1979–80 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1979–80 UC Irvine Anteaters 125 Pacific Coast Athletic Association PCAA 9–18UC Irvine officially claims two losses vacated by UC Santa Barbara as wins. 1–13 Tim Tift 11th Dean Andrea Burt Golden Crawford Hall The 1979–80 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by eleventh year head coach Tim Tift and played their home games at Crawford Hall. They were members of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. They finished the season 4–18 and 1–13 in PCAA play. Previous season The 1978–79 Anteaters finished the season with a record of 9–17 and 3–11 in PCAA play. The anteaters were invited to the PCAA tournament for the first time and were eliminated Pacific Tigers in the first round. Off-season Recruits 1979 Recruiting Class no yes 1979 James Brooker F N/A Mission San Jose High School (CA) 6 6 Rick Doyle C N/A Santa Rosa High School (CA) 6 9 235 Barry Smith C N/A Mission San Jose High School (CA) 6 10 220 Tony Welch G N/A Sacred Heart High School 6 3 190 Source(1979, Apr 17). Tift Comes South With Four Recruits. Los Angeles Times Roster 1979 UC Irvine Anteaters men's y Robbie Bell G 6 3 SO Don Barnes F 6 7 FR Louis Bremond G 6 0 SO Quentin Brown F 6 6 JR John Clark G 6 4 JR Victor Conyers F 6 8 SR Rick Doyle F 6 9 FR Lamont Jerrett C 6 10 JR Steve Rodgers F 6 8 SR Mark Sullivan G 6 2 FR Tony Welch G 6 3 FR http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/B/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20I_1980_109_University%20of%20California,%20Irvine.pdf July 24, 2017 Tim Tift(Pepperdine) Dean Andrea Burt Golden Schedule yes 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 1979 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002244; color:#FFDE6C;"| Regular season November 30, 1979 yes 1979 men Samford Bulldogs Samford Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 873 93–79 1–0 December 1, 1979 yes 1979 men Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball Saint Mary's Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 937 66–68 1–1 December 8, 1979 yes y 1979 men Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Northern Arizona Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ 7,153 77–84 OT 1–2 December 14, 1979 yes 1979 men Chico State Wildcats Chico State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 406 85–56 2–2 December 15, 1979 yes 1979 men North Park University North Park Vikings North Park Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 512 55–69 2–3 December 17, 1979 yes 1979 men Central Dutch Central Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 319 74–60 3–3 December 19, 1979 yes 1979 men Jackson State Tigers Jackson State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 201 56–50 4–3 December 21, 1979 yes y 1979 men Portland State Vikings Portland State Portland State University Gym Portland, OR Portland State Tournament 517 69–56 5–3 December 22, 1979 yes y 1979 men Pepperdine Waves Pepperdine Portland State University Gym Portland, OR Portland State Tournament 450 55–68 5–4 December 28, 1979 yes y 1979 men Hofstra Pride Hofstra Hart Recreation Center Worcester, MA Crusader Classic 4,000 83–84 2OT 5–5 December 29, 1979 yes y 1979 men Assumption Greyhounds Assumption Hart Recreation Center Worcester, MA Crusader Classic 4,000 65–67 5–6 January 2, 1980 yes y 1979 men Western Illinois Leathernecks Western Illinois Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 247 83–74 6–6 January 10, 1980 y 1979 men Long Beach State 49ers Long Beach State Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA 3,187 46–77 6–7 0–1 January 12, 1980 1979 men UC Santa Barbara Gauchos UC Santa Barbara Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,049 59–61 Vacated by Pacific Coast Athletic Association, claimed by UC Irvine as wins1980-10-11 The Newswire: UC Santa Barbara Basketball Placed on Probation Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, CA 162935162 6–8 0–2 January 16, 1980 y 1979 men Pacific Tigers Pacific Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium Stockton, CA 2,530 46–59 6–9 0–3 January 19, 1980 y 1979 men Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State Selland Arena Fresno, CA 6,530 53–68 6–10 0–4 January 24, 1980 y 1979 men Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Fullerton Titan Gym Fullerton, CA 1,350 53–68 6–11 0–5 January 26, 1980 Cal State Fullerton Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,232 62–63 6–12 0–6 January 31, 1980 y San Jose State San Jose Civic Auditorium San Jose, CA 1,453 47–82 6–13 0–7 February 2, 1980 y Utah State Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, UT 8,918 81–98 6–14 0–8 February 7, 1980 Utah State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 719 83–87 OT 6–15 0–9 February 9, 1980 San Jose State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 3,196 59–74 6–16 0–10 February 14, 1980 Fresno State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 519 47–51 6–17 0–11 February 16, 1980 Pacific Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 487 63–60 7–17 1–11 February 21, 1980 y UC Santa Barbara UCSB Events Center Santa Barbara, CA 2,300 66–81Vacated by Pacific Coast Athletic Association, claimed by UC Irvine as wins 7–18 1–12 February 24, 1980 Long Beach State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,429 26–30 7–19 1–13 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002244; color:#FFDE6C;"| PCAA tournament February 28, 1980 yes Long Beach State Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA Quarterfinals 3,221 56–64 7–20 AP Poll Pacific Time Sourcehttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/california-irvine/1980-schedule.html 1979-80 California-Irvine Anteaters Schedule and Results http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/B/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20I_1980_109_University%20of%20California,%20Irvine.pdf Final 1980 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report NCAA July 20, 2017 Awards and honors Victor Conyers PCAA Second Team All-Conferencehttp://www.bigwest.org/sports/mbball/info/records12.pdf Big West Conference men's basketball record book Big West Conference bigwest.org July 21, 2017 October 7, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131007030909/http://www.bigwest.org/sports/mbball/info/records12.pdf dead Notes note References Category:UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball seasons Category:1980s in Orange County, California UC Irvine UC Irvine Anteaters UC Irvine Anteaters