1979–80 LSU Tigers basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball none 1979–80 LSU Tigers Southeastern Conference SEC 2 3 26–6 14–4 Dale Brown 8th Ron Abernathy 4th Rick Huckabay 1st LSU Assembly Center SEC tournament champions NCAA tournament Elite Eight The 1979-80 LSU Tigers men's basketball team represented Louisiana State University during the 1979–80 NCAA men's college basketball season. The head coach was Dale Brown. The team was a member of the Southeastern Conference and played their home games at the LSU Assembly Center. Roster 1979 LSU Tigers y Brian Bergeron 22 G 6 3 175 So Port Allen, Louisiana Tyrone Black 34 C 6 8 200 Fr Baton Rouge, Louisiana Andy Campbell basketball y 44 C 7 2 235 Jr Hackham West, South Australia Howard Carter basketball y 32 GF 6 5 235 Fr Baton Rouge, Louisiana Greg Cook basketball y 43 C 6 9 230 Jr Roselle, New Jersey Joe Costello 25 GF 6 7 200 Fr Arlington, Texas Durand Macklin Rudy Macklin y 40 F 6 7 205 Jr Louisville, Kentucky Ethan Martin 21 G 6 0 170 Jr Baton Rouge, Louisiana DeWayne Scales y 31 F 6 8 205 Jr Dallas, Texas Willie Sims basketball y 10 G 6 3 200 Jr Long Island City, New York https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/louisiana-state/1980.html 2022-Jan-16 Dale Brown Ron Abernathy Rick Huckabay Schedule |- !colspan=6 style=LSU Tigers| Regular season December 1 7 Florida 112–81 1–0 1–0 LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana December 3 yes 6 New Orleans 104–78 2–0 1–0 LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana December 5 yes 6 yes Tulane 80–79 3–0 1–0 Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana December 15 yes 6 Maine 103–81 4–0 1–0 LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana December 20 yes 7 yes 20 Arkansas 56–55 5–0 1–0 Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas December 22 yes 7 Tulane 95–85 6–0 1–0 LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana December 28 yes 5 Boston University 92–72 7–0 1–0 LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana December 29 yes 5 Delaware 92–64 8–0 1–0 LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana January 2 4 yes Vanderbilt 66–77 8–1 1–1 Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee January 5 4 Mississippi State 80–58 9–1 2–1 LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana January 7 6 Alabama 56–57 9–2 2–2 LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana January 12 6 yes Georgia 71–72 9–3 2–3 Georgia Coliseum Athens, Georgia January 16 14 Auburn 93–82 10–3 3–3 LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana January 19 14 yes 20 Tennessee 75–74 11–3 4–3 Stokely Athletic Center Knoxville, Tennessee January 20 yes 14 yes 1 DePaul 73–78 11–4 4–3 Alumni Hall Chicago, Illinois January 23 11 Ole Miss 72–66 12–4 5–3 LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana January 26 11 yes Florida 66–58 13–4 6–3 Alligator Alley Gainesville, Florida January 28 10 yes 3 Kentucky 65–60 14–4 7–3 Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky January 30 10 Vanderbilt 83–81 15–4 8–3 LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana February 2 10 yes Mississippi State 75–63 16–4 9–3 Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, Mississippi February 6 6 yes Alabama 68–66 17–4 10–3 Memorial Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama February 9 6 Georgia 96–77 18–4 11–3 LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana February 13 6 yes Auburn 50–44 19–4 12–3 Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum Auburn, Alabama February 16 6 Tennessee 73–66 20–4 13–3 LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana February 21 5 yes Ole Miss 77–74 21–4 14–3 Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, Mississippi February 23 5 3 Kentucky 74–76 OT 21–5 14–4 LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana |- !colspan=12 style=LSU Tigers|SEC tournament February 28 2 5 yes 10 Florida Quarterfinals 95–82 22–5 14–4 Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama February 29 2 5 yes 3 Alabama Semifinals 73–66 23–5 14–4 Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama March 1 2 5 yes 1 2 Kentucky Championship 80–78 24–5 14–4 Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama |- !colspan=12 style=LSU Tigers|NCAA Tournament March 9 1 MW 3 yes 8 MW Alcorn State First Round 98–88 25–5 14–4 UNT Coliseum Denton, Texas March 14 1 MW 3 yes 5 MW 16 Missouri Sweet Sixteen 68–63 26–5 14–4 The Summit Houston, Texas March 16 1 MW 3 yes 2 MW 2 Louisville Elite Eight 66–86 26–6 14–4 The Summit Houston, Texas https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/louisiana-state/1980-schedule.html 1979–80 LSU Tigers Schedule and Results College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com Rankings 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings Team players drafted into the NBA 1980 NBA draft LSU Tigers Round Pick Player NBA club 2 36 DeWayne Scales New York Knicks1980 NBA Draft https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1980.html Sports Reference January 16, 2022 References Category:LSU Tigers men's basketball seasons Lsu Lsu LSU LSU