1979–80 Baylor Bears basketball team

1979–80 Baylor Bears men's basketball
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	11–16 (6–10 SWC)
Head coach	Jim Haller
Home arena	Heart O' Texas Coliseum

1979–80 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings

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

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	Rank^#	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  College Station, Texas
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  Fayetteville, Arkansas
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  Fort Worth, Texas
Southwest tournament
February 25	(7)	at (6) SMU First round	L 83–86	11–16	Moody Coliseum  University Park, Texas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

[1][2]

References

1. "1979–80 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
2. "Baylor Basketball - The Review" (PDF). BaylorBears.com. Baylor University. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.