1979–80 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

1979–80 season of University of Kentucky men's basketball team March 2026 August 2023 basketball 1979–80 Kentucky Wildcats 150 Southeastern Conference SEC 3 4 29–6 15–3 Joe B. Hall 8th Kyle Macy Rupp Arena SEC regular season champions Great Alaska Shootout Champions NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen The 1979–80 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky during the 1979–80 college basketball season. The Wildcats were coached by Joe. B. Hall, who was in his 8th season. Kentucky finished with an overall record of 29–6 (15–3 SEC) and were invited to the 1980 NCAA Tournament as a #1 seed. In their opening round match up they easily defeated Florida St. 97–78. But in their Sweet 16 game Kentucky was upset by #4 seed Duke 55–54. Schedule no yes no no no |- !colspan=6 style=Kentucky Wildcats| Regular season November 17 1:00 yes yes 2 Duke 3 Springfield Civic Center Springfield, MA TVS 76–82 OT 0–1 November 30 no yes yes 2 Bradley Buckner Fieldhouse Anchorage, AK Great Alaska Shootout no 79–58 1–1 December 1 no yes yes 2 Alaska Buckner Fieldhouse Anchorage, AK Great Alaska Shootout no 97–68 2–1 December 2 no yes yes 2 Iona Buckner Fieldhouse Anchorage, AK Great Alaska Shootout no 57–50 3–1 December 8 no yes 5 Baylor Rupp Arena Lexington, KY no 80–46 4–1 December 10 no yes 5 South Carolina Rupp Arena Lexington, KY no 126–81 5–1 December 12 no yes yes 5 Kansas Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS no 57–56 6–1 December 15 no yes 5 Indiana 1 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY Indiana–Kentucky basketball rivalry no 69–58 7–1 December 17 no yes 5 Georgia Omni Coliseum Atlanta, GA no 95–69 8–1 1–0 December 21 no yes 3 California Rupp Arena Lexington, KY UK Invitation Tournament no 78–52 9–1 December 22 no yes 3 Purdue 9 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY UK Invitation Tournament • Final no 61–60 10–1 December 29 no yes yes 2 Notre Dame 3 Freedom Hall Louisville, KY no 86–80 11–1 January 2 9:00 p.m. 2 Auburn Rupp Arena Lexington, KY Chesley-TPCTelevision slate set Associated Press Kentucky New Era July 17, 1979 14 https://books.google.com/books?id=j_swAAAAIBAJ&dq=CD+Chesley+SEC+Basketball&pg=PA130&article_id=3588,1465081 Google Books September 25, 2023 67–65 12–1 2–0 January 5 no yes 2 Tennessee Stokely Athletic Center Knoxville, TN NBC/TVSNBC Plays 80 Games For Regional, National TV Kentucky New Era November 27, 1979 31 https://books.google.com/books?id=ufYrAAAAIBAJ&dq=TVS+Television+Network+SEC+Basketball&pg=PA26&article_id=2273,3030122 Google Books September 27, 2023 47–49 12–2 2–1 January 9 no yes 4 Ole Miss Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, MS no 79–73 13–2 3–1 January 12 no 4 Alabama Rupp Arena Lexington, KY no 64–78 13–3 3–2 January 17 9:00 p.m. yes 6 Florida Florida Gymnasium Gainesville, FL Chesley-TPCkne07171979 76–63 14–3 4–2 January 19 no 6 Vanderbilt Rupp Arena Lexington, KY no 106–90 15–3 5–2 January 23 no yes 5 Mississippi State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS no 89–67 16–3 6–2 January 26 no 5 Georgia Rupp Arena Lexington, KY no 56–49 17–3 7–2 January 28 9:00 p.m. 5 LSU 11 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY Chesley-TPCkne07171979 60–65 17–4 7–3 January 30 no yes 3 Auburn Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum Auburn, AL no 64–62 18–4 8–3 February 2 no 3 Tennessee Rupp Arena Lexington, KY no 83–75 19–4 9–3 February 6 no 5 Ole Miss Rupp Arena Lexington, KY no 86–72 20–4 10–3 February 9 no yes 5 Alabama Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL no 72–63 21–4 11–3 February 13 no 5 Florida Rupp Arena Lexington, KY no 95–70 22–4 12–3 February 15 no 5 Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN no 91–73 23–4 13–3 February 17 no yes yes 5 UNLV Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, NV no 74–69 24–4 February 20 no 3 Mississippi State Rupp Arena Lexington, KY no 71–65 25–4 14–3 February 24 2:30 yes 3 LSU 5 Pete Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA NBC 76–74 26–4 15–3 |- !colspan=6 style=Kentucky Wildcats| SEC Tournament February 28 9:00 no yes 2 1 Auburn 9 Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex Birmingham, AL Quarterfinals Chesley-TPCkne07171979 69–61 13,429 27–4 February 29 9:00 no yes 2 1 Ole Miss 5 Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex Birmingham, AL Semifinals Chesley-TPCkne07171979 70–67 13,482 28–4 March 1 8:30 yes yes 2 1 LSU 5 2 Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex Birmingham, AL Championship Chesley-TPCkne07171979 78–80 8,400 28–5 |- !colspan=6 style=Kentucky Wildcats| NCAA Tournament March 9 3:00 PM yes yes 4 1 ME Florida State 8 E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY Second round NBC 97–78 12,100 29–5 March 13 9:37 PM yes yes 4 1 ME Duke 14 4 ME Rupp Arena Lexington, KY Sweet Sixteen NBC 54–55 23,380 29–6 AP Poll Eastern Standard Time http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/all-time-results.html All-Time Results 2012-12-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20130523164533/http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/all-time-results.html#1970 2013-05-23 dead References Kentucky Kentucky Category:Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball seasons Kentucky Wildcats Kentucky Wildcats Category:Long stubs with short prose