1979–80 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

American college basketball season

1979–80 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
NIT, First Round, L 49–53 vs. Alabama
Conference	Independent
Record	18–10
Head coach	Dick Harter (2nd season)
Assistant coach	Perry Clark (2nd season)
Home arena	Rec Hall
Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball independents standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 DePaul		–		–	26	–	2	.929
No. 19 Iona*		–		–	28	–	4	.875
Old Dominion		–		–	25	–	5	.833
No. 9 Notre Dame		–		–	23	–	8	.742
Tennessee State		–		–	19	–	7	.731
UNLV		–		–	23	–	9	.719
Saint Peter's		–		–	22	–	9	.710
Cleveland State		–		–	18	–	8	.692
James Madison		–		–	18	–	8	.692
Illinois State		–		–	20	–	9	.690
Marquette		–		–	18	–	9	.667
UNC Wilmington		–		–	19	–	10	.655
Penn State		–		–	18	–	10	.643
Southern Mississippi		–		–	17	–	10	.630
South Carolina		–		–	16	–	11	.593
Campbell		–		–	15	–	12	.556
East Carolina		–		–	15	–	12	.556
Stetson		–		–	15	–	12	.556
Long Island		–		–	14	–	12	.538
Detroit		–		–	14	–	13	.519
Navy		–		–	14	–	13	.519
Wagner		–		–	14	–	13	.519
Siena		–		–	14	–	14	.500
Dayton		–		–	13	–	14	.481
Fairleigh Dickinson		–		–	13	–	14	.481
North Texas State		–		–	13	–	14	.481
Richmond		–		–	13	–	14	.481
Baltimore		–		–	12	–	15	.444
William & Mary		–		–	12	–	15	.444
Fordham**		–		–	12	–	16	.429
St. Francis (Pa.)		–		–	12	–	16	.429
St. Francis (N.Y.)		–		–	11	–	15	.423
Fairfield		–		–	11	–	16	.407
Army		–		–	9	–	17	.346
Milwaukee		–		–	9	–	17	.346
Towson State		–		–	9	–	17	.346
Valparaiso		–		–	8	–	18	.308
Catholic		–		–	8	–	19	.296
Robert Morris		–		–	7	–	19	.269
George Mason		–		–	5	–	21	.192
Portland State		–		–	5	–	21	.192
Manhattan		–		–	4	–	22	.154
Charleston Southern		–		–	2	–	23	.080

* –Iona's 1980 NCAA Tournament games were vacated due to NCAA sanctions; disputed record 29–5. **Disputed record 11–17. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979–80 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 1979–80 season.

Roster

1979–80 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	43	Frank Brickowski	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	Jr	Bayville, New York

Head coach

Dick Harter

Assistant coach(es)

Perry Clark

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 2	Indiana (PA)	W 99–57	1–0	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
December 3	at Maryland	L 55–56	1–1	Cole Field House College Park, Maryland
December 5	Muhlenberg	W 85–41	2–1	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
December 8	West Virginia	W 68–66 ^OT	3–1	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
December 15	Syracuse	L 72–85	3–2	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
December 19	Temple	L 48–74	3–3	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
December 22	at Colgate	W 38–37	4–3	Cotterell Court Hamilton, NY
December 26	vs. BYU	L 50–58	4–4	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
December 28	vs. Idaho	L 46–50	4–5	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
December 29	vs. Texas Tech	W 47–46	5–5	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
January 3	Ursinus	W 87–55	6–5	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 5	at Pittsburgh	L 50–54	6–6	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
January 10	at St. Bonaventure	L 75–89	6–7	Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY
January 12	Duquesne	W 62–52	7–7	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 14	Delaware	W 85–53	8–7	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 16	at West Virginia	W 75–71	9–7	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
January 19	Rutgers	W 75–66	10–7	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 21	Johns Hopkins	W 64–38	11–7	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 26	Fairleigh Dickinson	W 60–52	12–7	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 28	Richmond	W 71–61	13–7	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 31	at Duquesne	L 55–56	13–8	Mellon Arena Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
February 2	at Villanova	L 53–93	13–9	Villanova Field House Villanova, Pennsylvania
February 4	at Vermont	W 53–40	14–9	Patrick Gym Burlington, Vermont
February 9	at Navy	W 51–44	15–9	Halsey Field House Annapolis, Maryland
February 13	Pittsburgh	W 66-53	16–9	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
February 16	at George Washington	W 63-53	17–9	Charles E. Smith Center Washington, DC
February 20	Massachusetts	W 50-36	18–9	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
March 5	at Alabama NIT First round	L 49-53	18–10	Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex Birmingham, AL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[1]

References

^ "1979–80 Penn State Nittany Lions Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 13, 2019.

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