1979–80_SMU_Mustangs_men's_basketball_team

1979–80 SMU Mustangs men's basketball
1979–80 SMU Mustangs men's basketball
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	16–12 (7–9 SWC)
Head coach	Sonny Allen (5th season);
Home arena	Moody Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

1979–80 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 1979–80 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team represented Southern Methodist University during the 1979–80 men's college basketball season. This is Sonny Allen final year at SMU. The Mustangs finished with a record of 16-12, 7-9 in their conference.

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1*	Tulane	W 78–68	1–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 3*	Texas Lutheran	W 123–91	2–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 5*	Kansas	W 89–88	3–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 8*	Colorado	W 86–65	4–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 15*	Texas Arlington	W 77–76	5–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 17*	Georgia State	W 119–92	6–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 19*	Texas Wesleyan	W 112–85	7–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 21*	vs. Purdue	L 60–85	7–1	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
December 22*	vs. California	W 97–88	8–1	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
December 29*	at Vanderbilt	L 77–88	8–2	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
January 3	at Arkansas	L 69–84	8–3 (0–1)	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
January 5	Texas	L 75–85	8–4 (0–2)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 8	at Baylor	W 78–72	9–4 (1–2)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
January 12	at Houston	L 81–96	9–5 (1–3)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
January 15	Texas A&M	L 56–63	9–6 (1–4)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 19	TCU	L 89–92	9–7 (1–5)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 22	at Rice	W 85–83	10–7 (2–5)	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
January 26	Texas Tech	W 76–75	11–7 (3–5)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 30	at Texas	L 80–113	11–8 (3–6)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
February 2	Houston	L 70–71	11–9 (3–7)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 4	Baylor	W 73–69	12–9 (4–7)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 6	at Texas A&M	L 56–67	12–10 (4–8)	G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas
February 9	at TCU	W 76–57	13–10 (5–8)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
February 12	Rice	W 82–81	14–10 (6–8)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 16	at Texas Tech	L 59–62	14–11 (6–9)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
February 19	Arkansas	W 62–58	15–11 (7–9)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
Southwest tournament
February 25	vs. Baylor	W 86–83	16–11 (7–9)	HemisFair Arena San Antonio, Texas
February 26	vs. Texas Tech	L 65–73	16–12 (7–9)	HemisFair Arena San Antonio, Texas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Texas A&M †	14	–	2	.875	26	–	8	.765
Arkansas	13	–	3	.813	21	–	8	.724
Texas	10	–	6	.625	19	–	11	.633
Texas Tech	8	–	8	.500	16	–	13	.552
Houston	8	–	8	.500	14	–	14	.500
SMU	7	–	9	.438	16	–	12	.571
Baylor	6	–	10	.375	11	–	16	.407
Rice	4	–	12	.250	7	–	19	.269
TCU	2	–	14	.125	7	–	19	.269

† 1980 SWC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll