1979–80 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1979–80 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
	† 1980 Big Eight Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1979–80 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1979–80 record	15–14 (7–7 Big 8)
Head coach	Ted Owens (16th season);
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse

The 1979–80 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Roster

Darnell Valentine
Ricky Ross
Tony Guy
John Crawford
Douglas Booty Neal
Dave Magley
Chester Giles
Keith Douglas
Art Housey
Kelly Knight
Randolph Carroll
Mark Snow
Mac Stallcup
Mark Knight
George Thompson

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 29*	No. 20	Nevada	W 93-75	1-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 3*	No. 20	at Oral Roberts	L 72-75	1-1	Mabee Center Tulsa, OK
December 5*	No. 19	at SMU	L 88-89	1-2	Moody Coliseum University Park, TX
December 8*	No. 19	San Diego State	W 79-66	2-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 10*	No. 19	Cal State Bakersfield	W 93-53	3-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 12*		No. 5 Kentucky	L 56-57	3-3	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 22*		Birmingham-Southern	W 90-64	4-3	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 27*		at Pepperdine	L 89-96	4-4	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
December 29*		at Arizona State	L 65-73	4-5	Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ
December 31*		at Arizona	W 78-60	5-5	McKale Center Tucson, AZ
January 5*		Wisconsin-Oshkosh	W 109-72	6-5	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 9		No. 13 Missouri Border War	W 69-66	7-5 (1-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 12		at Iowa State	L 66-68	7-6 (1-1)	James H. Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
January 16		at Nebraska	L 57-64	7-7 (1-2)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
January 19		Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 52-61	7-8 (1-3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 23*		at Oklahoma	W 72-67	8-8 (2-3)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
January 26		Colorado	W 75-61	9-8 (3-3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 30		at Oklahoma State	L 67-71	9-9 (3-4)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 2		Iowa State	W 72-61	10-9 (4-4)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 5		Nebraska	L 56-61	10-10 (4-5)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 7*		at Iona	L 77-81	10-11	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
February 9		at No. 15 Missouri Border War	L 65-88	10-12 (4-6)	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
February 13		Oklahoma	W 69-66	11-12 (5-6)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 16		at No. 19 Kansas State	W 48-46	12-12 (6-6)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
February 20		at Colorado	L 72-81	12-13 (6-7)	Coors Events/Conference Center Boulder, CO
February 23		Oklahoma State	W 84-74	13-13 (7-7)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 26		vs. Colorado Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals	W 75-65	14-13	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
February 27		vs. No. 11 Missouri Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Semifinals Border War	W 80-71	15-13	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
February 28		vs. Kansas State Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Championship Game Sunflower Showdown	L 58-79	15-14	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

sports-reference.com 1979-80 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

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[1] sports-reference.com 1979-80 Big Eight Conference Season Summary

[KU_Media_Guide-2] 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Venues	Robinson Gymnasium (1907–1927) Hoch Auditorium (1927–1955) Allen Fieldhouse (1955–present)
Rivalries	Kansas State (results) Missouri
Culture & lore	Big Jay Baby Jay Champions Classic "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" Jayhawkers
People	Head coaches Jayhawks of note
Seasons	1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1979–80 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 16 Missouri	11	–	3	.786	25	–	6	.806
Kansas State †	8	–	6	.571	22	–	9	.710
Nebraska	8	–	6	.571	18	–	13	.581
Kansas	7	–	7	.500	15	–	14	.517
Colorado	7	–	7	.500	17	–	10	.630
Oklahoma	6	–	8	.429	15	–	12	.556
Iowa State	5	–	9	.357	11	–	16	.407
Oklahoma State	4	–	10	.286	10	–	17	.370

† 1980 Big Eight Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1]