1979–80 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1979–80 DePaul Blue Demons DePaul Blue Demons Script Logo.png Independent 1 1 26–2 Ray Meyer 38th Joey Meyer 6th Jim Molinari 1st Alumni Hall NCAA Division I regular season champions NCAA Tournament Second Round The 1979–80 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Ray Meyer, in his 38th season, and played their home games at the Alumni Hall in Chicago. In the 1980 NCAA Tournament the Blue Demons were a #1 seed but were upset in the second round by UCLA 77–71. Roster 1979 DePaul Blue Demons y y James Mitchem 11 FC 6 9 215 sR Albuquerque, NM St. Pius X Dennis McGuire 21 F 6 8 195 Jr River Grove, Illinois Holy Cross Clyde Bradshaw 23 G 6 0 170 Jr y East Orange, NJ East Orange Mark Aguirre 24 F 6 7 225 SO y Chicago, IL Westinghouse Terry Cummings 32 F 6 9 220 Fr y Chicago, IL Carver Skip Dillard 44 G 6 3 200 So Chicago, IL Westinghouse Ray Meyer Joey Meyer Jim Molinari https://s3.amazonaws.com/depaulbluedemons.com/documents/2018/7/31/roster_num_34_.pdf Schedule |- !colspan=12 style=DePaul Blue Demons| Regular season December 5 ESPN 10 Wisconsin 90–77 1–0 Alumni Hall 5,308 Chicago, Illinois December 10 11 Texas 66–60 2–0 Alumni Hall 5,308 Chicago, Illinois December 12 11 yes Northern Illinois 57–55 3–0 Chick Evans Field House 6,076 DeKalb, Illinois December 15 11 yes 7 UCLA 99–94 4–0 Pauley Pavilion 12,072 Los Angeles, California December 19 6 yes Eastern Michigan 57–55 5–0 Bowen Field House 4,600 Ypsilanti, Michigan December 21 6 yes Northwestern 81–75 6–0 Welsh-Ryan Arena 5,913 Evanston, Illinois December 22 6 yes Loyola (IL) 92–83 7–0 Welsh-Ryan Arena 8,263 Evanston, Illinois December 29 4 Bradley 68–61 8–0 Alumni Hall 5,308 Chicago, Illinois January 2 3 yes 12 Missouri 92–79 9–0 Hearnes Center 9,500 Columbia, Missouri January 5 3 yes Loyola (IL) 80–75 10–0 Alumni Gym 3,291 Chicago, Illinois January 7 2 Ball State 96–79 11–0 Alumni Hall 5,308 Chicago, Illinois January 12 2 yes Marquette 92–85 12–0 MECCA Arena 10,938 Milwaukee, Wisconsin January 15 1 Lamar 61–59 13–0 Alumni Hall 5,308 Chicago, Illinois January 18 1 Maine 93–79 14–0 Alumni Hall 5,308 Chicago, Illinois January 20 1 14 LSU 78–73 15–0 Alumni Hall 5,308 Chicago, Illinois January 22 1 yes Alabama-Birmingham 57–54 16–0 Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center 17,309 Birmingham, Alabama January 26 1 Evansville 105–94 17–0 Alumni Hall 5,308 Chicago, Illinois January 28 1 yes Creighton 84–73 18–0 Omaha Civic Auditorium 10,000 Omaha, Nebraska February 2 1 North Texas 102–71 19–0 Alumni Hall 5,308 Chicago, Illinois February 9 1 Dayton 65–63 20–0 Alumni Hall 5,308 Chicago, Illinois February 13 1 yes Valparaiso 95–71 21–0 Hilltop Gym 4,300 Valparaiso, Indiana February 16 1 Butler 103–79 22–0 Alumni Hall 5,308 Chicago, Illinois February 18 1 La Salle 92–75 23–0 Alumni Hall 5,308 Chicago, Illinois February 21 1 yes Wagner 105–89 24–0 Madison Square Garden 18,000 New York February 23 1 Loyola (IL) 94–87 25–0 Alumni Hall 5,308 Chicago, Illinois February 27 1 yes 14 Notre Dame 74–76 2OT 25–1 Joyce Center 11,345 South Bend, Indiana March 1 1 Illinois State 97–81 26–1 Alumni Hall 5,308 Chicago, Illinois |- !colspan=12 style=DePaul Blue Demons| NCAA Tournament March 9 1 W 1 yes 8 W UCLA Second Round 71–77 26–2 ASU Activity Center 11,000 Tempe, Arizona Source:https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/depaul/1980-schedule.html 1979–80 DePaul Blue Demons Schedule and Results College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com https://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/B/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20I_1980_176_DePaul%20University.pdf 1979–80 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball Rankings 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings AP 0 14 9 10 11 6 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Coaches 0 14 9т 10 10 7т 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 References DePaul Category:1980 in sports in Illinois Category:DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball seasons Category:1979 in sports in Illinois DePaul Category:1979 in Chicago Category:1980 in Chicago