1979–80 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team

1979–80 Missouri Tigers men's basketball
1979–80 Missouri Tigers men's basketball
Big Eight regular season champions
NCAA Tournament, Regional semifinals, L 68–83 vs. LSU
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 16
Record	25–6 (11–3 Big 8)
Head coach	Norm Stewart (13th season);
Assistant coach	Gary Garner (3rd season)
Captain	Larry Drew
Home arena	Hearnes Center
	Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri during the 1979–80 NCAA men's basketball season. Led by legendary coach Norm Stewart, the Tigers won the Big 8 regular season title by three games, but were upset in the semifinal round of the Big 8 Tournament. Missouri reached the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament before being eliminated by Louisiana State to finish with a 25–6 record (11–3 Big 8).

1979–80 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 16 Missouri	11	–	3	.786	25	–	6	.806
Kansas State †	8	–	6	.571	22	–	9	.710
Nebraska	8	–	6	.571	18	–	13	.581
Kansas	7	–	7	.500	15	–	14	.517
Colorado	7	–	7	.500	17	–	10	.630
Oklahoma	6	–	8	.429	15	–	12	.556
Iowa State	5	–	9	.357	11	–	16	.407
Oklahoma State	4	–	10	.286	10	–	17	.370

† 1980 Big Eight tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

Roster

Curtis Berry, Jr.
Al Hightower Sr.
Tom Dore Sr.
Mike Foster Jr.
Mark Dressler, Sr.
Larry Drew, Sr.
Ricky Frazier, Fr.
Steve Stipanovich, Fr.
Jon Sundvold, Fr.
Head coach: Norm Stewart

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Nov 30, 1979*		Texas State	W 86–70	1–0	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Dec 1, 1979*		South Dakota State	W 80–60	2–0	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Dec 4, 1979*		at Illinois Show-Me Classic	W 67–66 ^OT	3–0	Assembly Hall (14,004) Champaign, Illinois
Dec 7, 1979*		George Washington	W 89–73	4–0	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Dec 8, 1979*		Arkansas State Show-Me Classic	W 86–67	5–0	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Dec 10, 1979* ESPN		Southern California	W 78–75	6–0	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Dec 12, 1979*	No. 19	at Butler	W 64–60	7–0	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
Dec 15, 1979*	No. 19	Northern Arizona	W 112–64	8–0	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Dec 17, 1979*	No. 19	Oral Roberts	W 84–73	9–0	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Dec 21, 1979*	No. 16	at Saint Louis	W 77–75	10–0	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri
Jan 2, 1980* ESPN	No. 12	No. 3 DePaul	L 79–92	10–1	Alumni Hall Chicago, Illinois
Jan 5, 1980*	No. 12	Lamar	W 71–60	11–1	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Jan 9, 1980	No. 13	at Kansas Border War	L 66–69	11–2 (0–1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
Jan 12, 1980	No. 13	at Nebraska	W 84–63	12–2 (1–1)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Jan 16, 1980	No. 15	Iowa State	W 85–70	13–2 (2–1)	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Jan 19, 1980	No. 15	at Oklahoma State	W 69–64	14–2 (3–1)	Gallagher Hall Stillwater, Oklahoma
Jan 23, 1980	No. 10	Colorado	W 78–45	15–2 (4–1)	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Jan 26, 1980	No. 10	at Oklahoma	L 73–78	15–3 (4–2)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
January 30, 1980	No. 14	No. 20 Kansas State	L 64–66	15–4 (4–3)	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Feb 2, 1980	No. 14	Nebraska	W 73–60	16–4 (5–3)	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Feb 6, 1980	No. 15	at Iowa State	W 84–70	17–4 (6–3)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
Feb 9, 1980	No. 15	Kansas Border War	W 88–65	18–4 (7–3)	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Feb 13, 1980	No. 14	at Colorado	W 83–68	19–4 (8–3)	Conference Center Boulder, Colorado
Feb 16, 1980	No. 14	Oklahoma State	W 93–81	20–4 (9–3)	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Feb 20, 1980	No. 13	Oklahoma	W 81–69	21–4 (10–3)	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Feb 23, 1980	No. 13	at Kansas State	W 67–65	22–4 (11–3)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Big 12 Tournament
Feb 26, 1980*	No. 11	vs. Oklahoma State Quarterfinals	W 82–69	23–4	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
Feb 27, 1980*	No. 11	vs. Kansas Semifinals	L 71–80	23–5	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
NCAA Tournament
Mar 6, 1980*	(5) No. 16	vs. (12) San Jose State First Round	W 61–51	24–5	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Mar 8, 1980*	(5) No. 16	vs. (4) No. 9 Notre Dame Second Round	W 87–84 ^OT	25–5	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
Mar 14, 1980*	(5) No. 16	vs. (1) No. 3 Louisiana State	L 63–68	25–6	The Summit Houston, Texas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

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Awards

All Big Eight: Curtis Berry, Larry Drew^[3]

References

^ sports-reference.com 1979-80 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
^ ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 866–867. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
^ 2017-18 Missouri Tigers men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2018-Oct-28.

[1] sports-reference.com 1979-80 Big Eight Conference Season Summary

[ESPN-2] ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 866–867. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[3] 2017-18 Missouri Tigers men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2018-Oct-28.

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