1979-80_Purdue_Boilermakers_men's_basketball_team

1979–80 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1979–80 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

American college basketball season

This was the last Purdue team to reach the Final Four until 2024.

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Regular season

During the 1980 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, Purdue qualified for the Final Four, where they lost to UCLA.

NCAA basketball tournament

  • Midwest
    • #20 (AP) Purdue (#6 seed) 90, LaSalle (#11 seed) 82
    • #20 (AP) Purdue 87, #13 (AP) St. John’s, (NY) (#3 seed) 72
    • #20 (AP) Purdue 76, #7 (AP) Indiana (#2 seed) 69
    • #20 (AP) Purdue 68, #14 (AP) Duke (# 4 seed) 60
  • Final Four
    • UCLA (#8 seed) 67, #20 (AP) Purdue (#6 seed) 62
    • #20 (AP) Purdue (#6 seed) 75, Iowa (#5 seed) 58 (3rd Place / Consolation Game)

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Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

RoundPickPlayerNBA Club
11Joe Barry CarrollGolden State Warriors
246Arnette HallmanBoston Celtics

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References

  1. [1]
    "1980 NCAA Final Four program". March 1980. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
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    "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
  3. [3]
    "1980 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on March 18, 2010. Retrieved May 16, 2009.
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