1979–80 LSU Tigers basketball team

1979–80 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
	† 1980 SEC Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll[1]

1979–80 LSU Tigers basketball
1979–80 LSU Tigers basketball
SEC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1979–80 record	26–6 (14–4 SEC)
Head coach	Dale Brown (8th season);
Home arena	Maravich Assembly Center

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 Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1	Florida	W 112–81	1–0 (1–0)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
December 3*	New Orleans	W 104–78	2–0 (1–0)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
December 5*	at Tulane	W 80–79	3–0 (1–0)	Avron B. Fogelman Arena New Orleans, Louisiana
December 15*	Maine	W 103–81	4–0 (1–0)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
December 20*	at Arkansas	W 56–55	5–0 (1–0)	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
December 22*	Tulane	W 95–85	6–0 (1–0)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
December 28*	Boston University	W 92–72	7–0 (1–0)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
December 29*	Delaware	W 92–64	8–0 (1–0)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
January 2	at Vanderbilt	L 66–77	8–1 (1–1)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
January 5	Mississippi State	W 80–58	9–1 (2–1)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
January 7	Alabama	L 56–57	9–2 (2–2)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
January 12	at Georgia	L 71–72	9–3 (2–3)	Stegeman Coliseum Athens, Georgia
January 16	Auburn	W 93–82	10–3 (3–3)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
January 19	at No. 20 Tennessee	W 75–74	11–3 (4–3)	Stokely Athletic Center Knoxville, Tennessee
January 20*	at No. 1 DePaul	L 73–78	11–4 (4–3)	Alumni Hall Chicago, Illinois
January 23	Ole Miss	W 72–66	12–4 (5–3)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
January 26	at Florida	W 66–58	13–4 (6–3)	Florida Gymnasium Gainesville, Florida
January 28	at No. 3 Kentucky	W 65–60	14–4 (7–3)	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
January 30	Vanderbilt	W 83–81	15–4 (8–3)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
February 2	at Miss State	W 75–63	16–4 (9–3)	Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, Mississippi
February 6	at Alabama	W 68–66	17–4 (10–3)	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
February 9	Georgia	W 96–77	18–4 (11–3)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
February 13	at Auburn	W 50–44	19–4 (12–3)	Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum Auburn, Alabama
February 16	Tennessee	W 73–66	20–4 (13–3)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
February 21	at Ole Miss	W 77–74	21–4 (14–3)	Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, Mississippi
February 23	Kentucky	L 74–76 ^OT	21–5 (14–4)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
SEC Tournament
February 28	vs. Florida	W 95–82	22–5 (14–4)	Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama
February 29	at Alabama	W 73–66	23–5 (14–4)	Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama
March 1	vs. Kentucky	W 80–78	24–5 (14–4)	Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama
NCAA Tournament
March 9	vs. Alcon State First Round	W 98–88	25–5 (14–4)	UNT Coliseum Denton, Texas
March 14	vs. No. 16 Missouri Sweet Sixteen	W 68–63	26–5 (14–4)	The Summit Houston, Texas
March 16	vs. No. 16 Louisville Elite Eight	L 66–86	26–6 (14–4)	The Summit Houston, Texas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

sports-reference.com 1979-80 Southeastern Conference Season Summary
"1979–80 LSU Tigers Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

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

[2] "1979–80 LSU Tigers Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

LSU Tigers basketball
Venues	State Field (1908–1924) Gym/Armory (1930–1937) John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum (1937–1971) Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1972–present) LSU Basketball Practice Facility LSU Strength and Conditioning facility Martin J. Broussard Center for Athletic Training LSU Academic Center for Student-Athletes
Culture & lore	Traditions Mike the Tiger Bengal Brass One & Done
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	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 1999–2000 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 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1979–80 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Kentucky	15	–	3	.833	29	–	6	.829
No. 3 LSU †	14	–	4	.778	26	–	6	.813
Alabama	12	–	6	.667	18	–	12	.600
Tennessee	12	–	6	.667	18	–	11	.621
Ole Miss	9	–	9	.500	17	–	13	.567
Mississippi State	7	–	11	.389	13	–	14	.481
Vanderbilt	7	–	11	.389	13	–	13	.500
Georgia	7	–	11	.389	14	–	13	.519
Auburn	5	–	13	.278	10	–	18	.357
Florida	2	–	16	.111	7	–	21	.250

† 1980 SEC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1]