1979–80 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team
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1979–80 SMU Mustangs men's basketball | |
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Conference | Southwest Conference |
1979–80 record | 16–12 (7–9 SWC) |
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Home arena | Moody Coliseum |
1979–80 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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.
Roster[]
1979–80 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team | |||||||||||||||
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Players | Coaches | ||||||||||||||
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Schedule[]
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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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 | |||||||
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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Team players drafted into the NBA[]
Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
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2 | 45 | Brad Branson | Detroit Pistons |
References[]
- ^ "1979–80 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/smumustangs.com/documents/2018/10/11/061_128_Results_Web.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-18. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
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