1979–80_Kansas_State_Wildcats_men's_basketball_team

1979–80 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball
1979–80 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball
Big Eight tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	22–9 (8–6 Big Eight)
Head coach	Jack Hartman (10th season);
Assistant coach	Lon Kruger (1st season)
Home arena	Ahearn Field House
	Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

1979–80 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 1979–80 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University as a member of the Big Eight Conference in the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Jack Hartman and played their home games at Ahearn Field House in Manhattan, Kansas. The Wildcats, poised to win the conference regular season after winning 8 of 10 to begin Big Eight play, finished second in the conference regular season standings. K-State rebounded to win the Big Eight tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 7 seed in the Midwest region. The Wildcats beat No. 10 seed Arkansas in the opening round, then fell to No. 2 seed and eventual National champion Louisville, 71–69 in overtime.^[2] Kansas State finished with a record of 22–9 (8–6 Big Eight).

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Dec 1, 1979*		Northern Iowa	W 84–38	1–0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 3, 1979*		Portland State	W 72–57	2–0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 5, 1979*		Oklahoma City	W 83–65	3–0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 8, 1979*		Wisconsin–Parkside	W 90–77	4–0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 10, 1979*		South Dakota	W 91–59	5–0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 12, 1979*		Arizona State	W 63–50	6–0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 15, 1979*		at Southern Illinois	W 75–69	7–0	SIU Arena Carbondale, Illinois
Dec 17, 1979*		at Cal State Bakersfield	W 106–53	8–0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 22, 1979*		at Minnesota	L 61–78	8–1	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 30, 1979*		at No. 19 Arkansas	W 66–57	9–1	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
Jan 2, 1980*		Long Beach State	W 90–67	10–1	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Jan 5, 1980*		at No. 15 Louisville	L 73–85	10–2	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
Jan 9, 1980		at Oklahoma State	W 60–59	11–2 (1–0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Jan 12, 1980		Oklahoma	L 62–72	11–3 (1–1)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Jan 16, 1980		at Colorado	W 71–65	12–3 (2–1)	Coors Events Center Boulder, Colorado
Jan 19, 1980		at Kansas	W 61–52	13–3 (3–1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
Jan 23, 1980		Iowa State	W 73–63	14–3 (4–1)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Jan 26, 1980		Nebraska	W 66–64	15–3 (5–1)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Jan 30, 1980	No. 20	at No. 14 Missouri	W 66–64	16–3 (6–1)	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Feb 2, 1980	No. 20	at Oklahoma	L 55–56	16–4 (6–2)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Feb 6, 1980		Colorado	W 62–61	17–4 (7–2)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Feb 9, 1980		Oklahoma State	W 82–72	18–4 (8–2)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Feb 13, 1980		at Iowa State	L 58–66	18–5 (8–3)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
Feb 16, 1980		Kansas	L 46–48	18–6 (8–4)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Feb 20, 1980		at Nebraska	L 58–70	18–7 (8–5)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Feb 23, 1980		No. 13 Missouri	L 65–67	18–8 (8–6)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Big Eight Tournament
Feb 26, 1980*		vs. Iowa State Quarterfinals	W 101–87	19–8	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
Feb 27, 1980*		vs. Nebraska Semifinals	W 60–59	20–8	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
Feb 28, 1980*		vs. Kansas Championship game	W 79–58^[4]	21–8	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
NCAA Tournament
Mar 6, 1980*	(7 MW)	vs. (10 MW) Arkansas First round	W 71–53	22–8	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Mar 8, 1980*	(7 MW)	vs. (2 MW) No. 2 Louisville Second round	L 69–71 ^OT	22–9	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest.

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1979–80_Kansas_State_Wildcats_men's_basketball_team

1979–80 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team

Roster

Schedule and results

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v t e	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]