Overall: 17-12, .586 W-L% (103rd of 260)
Conference: 9-7, 2nd in MVC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Gene Smithson (17-12)
PS/G: 74.9 (81st of 260) ▪ PA/G: 72.5 (136th of 260)
SRS: 5.88 (57th of 260) ▪ SOS: 3.46 (54th of 260)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Dec 4, 1979 | REG | @ | Long Beach State | PCAA | L | 72 | 77 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Dec 8, 1979 | REG | Texas-Pan American | A-Sun | W | 86 | 75 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Dec 11, 1979 | REG | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 62 | 81 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Dec 14, 1979 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 55 | 54 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Dec 18, 1979 | REG | Samford | A-Sun | W | 97 | 70 | 3 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 22, 1979 | REG | Oral Roberts | MW City | W | 70 | 66 | 4 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 7 | Thu, Jan 3, 1980 | REG | @ | Iona | ECACM | L | 70 | 84 | 4 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Sat, Jan 5, 1980 | REG | @ | Indiana State | MVC | L | 54 | 62 | 4 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 9 | Mon, Jan 7, 1980 | REG | Tulsa | MVC | W | 91 | 83 | 5 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Thu, Jan 10, 1980 | REG | @ | Bradley | MVC | L | 66 | 67 | 5 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 11 | Sat, Jan 12, 1980 | REG | @ | Southern Illinois | MVC | W | 68 | 45 | 6 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 19, 1980 | REG | Bradley | MVC | L | 51 | 57 | 6 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 13 | Mon, Jan 21, 1980 | REG | Creighton | MVC | W | 81 | 77 | 7 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 26, 1980 | REG | @ | New Mexico State | MVC | L | 70 | 75 | 7 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Mon, Jan 28, 1980 | REG | Drake | MVC | W | 83 | 70 | 8 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Thu, Jan 31, 1980 | REG | @ | West Texas A&M | MVC | L | 79 | 87 | 8 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 17 | Sat, Feb 2, 1980 | REG | @ | Creighton | MVC | L | 81 | 92 | 8 | 9 | L 2 | |
| 18 | Mon, Feb 4, 1980 | REG | New Mexico State | MVC | W | 80 | 78 | 9 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 9, 1980 | REG | West Texas A&M | MVC | W | 99 | 83 | 10 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Feb 16, 1980 | REG | Southern Illinois | MVC | W | 81 | 68 | 11 | 9 | W 3 | ||
| 21 | Mon, Feb 18, 1980 | REG | @ | Drake | MVC | W | 117 | 104 | 12 | 9 | W 4 | |
| 22 | Thu, Feb 21, 1980 | REG | Indiana State | MVC | W | 58 | 54 | 13 | 9 | W 5 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 23, 1980 | REG | @ | Tulsa | MVC | L | 78 | 79 | 13 | 10 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 24 | Thu, Feb 28, 1980 | CTOURN | N | Indiana State | MVC | W | 82 | 70 | 14 | 10 | W 1 | |
| 25 | Fri, Feb 29, 1980 | CTOURN | @ | Bradley | MVC | L | 60 | 68 | 14 | 11 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 26 | Thu, Mar 6, 1980 | NIT | Texas-El Paso | WAC | L | 56 | 58 | 14 | 12 | L 2 |