1979–80 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team

1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball independents standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

1979–80 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball
1979–80 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
1979–80 record	26–2
Head coach	Ray Meyer (38th season);
Assistant coach	Joey Meyer (6th season)
Home arena	Alumni Hall
	Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Ray Meyer, in his 38th season, and played their home games at the Alumni Hall in Chicago.

Roster[]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F/C	11	James Mitchem	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	St. Pius X	Albuquerque, NM
F	21	Dennis McGuire	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Holy Cross	River Grove, Illinois
G	23	Clyde Bradshaw	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	East Orange	East Orange, NJ
F	24	Mark Aguirre	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Westinghouse	Chicago, IL
F	32	Terry Cummings	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Carver	Chicago, IL
G	44	Skip Dillard	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Westinghouse	Chicago, IL

Head coach

Ray Meyer

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
December 5	No. 10	Wisconsin	W 90–77	1–0	Alumni Hall Chicago, Illinois
December 10	No. 11	Texas	W 66–60	2–0	Alumni Hall Chicago, Illinois
December 12	(11)	at Northern Illinois	W 57–55	3–0	Chick Evans Field House DeKalb, Illinois
December 15	No. 11	at No. 7 UCLA	W 99–94	4–0	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
December 19	No. 6	at Eastern Michigan	W 57–55	5–0	Bowen Field House Ypsilanti, Michigan
December 21	No. 6	at Northwestern	W 81–75	6–0	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
December 22	No. 6	vs. Loyola (IL)	W 92–83	7–0	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
December 29	No. 4	Bradley	W 68–61	8–0	Alumni Hall Chicago, Illinois
January 2	No. 3	at No. 12 Missouri	W 92–79	9–0	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
January 5	No. 3	at Loyola (IL)	W 80–75	10–0	Alumni Gym
January 7	No. 2	Ball State	W 96–79	11–0	Alumni Hall Chicago, Illinois
January 12	No. 2	at Marquette	W 92–85	12–0	MECCA Arena Milwaukee, Wisconsin
January 15	No. 1	Lamar	W 61–59	13–0	Alumni Hall Chicago, Illinois
January 18	(1)	Maine	W 93–79	14–0	Alumni Hall Chicago, Illinois
January 20	No. 1	No. 14 LSU	W 78–73	15–0	Alumni Hall Chicago, Illinois
January 22	No. 1	at Alabama-Birmingham	W 57–54	16–0	Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama
January 26	No. 1	Evansville	W 105–94	17–0	Alumni Hall Chicago, Illinois
January 28	No. 1	at Creighton	W 84–73	18–0	Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha, Nebraska
February 2	No. 1	North Texas	W 102–71	19–0	Alumni Hall Chicago, Illinois
February 9	No. 1	Dayton	W 65–63	20–0	Alumni Hall Chicago, Illinois
February 13	No. 1	at Valparaiso	W 95–71	21–0	Valparaiso, Indiana
February 16	No. 1	Bulter	W 103–79	22–0	Alumni Hall Chicago, Illinois
February 18	No. 1	La Salle	W 92–75	23–0	Alumni Hall Chicago, Illinois
February 21	No. 1	at Wagner	W 105–89	24–0	Madison Square Garden New York
February 23	No. 1	Loyola (IL)	W 94–87	25–0	Alumni Hall Chicago, Illinois
February 27	No. 1	at No. 14 Notre Dame	L 74–76 ^2OT	25–1	Joyce Center South Bend, Indiana
March 1	No. 1	Illinois State	W 97–81	26–1	Alumni Hall Chicago, Illinois
NCAA Tournament
March 9	(1 W) No. 1	vs. (8 W) UCLA Second Round	L 71–77	26–2	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source:^[1]

References[]

^ "1979–80 DePaul Blue Demons Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[1] "1979–80 DePaul Blue Demons Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[1]

v t DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball
Venues	University Auditorium (1923–1956) Alumni Hall (1956–1980) Allstate Arena (1980–2017) Wintrust Arena (2017–present) McGrath-Phillips Arena (practice/alternate 2000–2017)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1983–84 1988–89 1990–91 1991–92 1999–2000 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball independents standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 DePaul		–		–	26	–	2	.929
No. 9 Notre Dame		–		–	23	–	8	.742
Tennessee State		–		–	19	–	7	.731
UNLV		–		–	23	–	9	.719
Cleveland State		–		–	18	–	8	.692
Illinois State		–		–	20	–	9	.690
Marquette		–		–	18	–	9	.667
UNC Wilmington		–		–	19	–	10	.655
Penn State		–		–	18	–	10	.643
Southern Mississippi		–		–	17	–	10	.630
South Carolina		–		–	16	–	11	.593
Campbell		–		–	15	–	12	.556
East Carolina		–		–	15	–	12	.556
Stetson		��		–	15	–	12	.556
Detroit		–		–	14	–	13	.519
Dayton		–		–	13	–	14	.481
North Texas State		–		–	13	–	14	.481
Milwaukee		–		–	9	–	17	.346
Valparaiso		–		–	8	–	18	.308
Portland State		–		–	5	–	21	.192
Charleston Southern		–		–	2	–	23	.080

Rankings from AP Poll