1979–80 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 August 2021 1979–80 SMU Mustangs Basketball Southwest Conference SWC 16–12 7–9 Sonny Allen 5th Moody Coliseum The 1979–80 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team represented Southern Methodist University during the 1979–80 men's college basketball season. This was Sonny Allen's final year as head coach at SMU.1979-80 SMU Mustangs Men's Roster and Stats https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/southern-methodist/men/1980.html 2025-11-09 College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com en The Mustangs finished with a record of 16–12 overall, and 7–9 in their conference. Roster 1979 SMU Mustangs y Brad Branson F 6 10 220 Sr North Fort Myers, Florida y Sonny Allen Schedule December 1 yes Tulane 78–68 1–0 Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas December 3 yes Texas Lutheran 123–91 2–0 Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas December 5 yes Kansas 89–88 3–0 Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas December 8 yes Colorado 86–65 4–0 Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas December 15 yes Texas Arlington 77–76 5–0 Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas December 17 yes Georgia State 119–92 6–0 Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas December 19 yes Texas Wesleyan 112–85 7–0 Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas December 21 yes yes Purdue 60–85 7–1 Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky December 22 yes yes California 97–88 8–1 Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky December 29 yes yes Vanderbilt 77–88 8–2 Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee January 3 yes Arkansas 69–84 8–3 0–1 Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas January 5 Texas 75–85 8–4 0–2 Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas January 8 yes Baylor 78–72 9–4 1–2 Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas January 12 yes Houston 81–96 9–5 1–3 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas January 15 Texas A&M 56–63 9–6 1–4 Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas January 19 TCU 89–92 9–7 1–5 Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas January 22 yes Rice 85–83 10–7 2–5 Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas January 26 Texas Tech 76–75 11–7 3–5 Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas January 30 yes Texas 80–113 11–8 3–6 Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas February 2 Houston 70–71 11–9 3–7 Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas February 4 Baylor 73–69 12–9 4–7 Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas February 6 yes Texas A&M 56–67 12–10 4–8 G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas February 9 yes TCU 76–57 13–10 5–8 Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas February 12 Rice 82–81 14–10 6–8 Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas February 16 yes Texas Tech 59–62 14–11 6–9 Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas February 19 Arkansas 62–58 15–11 7–9 Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas |- !colspan=9 style=SMU Mustangs| Southwest tournament February 25 yes Baylor 86–83 16–11 7–9 HemisFair Arena San Antonio, Texas February 26 yes Texas Tech 65–73 16–12 7–9 HemisFair Arena San Antonio, Texas https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/southern-methodist/1980-schedule.html 1979–80 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com April 20, 2022 live https://web.archive.org/web/20210713030918/https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/southern-methodist/1980-schedule.html July 13, 2021https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/smumustangs.com/documents/2018/10/11/061_128_Results_Web.pdf Results Southern Methodist University April 20, 2022 live https://web.archive.org/web/20220113144652/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/smumustangs.com/documents/2018/10/11/061_128_Results_Web.pdf January 13, 2022 Team players drafted into the NBA SMU Mustangs Round Pick Player NBA Club 2 45 Brad Branson Detroit Pistons http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1980&lg=N 1980 NBA Draft DatabaseBasketball.com 2009-05-16 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20100318002838/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1980&lg=N 2010-03-18 References Category:SMU Mustangs men's basketball seasons SMU SMU SMU