1979–80 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

1979–80 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll)

Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
1979–80 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
NCAA Tournament East Region 5 Seed, Final Four vs. Purdue, L 75–58
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1979–80 record	23–10 (10–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lute Olson (6th year)
MVP	Ronnie Lester
Home arena	Iowa Field House
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The 1979–80 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa in the 1979–80 college basketball season. The team was led by head coach Lute Olson and played their home games at the Iowa Field House. They finished with a 23–10 (10–8 Big Ten) record, and reached the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament as champions of the East Region. To date, this is Iowa's most recent appearance in the NCAA Final Four in men's basketball.

Roster

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No.	Position	Player
52	F	Steve Waite
32	F	Vince Brookins
54	C	Steve Krafcisin
40	G	Kevin Boyle
30	G	Kenny Arnold
12	G	Ronnie Lester
24	G	Bob Hansen
44	F	Mark Gannon

Schedule

Date	Opponent*	Rank*	Location	Result	Overall	Conference
Big Ten Conference Standing: 4th
Regular Season Games
December 1, 1979	Northern Illinois		Iowa City, IA	W 86–43	1–0	0–0
December 3, 1979	Colorado State		Iowa City, IA	W 113–66	2–0	0–0
December 6, 1979	Northern Iowa	#20	Iowa City, IA	W 78–46	3–0	0–0
December 8, 1979	Detroit	#20	Detroit, MI	W 80–54	4–0	0–0
December 11, 1979	Wichita State	#17	Wichita, KS	W 81–62	5–0	0–0
December 15, 1979	Iowa State	#17	Ames, IA	W 67–64	6–0	0–0
December 22, 1979	Mississippi State	#13	Dayton, OH	W 81–62	7–0	0–0
December 23, 1979	Dayton	#13	Dayton, OH	W 61–54	8–0	0–0
December 29, 1979	Drake	#11	Iowa City, IA	W 77–66	9–0	0–0
January 3, 1980	#20 Illinois	#10	Champaign, IL	W 72–71	10–0	1–0
January 5, 1980	Michigan	#10	Ann Arbor, MI	L 68–65	10–1	1–1
January 10, 1980	#3 Ohio State	#12	Iowa City, IA	L 77–71	10–2	1–2
January 12, 1980	Wisconsin	#12	Iowa City, IA	W 66–65	11–2	2–2
January 17, 1980	#19 Indiana	#13	Bloomington, IN	L 81–69	11–3	2–3
January 19, 1980	Michigan State	#13	East Lansing, MI	L 75–67	11–4	2–4
January 24, 1980	Northwestern		Iowa City, IA	W 86–64	12–4	3–4
January 26, 1980	Minnesota		Iowa City, IA	W 80–73	13–4	4–4
January 31, 1980	#17 Purdue		West Lafayette, IN	L 70–56	13–5	4–5
February 2, 1980	Minnesota		Minneapolis, MN	W 73–63	14–5	5–5
February 7, 1980	Michigan State		Iowa City, IA	W 44–39 OT	15–5	6–5
February 9, 1980	#12 Purdue		Iowa City, IA	W 74–59	16–5	7–5
February 14, 1980	Indiana	#20	Iowa City, IA	L 66–55	16–6	7–6
February 16, 1980	Northwestern	#20	Evanston, IL	W 60–58	17–6	8–6
February 21, 1980	Wisconsin		Madison, WI	L 62–58	17–7	8–7
February 23, 1980	#9 Ohio State		Columbus, OH	L 70–69	17–8	8–8
February 28, 1980	Michigan		Iowa City, IA	W 83–67	18–8	9–8
March 1, 1980	Illinois		Iowa City, IA	W 75–71	19–8	10–8
NCAA Tournament
March 6, 1980	Virginia Commonwealth		Greensboro, NC	W 86–72	20–8	10–8
March 8, 1980	North Carolina State		Greensboro, NC	W 77–64	21–8	10–8
March 14, 1980	#6 Syracuse		Philadelphia, PA	W 88–77	22–8	10–8
March 16, 1980	#11 Georgetown		Philadelphia, PA	W 81–80	23–8	10–8
March 22, 1980	#2 Louisville		Indianapolis, IN	L 80–72	23–9	10–8
March 24, 1980	#20 Purdue		Indianapolis, IN	L 75–58	23–10	10–8
Rank according to AP Top 20 Poll. ^#All times are in CST. Conference games in BOLD*.

Team players in the 1980 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	10	Ronnie Lester	Portland Trail Blazers

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References

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1979–80 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#7 Indiana	13	–	5	.722	21	–	8	.724
#10 Ohio State	12	–	6	.667	21	–	8	.724
#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)