1979–80 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

1979-80 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball

ACC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Mideast Regional Final, L 60–68 vs. Purdue
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 14
1979-80 record	24–9 (7–7 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Foster
Home arena	Cameron Indoor Stadium

The 1979–80 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 1979-80 college basketball season.

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (Attendance) City, State
November 17*	No. 3	vs. No. 2 Kentucky Tip Off Classic	W 82–76 ^OT	1-0	Springfield, MA
November 30*	No. 3	vs. Wake Forest Big Four Tournament	W 72–70	2-0	Greensboro, NC
December 1*	No. 3	vs. No. 6 North Carolina Big Four Tournament	W 86–74	3-0	Greensboro, NC
December 5*	No. 2	Princeton	W 81–45	4-0	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
December 8*	No. 2	East Carolina	W 92–73	5-0	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
December 11*	No. 2	at Pennsylvania	W 70–67	6-0	Philadelphia, PA
December 21*	No. 1	vs. Boston College Industrial National Classic	W 70–64 ^OT	7-0	Providence, RI
December 22*	No. 1	vs. Providence Industrial National Classic	W 82–78	8-0	Providence, RI
December 28*	No. 1	Vermont	W 92–67	9-0	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
December 29*	No. 1	Cincinnati Iron Duke Classic	W 87–75 ^OT	10-0	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 5*	No. 1	Colgate	W 73–44	11-0	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 7	No. 1	Georgia Tech	W 55–42	12-0 (1-0)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 9	No. 1	at No. 18 Clemson	L 82–87 ^OT	12-1 (1-1)	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
January 12	No. 1	No. 15 North Carolina Carolina-Duke rivalry	L 67–82	12-2 (1-2)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 16	No. 5	Wake Forest	W 67–66	13-2 (2-2)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 19	No. 5	No. 16 N.C. State	W 67–56	14-2 (3-2)	18 – Taylor	18 – Banks	- – -	Cameron Indoor Stadium (-) Durham, NC
January 21	No. 5	at Georgia Tech	W 56–49	15-2 (4-2)	McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
January 23	No. 3	Virginia	L 84–90	15-3 (4-3)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 26*	No. 3	Pittsburgh	W 78–69	16-3	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA
January 30	No. 5	at Wake Forest	W 82–61	17-3 (4-4)	LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
February 2	No. 5	at No. 12 Maryland	L 82–101	17-4 (5-4)	Cole Field House College Park, MD
February 6	No. 10	at No. 18 Virginia	L 69–73	17-5 (5-5)	University Hall Charlottesville, VA
February 10*	No. 10	vs. Marquette	L 77–80	17-6	Madison, WI
February 13	No. 16	at N.C. State	L	17-7 (5-6)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
February 16	No. 16	No. 8 Maryland	W 66–61	18-7 (6-6)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
February 20	No. 17	No. 12 Clemson	W 87–82 ^OT	19-7 (7-6)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
February 23	No. 17	at No. 8 North Carolina	L 71–96	19-8 (7-7)	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
February 28*		vs. No. 19 N.C. State ACC Tournament • Quarterfinals	W 68–62	20-8	Greensboro, NC
February 29*		vs. No. 10 North Carolina ACC Tournament • Semifinals	W 75–61	21-8	Greensboro, NC
March 1*		vs. No. 7 Maryland ACC Tournament • Final	W 73–72	22-8	Greensboro, NC
March 8*	No. 14	vs. Pennsylvania NCAA Tournament • Second Round	W 52–42	23-8	West Lafayette, IN
March 13*	No. 14	vs. No. 4 Kentucky NCAA Tournament • Regional Semifinals	W 55–54	24-8	Lexington, KY
March 15*	No. 14	vs. No. 20 Purdue NCAA Tournament • Regional Final	L 60–68	24-9	Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

↑ 1979-80 Duke men's basketball schedule. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
↑ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 21, 2013.

Duke Blue Devils men's basketball

Venues	The Ark (1906–1923) Alumni Memorial Gymnasium (1924–1930) Card Gymnasium (1930–1939) Cameron Indoor Stadium (1940–present)

Rivalries	North Carolina (Carlyle Cup) Maryland Michigan

Culture & lore	"Blue and White" Cameron Crazies Champions Classic Dixie Classic "Fight! Blue Devils, Fight!" Krzyzewskiville "The Shot" Tobacco Road

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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