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1979–80 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team

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1979–80 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Second Round
ConferencePac-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
APNo. 18
Record22–7 (15–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home arenaASU Activity Center
Seasons
1979–80 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
^#5 Oregon State 16 2   .889 26 3   .897
No. 18 Arizona State 15 3   .833 22 7   .759
Washington State 14 4   .778 22 6   .786
*UCLA 12 6   .667 17 9   .654
Washington 9 9   .500 18 10   .643
Arizona 6 12   .333 12 15   .444
USC 5 13   .278 12 15   .444
Oregon 5 13   .278 10 17   .370
Stanford 5 13   .278 7 19   .269
California 3 15   .167 8 19   .296
As of April 15, 1980[1]
*Oregon State vacated all tournament games (0–1) due to NCAA sanctions.
Disputed record (16-2, 26-4)
^UCLA vacated all tournament games (5–1) due to NCAA sanctions.
Disputed record (22-10, 12-6)
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979–80 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team represented the Arizona State University during the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Ned Wulk's 23rd season as head coach. The Sun Devils defeated Loyola Marymount in the first round to advance to the Second Round. In the Second Round, they lost to the Ohio State, 75–89.

Roster

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1979–80 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G 12 Fat Lever 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Tucson, Arizona
C 53 Alton Lister 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) So Dallas, Texas
C 52 Kurt Nimphius 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Sr Milwaukee, Wisconsin
G 11 Byron Scott 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Inglewood, California
F 30 Sam Williams 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Los Angeles, California
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
December 3*
at Houston W 78–65  1–0
Hofheinz Pavilion 
Houston, Texas
December 7*
Southern Illinois W 92–74  2–0
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
December 8
USC L 66–77  2–1
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
December 12*
at Kansas State L 50–63  2–2
Ahearn Field House 
Manhattan, Kansas
December 14*
vs. Santa Clara W 91–74  3–2
Stokely Center 
 
December 15*
at Tennessee L 79–82  3–3
Stokely Center 
 
December 20
Washington State W 75–74  4–3
(1–0)
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
December 22
Washington W 69–56  6–3
(2–0)
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
December 27
Arizona W 85–78  7–3
(3–0)
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
December 29*
Kansas W 73–65  8–3
(3–0)
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
January 4
at Stanford W 70–64  9–3
(4–0)
Maples Pavilion 
Stanford, California
January 5
at California W 74–63  10–3
(5–0)
Haas Pavilion 
Berkeley, California
January 10
Oregon W 104–77  11–3
(6–0)
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
January 12
Oregon State L 59–63  11–4
(6–1)
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
January 17
at UCLA W 78–76  12–4
(7–1)
Pauley Pavilion 
Los Angeles, California
January 18
at USC W 81–75  13–4
(8–1)
L.A. Sports Arena 
Los Angeles, California
January 22*
Grand Canyon W 80–68  14–4
(8–1)
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
January 26
at Arizona W 97–72  15–4
(9–1)
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
January 31
California W 69–58  16–4
(10–1)
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
February 2
Stanford W 93–80  17–4
(11–1)
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
February 7
at Oregon State L 75–82  17–5
(11–2)
Gill Coliseum 
Corvallis, Oregon
February 9
at Oregon W 88–65  18–5
(12–2)
McArthur Court 
Eugene, Oregon
February 16
USC W 67–57  19–5
(13–2)
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
February 18
UCLA W 92–80  20–5
(14–2)
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
February 23
Arizona W 78–72  21–5
(15–2)
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
February 28
at Washington State L 58–71  20–6
(14–3)
Beasley Coliseum 
Pullman, Washington
March 1
at Washington W 75–61  21–6
(15–3)
Hec Edmundson Pavilion 
Seattle, Washington
NCAA Tournament
March 7
vs. Loyola Marymount W 99–71  22–6
(15–3)
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
March 8
vs. Ohio State L 75–89  22–7
(15–3)
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. ^ "1979-80 Arizona State Sun Devils Schedule". sports-reference.com. Retrieved June 22, 2021.