1979–80_Richmond_Spiders_men's_basketball_team

1979–80 Richmond Spiders men's basketball
1979–80 Richmond Spiders men's basketball
Conference	ECAC South
Record	13–14 (4–3 ECAC South)
Head coach	Lou Goetz (2nd season);
Home arena	Robins Center
	Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

1979–80 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 1979–80 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team represented the University of Richmond in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball during the 1979–80 season. Richmond competed as a member of the ECAC South under senond-year head basketball coach Lou Goetz and played its home games at the Robins Center.

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Junior Forward Michael Perry was the team's leading scorer with 19.1 points 6.1 rounds and John Schweitz with 17.7 points and 3.0 assists..^[1]

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 30, 1979*		West Virginia Tech	W 114–96	1–0	Robins Center Richmond, Virginia
Dec 1, 1979*		VCU Spider Classic	L 67–69	1–1	Robins Center Richmond, Virginia
Dec 3, 1979*		Bluefield	W 132–69	2–1	Robins Center Richmond, Virginia
Dec 5, 1979		George Mason	W 105–70	3–1 (1–0)	Robins Center Richmond, Virginia
Dec 7, 1979*		vs. Connecticut Utah Classic	L 79–81	3–2 (1–0)	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
Dec 8, 1979*		vs. Cal State Fullerton Utah Classic	W 84–75	4–2 (1–0)	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
Dec 19, 1979*		vs. Wake Forest	L 75–92	4–3 (1–0)	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
Dec 22, 1979*		George Washington	L 78–86	4–4 (1–0)	Robins Center Richmond, Virginia
Dec 28, 1979		Old Dominion Richmond Times-Dispatch Invitational	L 84–90	4–5 (1–1)	Robins Center Richmond, Virginia
Dec 29, 1979*		VCU Richmond Times-Dispatch Invitational	L 71–86	4–6 (1–1)	Robins Center Richmond, Virginia
Jan 2, 1980*		at South Florida	W 83–64	5–6 (1–1)	Bayfront Center St. Petersburg, Florida
Jan 4, 1980		vs. St. Francis (PA) Citrus Invitational	W 90–89	6–6 (2–1)	Lakeland Civic Center Lakeland, Florida
Jan 5, 1980*		vs. Florida Southern Citrus Invitational	L 67–68	6–7 (2–1)	Lakeland Civic Center Lakeland, Florida
Jan 9, 1980*		Oglethorpe	W 101–85	7–7 (2–1)	Robins Center Richmond, Virginia
Jan 14, 1980		Baltimore	W 77–56	8–7 (3–1)	Robins Center Richmond, Virginia
Jan 16, 1980		James Madison	W 64–50	9–7 (4–1)	Robins Center Richmond, Virginia
Jan 19, 1980		at William & Mary	L 81–82	9–8 (4–2)	Kaplan Arena at William and Mary Hall Williamsburg, Virginia
Jan 23, 1980*		Upsala	W 92–86	10–8 (4–2)	Robins Center Richmond, Virginia
Jan 26, 1980*		at Penn	L 78–84	10–9 (4–2)	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 28, 1980*		at Penn State	L 61–71	10–10 (4–2)	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
Jan 31, 1980		Towson State	L 83–88	10–11 (4–3)	Robins Center Richmond, Virginia
Feb 2, 1980*		VMI	W 104–92	11–11 (3–3)	Robins Center Richmond, Virginia
Feb 9, 1980		William & Mary	L 74–83	11–12 (3–4)	Robins Center Richmond, Virginia
Feb 14, 1980*		at Long Island	L 70–78	11–13 (3–4)	Schwartz Athletic Center Brooklyn, New York
Feb 16, 1980*		at Niagara	W 67–65	12–13 (3–4)	Niagara Falls Convention Center Niagara Falls, NY
Feb 20, 1980*		VCU	W 76–67	13–13 (3–4)	Robins Center Richmond, Virginia
ECAC South tournament
Feb 28, 1980	(4)	(5) William & Mary Quarterfinals	L 77–78	13–14 (3–4)	Robins Center Richmond, Virginia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

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1979–80 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Old Dominion †	-	–	-	–	25	–	5	.833
James Madison	-	–	-	–	18	–	8	.692
Navy	-	–	-	–	14	–	13	.519
Richmond	4	–	3	.571	13	–	14	.481
Baltimore	-	–	-	–	12	–	15	.444
William & Mary	-	–	-	–	12	–	15	.444
St. Francis (PA)	-	–	-	–	12	–	16	.429
Towson State	-	–	-	–	9	–	17	.346
Catholic	-	–	-	–	8	–	19	.296
Robert Morris	-	–	-	–	7	–	19	.269
George Mason	-	–	-	–	5	–	21	.192


† 1980 ECAC South tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll