1979–80 Baylor Bears basketball team

1979–80 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
	† 1980 SWC Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

1979–80 Baylor Bears men's basketball
1979–80 Baylor Bears men's basketball
Conference	Southwest Conference
1979–80 record	11–16 (6–10 SWC)
Head coach	Jim Haller;
Home arena	Heart O' Texas Coliseum
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The 1979–80 Baylor Bears men's basketball team represented Baylor University during the 1979–80 men's college basketball season.

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1*	at BYU	L 58–100	0–1	Marriott Center Provo, Utah
December 3*	at UTEP	L 64–81	0–2	Don Haskins Center El Paso, Texas
December 5*	New Mexico State	L 71–75	0–3	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
December 8*	at Kentucky	L 46–80	0–4	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
December 11*	McMurry	W 83–69	1–4	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
December 15*	Oklahoma City	W 102–92	2–4	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
December 17*	Trinity	W 84–48	3–4	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
December 21*	vs. Louisiana	L 83–96	3–5	Blackham Coliseum Lafayette, Louisiana
December 22*	vs. Long Beach State	W 87–80	4–5	Blackham Coliseum Lafayette, Louisiana
December 29*	Davidson	W 76–67	5–5	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
January 5	at Texas A&M	L 57–74	5–6 (0–1)	G. Rollie White Coliseum
January 8	SMU	L 72–78	5–7 (0–2)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
January 12	Rice	W 73–63	6–7 (1–2)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
January 15	at Arkansas	L 57–71	6–8 (1–3)	Barnhill Arena
January 19	at Texas Tech	L 67–69	6–9 (1–4)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
January 22	Texas	W 62–48	7–9 (2–4)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
January 26	at Houston	L 71–82	7–10 (2–5)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
January 28	TCU	W 85–73	8–10 (3–5)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
January 30	Texas A&M	L 50–59	8–11 (3–6)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
February 2	at Rice	W 60–57	9–11 (4–6)	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
February 4	at SMU	L 69–73	9–12 (4–7)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 7	Arkansas	L 51–70	9–13 (4–8)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
February 9	Texas Tech	W 79–56	10–13 (5–8)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
February 12	at Texas	L 61–99	10–14 (5–9)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
February 16	Houston	L 58–60	10–15 (5–10)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
February 22	at TCU	W 67–59	11–15 (6–10)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum

February 25	vs. SMU	L 83–86	11–16 (6–10)	HemisFair Arena San Antonio, Texas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References[]

^ "1979–80 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ https://s3.amazonaws.com/baylorbears.com/documents/2015/4/30/_bay_m_baskbl__08mediaguide-section8.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

[1] "1979–80 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[2] ttps://s3.amazonaws.com/baylorbears.com/documents/2015/4/30/_bay_m_baskbl__08mediaguide-section8.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

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v t Baylor Bears men's basketball
Venues	(1938–1953) Heart O' Texas Fair Coliseum (1953–1988) Ferrell Center (1988–2024) Foster Pavilion (2024–future)
Culture & lore	"Old Fite" Baylor basketball scandal Murder of Patrick Dennehy
People	Statistical leaders
Seasons	1977–78 1979–80 2005–06 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1979–80 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
v t	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
	4	–	12	.250	7	–	19	.269
TCU	2	–	14	.125	7	–	19	.269

† 1980 SWC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll