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1979-80 Men's Big Eight Conference Season Summary

Record: 133-97, .578 W-L% (6th of 29) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 4.13 (7th of 29)

SOS: 3.85 (6th of 29)

Regular Season Champion: Missouri

Player of the Year: Rolando Blackman

Coach of the Year: Joe Cipriano

Conference Tournament Champion: Kansas State

NCAA Tournament: 2 teams (Kansas State and Missouri)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 teams (Kansas)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 teams (Missouri)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Missouri	11	3	.786	25	6	.806	78.2	68.1	12.8	3.5	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
2	Kansas State	8	6	.571	22	9	.710	71.6	63.3	8.5	4.4	NCAA Tournament; Conf. Tournament Champion
3	Nebraska	8	6	.571	18	13	.581	68.7	67.8	3.4	5.4
4	Kansas	7	7	.500	15	14	.517	73.3	69.3	4.7	4.2
5	Colorado	7	7	.500	17	10	.630	71.2	69.5	0.1	3.1
6	Oklahoma	6	8	.429	15	12	.556	73.1	69.6	5.1	2.9
7	Iowa State	5	9	.357	11	16	.407	73.0	72.1	-1.2	5.2
8	Oklahoma State	4	10	.286	10	17	.370	77.2	75.7	-0.3	2.1

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/3	12/10	12/17	12/26	1/2	1/7	1/14	1/21	1/28	2/4	2/11	2/18	2/25	Final
Kansas State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	19	-	-	-
Kansas	20	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iowa State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Missouri	-	-	19	16	13	12	13	15	10	14	15	14	13	11	16
Nebraska	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Colorado	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	Missouri	31	25	6	.806	11	3	12	2	8	2				30.2	52.7	.572					17.8	24.8	.718		34.4						78.2	68.1	12.81	3.53
2	Kansas State	31	22	9	.710	8	6	8	3	6	5				29.5	60.1	.491					12.6	17.7	.712		35.7	14.9	6.1	2.0		16.5	71.6	63.3	8.54	4.36
3	Nebraska	31	18	13	.581	8	6	9	2	3	9				26.2	51.6	.508					16.4	21.8	.749		26.1	15.8	6.0	1.5	12.3	17.3	68.7	67.8	3.41	5.41
4	Colorado	27	17	10	.630	7	7	7	3	4	6				27.6	57.3	.483					16.0	21.2	.752		32.0	14.3	6.0	1.7	12.8	19.8	71.2	69.5	0.07	3.12
5	Kansas	29	15	14	.517	7	7	7	3	3	10				29.0	59.9	.484					15.2	20.9	.731		34.9	13.2	8.7	3.6		22.0	73.3	69.3	4.71	4.21
6	Oklahoma	27	15	12	.556	6	8	9	3	2	9				29.7	57.1	.519					13.7	19.7	.697		34.2	15.4	5.2	3.5		18.9	73.1	69.6	5.07	2.87
7	Iowa State	27	11	16	.407	5	9	4	5	1	8				29.9	62.4	.479					13.1	20.0	.657		36.5	14.3	6.1	2.1		24.0	73.0	72.1	-1.24	5.23
8	Oklahoma State	27	10	17	.370	4	10	6	5	0	11				31.0	65.2	.475					15.3	22.1	.691		37.6	12.1	4.8	1.9	13.3	20.4	77.2	75.7	-0.35	2.11

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.