1979–80 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team
Appearance
1979–80 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball | |
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Record | 24–10 (7–7 ACC) |
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Home arena | University Hall |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Maryland | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 24 | – | 7 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 North Carolina | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 21 | – | 8 | .724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Duke † | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 8 | – | 18 | .308 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1980 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
The 1979–80 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented University of Virginia and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. It was Ralph Sampson's freshman year with the Cavaliers.
Roster
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Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov. 30* |
No. 13 | Johns Hopkins | W 93–58 | 1–0 |
University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia | ||||||
Dec. 1 |
No. 13 | Georgia Tech | W 55–37 | 2–0 (1–0) |
University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia | ||||||
Dec. 3* |
No. 13 | Randolph–Macon | W 76–55 | 3–0 (1–0) |
University Hall (8,500) Charlottesville, Virginia | ||||||
Dec. 5* |
No. 13 | at Temple | W 58–52 | 4–0 (1–0) |
McGonigle Hall (8,559) Philadelphia | ||||||
Dec. 15* |
No. 13 | at BYU–Hawaii | W 82–64 | 5–0 (1–0) |
Cannon Activities Center (1,000) Laie, HI | ||||||
Dec. 18* |
No. 12 | at Chaminade | W 79–54 | 6–0 (1–0) |
Neal S. Blaisdell Center (1,092) Honolulu, HI | ||||||
Dec. 21* |
No. 12 | vs. San Jose State | L 79–83 | 6–1 (1–0) |
Toso Pavilion Santa Clara, California | ||||||
Dec. 22* |
No. 12 | vs. Army | W 84–60 | 7–1 (1–0) |
Toso Pavilion Santa Clara, California | ||||||
Dec. 28* |
No. 14 | vs. VCU | W 89–72 | 8–1 (1–0) |
Richmond Coliseum (10,716) Richmond, Virginia | ||||||
Dec. 29* |
No. 14 | vs. Old Dominion | W 79–58 | 9–1 (1–0) |
Richmond Coliseum (10,716) Richmond, Virginia | ||||||
Jan. 2 |
No. 13 | Wake Forest | W 64–59 | 10–1 (2–0) |
University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia | ||||||
Jan. 5 |
No. 13 | No. 6 North Carolina | W 88–82 | 11–1 (3–0) |
University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia | ||||||
Jan. 7* |
No. 13 | Delaware | W 82–55 | 12–1 (3–0) |
University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia | ||||||
Jan. 12 |
No. 8 | at NC State | L 56–64 | 12–2 (3–1) |
Reynolds Coliseum (12,200) Raleigh, North Carolina | ||||||
Jan. 14* |
No. 8 | vs. Virginia Tech | W 65–58 | 13–2 (3–1) |
Richmond Coliseum (10,716) Richmond, Virginia | ||||||
Jan. 16* |
No. 12 | Pennsylvania | W 69–39 | 14–2 (3–1) |
University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia | ||||||
Jan. 19 |
No. 12 | at No. 17 Clemson | L 68–88 | 14–3 (3–2) |
Littlejohn Coliseum (10,700) Clemson, South Carolina | ||||||
Jan. 23 |
No. 17 | at No. 3 Duke | W 90–84 | 15–3 (4–2) |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (8,564) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
Jan. 26 |
No. 17 | NC State | W 49–47 | 16–3 (5–2) |
University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia | ||||||
Jan. 27* |
No. 17 | at No. 4 Ohio State | L 65–70 | 16–4 (5–2) |
St. John Arena (13,591) Columbus, Ohio | ||||||
Jan. 30 |
No. 13 | No. 12 Maryland | L 61–63 | 16–5 (5–3) |
University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia | ||||||
Feb. 2 |
No. 13 | at Wake Forest | L 77–79 | 16–6 (5–4) |
Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum (8,100) Winston-Salem, North Carolina | ||||||
Feb. 6 |
No. 18 | No. 10 Duke | W 73–69 | 17–6 (6–4) |
University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia | ||||||
Feb. 9 |
No. 18 | at Georgia Tech | L 61–62 | 17–7 (6–5) |
Alexander Memorial Coliseum (5,414) Atlanta | ||||||
Feb. 13 |
No. 10 Clemson | W 89–87 | 18–7 (7–5) |
University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia | |||||||
Feb. 16 |
at No. 11 North Carolina | L 51–68 | 18–8 (7–6) |
Carmichael Arena (10,000) Chapel Hill, North Carolina | |||||||
Feb. 20* |
William & Mary | W 63–55 | 19–8 (7–6) |
University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia | |||||||
Feb. 23 |
at No. 9 Maryland | L 71–82 | 19–9 (7–7) |
Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland | |||||||
ACC Tournament | |||||||||||
Feb. 28 |
vs. No. 17 Clemson ACC Quarterfinals |
L 49–57 | 19–10 |
Greensboro Coliseum (15,735) Greensboro, North Carolina | |||||||
National Invitation Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar. 5* |
Lafayette NIT First Round |
W 67–56 | 20–10 |
University Hall (6,804) Charlottesville, Virginia | |||||||
Mar. 10* |
Boston College NIT Second Round |
W 57–55 | 21–10 |
University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia | |||||||
Mar. 13* |
Michigan NIT Quarterfinals |
W 79–68 | 22–10 |
University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia | |||||||
Mar. 17* |
vs. UNLV NIT Semifinals |
W 90–71 | 23–10 |
Madison Square Garden (11,223) New York City | |||||||
Mar. 19* |
vs. Minnesota NIT Finals |
W 58–55 | 24–10 |
Madison Square Garden (13,598) New York | |||||||
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |
Awards and honors
- Jeff Lamp, 3rd Team UPI All-American
- Jeff Lamp, 2nd Team All-ACC
- Ralph Sampson, NIT Most Valuable Player
- Ralph Sampson, ACC Rookie of the Year
NBA draft
Year | Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
1981 | 1 | 15 | Jeff Lamp | Portland Trail Blazers |
1981 | 4 | 77 | Lee Raker | San Diego Clippers |
1981 | 7 | 159 | Lewis Latimore | Milwaukee Bucks |
1982 | 4 | 77 | Jeff Jones | Indiana Pacers |
1983 | 1 | 1 | Ralph Sampson | Houston Rockets |
1983 | 3 | 68 | Craig Robinson | Boston Celtics |
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References
- ^ sports-reference.com 1979-80 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
- ^ a b "All-Time Results". VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "1982-83 Box Scores" (PDF). VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2012-11-05.
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