1979–80 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball none 1979–80 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers WKU Hilltoppers wordmark.png 150 Ohio Valley Conference OVC 21–8 10–2 Gene Keady Clem Haskins E. A. Diddle Arena OVC Tournament ChampionOhio Valley Conference Champion NCAA Tournament First Round The 1979–80 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hilltoppers were members of the Ohio Valley Conference and led by future National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame coach Gene Keady.Lowell H. Harrison Western Kentucky University https://books.google.com/books?id=zL4eBgAAQBAJ&q=gene+keady+leaves+wku+for+purdue&pg=PA276 1987 University Press of Kentucky 978-0813116204 276– WKU won the OVC regular season and tournament championships and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament.2019-2020 OVC Basketball Media Guide, retrieved 4 May 2020 Craig McCormick and Bill Bryant made the All-OVC Team, and McCormick was selected as OVC Tournament MVP.2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020 Schedule 1979-80 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Schedule and Results, Sports Reference, retrieved 6 May 2020 1979-80 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 1980 |- !colspan=6| Regular season 12/1/1979 yes Rollins E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 104–73 1–0 |- 12/3/1979 yes yes Illinois State Horton Field House Normal, IL 55–66 1–1 12/6/1979 yes yes Duquesne Mellon Arena Pittsburgh, PA 73–84 1–2 12/8/1979 yes Florida A&M E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 87–60 2–2 12/13/1979 yes yes Evansville Freedom Hall Louisville, KY Holiday Classic 75–61 3–2 12/14/1979 yes yes Louisville 12 Freedom Hall Louisville, KY Holiday Classic 74–96 3–3 12/29/1979 yes Florida State E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 65–67 3–4 1/3/1980 yes Butler E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 66–62 4–4 1/5/1980 yes yes Louisiana Tech Memorial Gym Ruston, LA 63–59 5–4 1/7/1980 yes East Tennessee E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 71–59 6–4 1/10/1980 yes Akron E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 92–58 7–4 1/12/1980 Tennessee Tech E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 97–72 8–4 (1-0) 1/17/1980 Murray State E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 68–48 9–4 (2-0) 1/19/1980 yes Austin Peay Dunn Center Clarksville, TN 95–71 10–4 (3-0) 1/21/1980 yes Dayton E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 71–65 11–4 1/24/1980 yes Middle Tennessee Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 62–58 12–4 (4-0) 1/26/1980 yes Eastern Kentucky Alumni Coliseum Richmond, KY 82–84 12–5 (4-1) 1/31/1980 Morehead State E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 86–79 13–5 (5-1) 2/2/1980 Eastern Kentucky E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 74–62 14–5 (6-1) 2/7/1980 yes yes Akron James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, OH 70–68 15–5 2/9/1980 yes Tennessee Tech Eblen Center Cookeville, TN 75–56 16–5 (7-1) 2/11/1980 yes Morehead State Wetherby Gymnasium Morehead, KY 73–76 16–6 (7-2) 2/14/1980 Austin Peay E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 70–51 17–6 (8-2) 2/16/1980 yes Murray State Racer Arena Murray, KY 56–55 18–6 (9-2) 2/21/1980 Middle Tennessee E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 81–79 3OT 19–6 (10-2) 2/23/1980 yes yes South Carolina Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC 65–73 2OT 19–7 |- !colspan=6| 1980 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament 2/28/1980 1 Eastern Kentucky 4 E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY Semifinals 84–83 OT 20–7 3/1/1980 1 Murray State 2 E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY Championship 54–51 21–7 |- !colspan=6| 1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament 3/7/1980 yes 10 ME Virginia Tech 7 ME E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY First Round 85–89 OT 21–8 AP Poll References Category:Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball seasons Western Kentucky Western Kentucky Western Kentucky Basketball, Men's Western Kentucky Basketball, Men's Category:Long stubs with short prose