1979–80 Baylor Bears basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1979–80 Baylor Bears Basketball Southwest Conference SWC 11–16 6–10 Jim Haller Heart O' Texas Coliseum The 1979–80 Baylor Bears men's basketball team represented Baylor University during the 1979–80 men's college basketball season. Schedule December 1 yes yes BYU 58–100 0–1 Marriott Center Provo, Utah December 3 yes yes UTEP 64–81 0–2 Don Haskins Center El Paso, Texas December 5 yes New Mexico State 71–75 0–3 Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas December 8 yes yes Kentucky 46–80 0–4 Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky December 11 yes McMurry 83–69 1–4 Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas December 15 yes Oklahoma City 102–92 2–4 Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas December 17 yes Trinity 84–48 3–4 Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas December 21 yes yes Louisiana 83–96 3–5 Blackham Coliseum Lafayette, Louisiana December 22 yes yes Long Beach State 87–80 4–5 Blackham Coliseum Lafayette, Louisiana December 29 yes Davidson 76–67 5–5 Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas January 5 yes Texas A&M 57–74 5–6 0–1 G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas January 8 SMU 72–78 5–7 0–2 Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas January 12 Rice 73–63 6–7 1–2 Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas January 15 yes Arkansas 57–71 6–8 1–3 Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas January 19 yes Texas Tech 67–69 6–9 1–4 Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas January 22 Texas 62–48 7–9 2–4 Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas January 26 yes Houston 71–82 7–10 2–5 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas January 28 TCU 85–73 8–10 3–5 Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas January 30 Texas A&M 50–59 8–11 3–6 Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas February 2 yes Rice 60–57 9–11 4–6 Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas February 4 yes SMU 69–73 9–12 4–7 Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas February 7 Arkansas 51–70 9–13 4–8 Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas February 9 Texas Tech 79–56 10–13 5–8 Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas February 12 yes Texas 61–99 10–14 5–9 Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas February 16 Houston 58–60 10–15 5–10 Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas February 22 yes TCU 67–59 11–15 6–10 Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas |- !colspan=9 style=Baylor Bears| Southwest tournament February 25 7 yes 6 SMU First round 83–86 11–16 Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/baylor/1980-schedule.html 1979–80 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com April 18, 2022https://s3.amazonaws.com/baylorbears.com/documents/2015/4/30/_bay_m_baskbl__08mediaguide-section8.pdf Baylor Basketball - The Review BaylorBears.com Baylor University April 18, 2022 live https://web.archive.org/web/20210715233117/https://s3.amazonaws.com/baylorbears.com/documents/2015/4/30/_bay_m_baskbl__08mediaguide-section8.pdf July 15, 2021 References Category:Baylor Bears men's basketball seasons Baylor Category:1979 in sports in Texas Category:1980 in sports in Texas