar 6, 1980 | NCAA | N | Lamar | Southland | L | 86 | 87 | 22 | 3 | L 1 |