1979–80 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team

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1979–80 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball
ConferenceIvy League
1979–80 record16–10 (8–6 Ivy)
Head coach
  • (5th season)
Home arenaJohn J. Lee Amphitheater
Seasons
← 
1980–81 →
1979–80 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Penn 11 – 3   .786 17 – 12   .586
Princeton 11 – 3   .786 15 – 15   .500
9 – 5   .643 12 – 14   .462
Yale 8 – 6   .571 16 – 10   .615
Harvard 6 – 8   .429 11 – 15   .423
Columbia 5 – 9   .357 10 – 16   .385
Dartmouth 3 – 11   .214 6 – 20   .231
Cornell 3 – 11   .214 5 – 19   .208
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1979–80 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Yale University during the 1979–80 men's college basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by 5th year head coach , played their home games at John J. Lee Amphitheater of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 16–10, 8–6 in Ivy League play to finish in fourth place.[2]

Schedule[]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
December 1*
 at Connecticut L 75–83  0–1
 Hartford Civic Center 
Hartford, Connecticut
December 4*
 Fordham W 106–102 2OT 1–1
 Payne Whitney Gymnasium 
New Haven, CT
December 8*
 Holy Cross L 87–97  1–2
 Payne Whitney Gymnasium 
New Haven, CT
December 10
 at  W 69–58  2–2
(1–0) 		Marvel Gymnasium 
Providence, RI
December 27*
 at U. S. International L 79–83  2–3
(1–0) 		 
 
January 5*
 Middlebury W 114–74  3–3
(1–0) 		Payne Whitney Gymnasium 
New Haven, CT
January 11
 at Princeton L 57–65  3–4
(1–1) 		Jadwin Gymnasium 
Princeton, NJ
January 12
 at Penn L 64–84  3–5
(1–2) 		The Palestra 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 15*
 Army W 64–63  4–5
(1–2) 		Payne Whitney Gymnasium 
New Haven, CT
January 19*
 at Navy W 60–58  5–5
(1–2) 		Halsey Field House 
Annapolis, Maryland
January 23*
 New Hampshire W 81–62  6–5
(1–2) 		Payne Whitney Gymnasium 
New Haven, CT
January 26*
 Fairfield W 77–72  7–5
(1–2) 		Payne Whitney Gymnasium 
New Haven, CT
January 29
 Harvard W 86–75  8–5
(2–2) 		Payne Whitney Gymnasium 
New Haven, CT
January 30*
 Colgate W 83–68  9–5
(2–2) 		Payne Whitney Gymnasium 
New Haven, CT
February 2
 Dartmouth W 80–67  10–5
(3–2) 		Payne Whitney Gymnasium 
New Haven, CT
February 4*
 at North Carolina L 74–85  10–6
(3–2) 		Carmichael Arena 
Chapel Hill, NC
February 8
 at Cornell W 75–70  11–6
(4–2) 		Barton Hall 
Ithaca, NY
February 9
 at Columbia W 94–88  12–6
(5–2) 		Levien Gymnasium 
Morningside Heights, Manhattan
February 12
 Brown W 84–74  13–6
(6–2) 		Payne Whitney Gymnasium 
New Haven, CT
February 15
 Penn L 68–73  13–7
(6–3) 		Payne Whitney Gymnasium 
New Haven, CT
February 16
 Princeton L 57–61  13–8
(6–4) 		Payne Whitney Gymnasium 
New Haven, CT
February 18*
 Union W 68–62  14–8
(6–4) 		Payne Whitney Gymnasium 
New Haven, CT
February 22
 Columbia W 84–81  15–8
(7–4) 		Payne Whitney Gymnasium 
New Haven, CT
February 23
 Cornell L 93–98 OT 15–9
(7–5) 		Payne Whitney Gymnasium 
New Haven, CT
February 29
 at Dartmouth W 55–51  16–9
(8–5) 		Alumni Gymnasium 
Hanover, NH
March 1
 at Harvard L 85–86  16–10
(8–6) 		Malkin Athletic Center 
Cambridge, Massachusetts
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

[3][4]

References[]

  1. ^ sports-reference.com 1979-80 Ivy Group Season Summary
  2. ^ "1979—1980" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "1979–80 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  4. ^ "Yale Game-By-Game Results" (PDF). Yale.prestosports.com.


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