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1979–80 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

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1979–80 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Final Four
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
APNo. 20
Record23–10 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMackey Arena
Seasons

This was the last Purdue team to reach the Final Four until 2024.

1979–80 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Indiana 13 5   .722 21 8   .724
No. 10 Ohio State 12 6   .667 21 8   .724
No. 20 Purdue 11 7   .611 23 10   .697
Iowa 10 8   .556 23 10   .697
Minnesota 10 8   .556 21 11   .656
Illinois 8 10   .444 22 13   .629
Michigan 8 10   .444 17 13   .567
Wisconsin 7 11   .389 15 14   .517
Michigan State 6 12   .333 12 15   .444
Northwestern 5 13   .278 10 17   .370
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

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1979–80 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G 21 John Anthrop 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Lafayette, Indiana
G 44 Roosevelt Barnes 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Fort Wayne, Indiana
C 35 Ted Benson 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr Atlanta, Georgia
C 22 Joe Barry Carroll 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Sr Denver, Colorado
G 24 Lee Cummings 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Chicago, Illinois
G 11 Keith Edmonson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So San Antonio, Texas
F 45 Arnette Hallman 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Chicago, Illinois
G 41 Jon Kitchell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Galveston, Indiana
G/F 33 Drake Morris 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr East Chicago, Indiana
F 23 Michael Scearce 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Lexington, Kentucky
G 32 Kevin Stallings 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Collinsville, Illinois
G 20 Brian Walker 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Lebanon, Indiana
F 12 Steve Walker 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Lebanon, Indiana
Head coach

Lee Rose

Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

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Regular season

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During the 1980 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, Purdue qualified for the Final Four, where they lost to UCLA.

NCAA basketball tournament

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  • Midwest
    • #20 (AP) Purdue (#6 seed) 90, LaSalle (#11 seed) 82
    • #20 (AP) Purdue 87, #13 (AP) St. John’s, (NY) (#3 seed) 72
    • #20 (AP) Purdue 76, #7 (AP) Indiana (#2 seed) 69
    • #20 (AP) Purdue 68, #14 (AP) Duke (# 4 seed) 60
  • Final Four
    • UCLA (#8 seed) 67, #20 (AP) Purdue (#6 seed) 62
    • #20 (AP) Purdue (#6 seed) 75, Iowa (#5 seed) 58 (3rd Place / Consolation Game)

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Awards and honors

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Team players drafted into the NBA

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Round Pick Player NBA Club
1 1 Joe Barry Carroll Golden State Warriors
2 46 Arnette Hallman Boston Celtics

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References

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  1. ^ "1980 NCAA Final Four program". March 1980. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  2. ^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
  3. ^ "1980 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on March 18, 2010. Retrieved May 16, 2009.