1979–80 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

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1979–80 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Indiana 13 5   .722 21 8   .724
No. 10 Ohio State 12 6   .667 21 8   .724
No. 20 Purdue 11 7   .611 23 10   .697
Iowa 10 8   .556 23 10   .697
Minnesota 10 8   .556 21 11   .656
Illinois 8 10   .444 22 13   .629
Michigan 8 10   .444 17 13   .567
Wisconsin 7 11   .389 15 14   .517
Michigan State 6 12   .333 12 15   .444
Northwestern 5 13   .278 10 17   .370
Rankings from AP Poll

Regular season

During the 1980 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Purdue qualified for the Final Four, where they lost to UCLA.

NCAA basketball tournament

  • Midwest
    • Purdue (#6 seed) 90, LaSalle 82
    • Purdue 87, St. John’s, New York 72
    • Purdue 76, Indiana 69
    • Purdue 68, Duke 60
  • Final Four
    • UCLA 67, Purdue 62

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Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round Pick Player NBA Club
1 1 Joe Barry Carroll Golden State Warriors
2 46 Arnette Hallman Boston Celtics

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References