1979–80 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team
1979–80 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball | |
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OVC Tournament Champion Ohio Valley Conference Champion | |
NCAA Tournament, First Round | |
Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
Record | 21–8 (10–2 OVC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | Clem Haskins |
Home arena | E. A. Diddle Arena |
Seasons |
| Conf | Overall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Kentucky † | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 21 | – | 8 | .724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray State | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 23 | – | 8 | .742 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morehead State | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Kentucky | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 13 | – | 13 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Peay State | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 8 | – | 18 | .308 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 5 | – | 21 | .192 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1980 OVC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
The 1979–80 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hilltoppers were members of the Ohio Valley Conference and led by future National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame coach Gene Keady.[1] WKU won the OVC regular season and tournament championships and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament.[2] Craig McCormick and Bill Bryant made the All-OVC Team, and McCormick was selected as OVC Tournament MVP.[3]
Schedule
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Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
12/1/1979* | Rollins | W 104–73 | 1–0 | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
12/3/1979* | at Illinois State | L 55–66 | 1–1 | Horton Field House Normal, IL | |||||||
12/6/1979* | at Duquesne | L 73–84 | 1–2 | Mellon Arena Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
12/8/1979* | Florida A&M | W 87–60 | 2–2 | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
12/13/1979* | vs. Evansville Holiday Classic | W 75–61 | 3–2 | Freedom Hall Louisville, KY | |||||||
12/14/1979* | at No. 12 Louisville Holiday Classic | L 74–96 | 3–3 | Freedom Hall Louisville, KY | |||||||
12/29/1979* | Florida State | L 65–67 | 3–4 | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1/3/1980* | Butler | W 66–62 | 4–4 | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1/5/1980* | at Louisiana Tech | W 63–59 | 5–4 | Memorial Gym Ruston, LA | |||||||
1/7/1980* | East Tennessee | W 71–59 | 6–4 | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1/10/1980* | Akron | W 92–58 | 7–4 | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1/12/1980 | Tennessee Tech | W 97–72 | 8–4 (1-0) | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1/17/1980 | Murray State | W 68–48 | 9–4 (2-0) | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1/19/1980 | at Austin Peay | W 95–71 | 10–4 (3-0) | Dunn Center Clarksville, TN | |||||||
1/21/1980* | Dayton | W 71–65 | 11–4 | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
1/24/1980 | at Middle Tennessee | W 62–58 | 12–4 (4-0) | Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN | |||||||
1/26/1980 | at Eastern Kentucky | L 82–84 | 12–5 (4-1) | Alumni Coliseum Richmond, KY | |||||||
1/31/1980 | Morehead State | W 86–79 | 13–5 (5-1) | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
2/2/1980 | Eastern Kentucky | W 74–62 | 14–5 (6-1) | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
2/7/1980* | at Akron | W 70–68 | 15–5 | James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, OH | |||||||
2/9/1980 | at Tennessee Tech | W 75–56 | 16–5 (7-1) | Eblen Center Cookeville, TN | |||||||
2/11/1980 | at Morehead State | L 73–76 | 16–6 (7-2) | Wetherby Gymnasium Morehead, KY | |||||||
2/14/1980 | Austin Peay | W 70–51 | 17–6 (8-2) | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
2/16/1980 | at Murray State | W 56–55 | 18–6 (9-2) | Racer Arena Murray, KY | |||||||
2/21/1980 | Middle Tennessee | W 81–79 3OT | 19–6 (10-2) | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
2/23/1980* | at South Carolina | L 65–73 2OT | 19–7 | Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC | |||||||
1980 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||||||||
2/28/1980 | (1) | (4) Eastern Kentucky Semifinals | W 84–83 OT | 20–7 | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | ||||||
3/1/1980 | (1) | (2) Murray State Championship | W 54–51 | 21–7 | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | ||||||
1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament | |||||||||||
3/7/1980* | (10 ME) | (7 ME) Virginia Tech First Round | L 85–89 OT | 21–8 | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |
References
- ^ Lowell H. Harrison (1987). Western Kentucky University. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 276–. ISBN 978-0813116204.
- ^ 2019-2020 OVC Basketball Media Guide, retrieved 4 May 2020
- ^ 2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020
- ^ 1979-80 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Schedule and Results, Sports Reference, retrieved 6 May 2020
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