1979–80 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team
American college basketball season
1979–80 Utah State Aggies men's basketball | |
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Pacific Coast Athletic Association Regular season champion | |
NCAA tournament, First Round | |
Conference | Pacific Coast Athletic Association |
Record | 18-9 (11-2 PCAA) |
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Home arena | Dee Glen Smith Spectrum |
Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 → |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah State | 11 | – | 2 | .846 | 18 | – | 9 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Long Beach State | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 17 | – | 7 | .708 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Jose State† | 7 | – | 6 | .538 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Santa Barbara[note 1] | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal State Fullerton | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Irvine[note 2] | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1980 PCAA tournament winner |
The 1979–80 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team represented Utah State University during the 1979–80 men's college basketball season. They received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Clemson.
Roster
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Schedule
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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November 30* | Weber State | W 92–84 | 1–0 | Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah | |||||||
December 4* | at Utah | L 74–88 | 1–1 | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah | |||||||
December 6* | at Weber State | L 73–79 | 1–2 | Dee Events Center Ogden, Utah | |||||||
December 10* | Nevada | W 113–95 | 2–2 | Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah | |||||||
December 13* | Idaho State | W 87–77 | 3–2 | Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah | |||||||
December 15* | at Colorado | L 79–84 | 3–3 | CU Events Center Boulder, Colorado | |||||||
December 19* | Utah | W 96–88 | 4–3 | Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah | |||||||
December 22* | BYU | L 84–89 | 4–4 | Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah | |||||||
December 28* | vs. La Salle | W 89–88 | 5–4 | The Pit Albuquerque, NM | |||||||
December 29* | at New Mexico | W 117–83 | 6–4 | The Pit Albuquerque, NM | |||||||
January 5* | Redlands | W 101–59 | 7–4 | Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah | |||||||
January 10 | Fresno State | W 78–65 | 8–4 (1–0) | Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah | |||||||
January 12 | Pacific | W 90–86 | 9–4 (2–0) | Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah | |||||||
January 17 | at UC-Santa Barbara | W 88–84 | 10–4 (3–0) | The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, California | |||||||
January 19 | at Long Beach State | W 100–92 | 11–4 (4–0) | Long Beach Arena Long Beach, California | |||||||
January 24 | San Jose State | W 95–92 | 12–4 (5–0) | Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah | |||||||
January 27 | at San Jose State | L 67–69 | 12–5 (5–1) | San Jose Civic Auditorium San Jose, California | |||||||
January 31 | Cal State Fullerton | L 88–96 | 12–6 (5–2) | Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah | |||||||
February 2 | UC-Irvine | W 98–81 | 13–6 (6–2) | Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah | |||||||
February 7 | at UC-Irvine | W 87–83 OT | 14–6 (7–2) | Crawford Hall Irvine, California | |||||||
February 9 | at Cal State Fullerton | W 69–67 | 15–6 (8–2) | Titan Gym Fullerton, California | |||||||
February 12* | at BYU | L 83–84 | 15–7 (8–2) | Marriott Center Provo, Utah | |||||||
February 14 | Long Beach State | W 96–90 | 16–7 (9–2) | Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah | |||||||
February 16 | UC-Santa Barbara | W 54–51 | 17–7 (10–2) | Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah | |||||||
February 21 | at Pacific | W 91–78 | 18–7 (11–2) | Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium Stockton, California | |||||||
PCAA tournament | |||||||||||
February 29 | vs. San Jose State | L 68–94 | 18–8 (11–2) | The Pit Albuquerque, NM | |||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
March 6* | vs. Clemson First round | L 73–76 | 18–9 (11–2) | Dee Events Center Ogden, Utah | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |
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