1979–80 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

1979–80 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
1979–80 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
NIT, First Round, L 49–53 vs. Alabama
Conference	Independent
Record	18–10
Head coach	Dick Harter (2nd season);
Assistant coach	Perry Clark (2nd season)
Home arena	Rec Hall
	Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 1979–80 season.

1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball independents standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 DePaul		–		–	26	–	2	.929
No. 19 Iona*		–		–	28	–	4	.875
Old Dominion		–		–	25	–	5	.833
No. 9 Notre Dame		–		–	23	–	8	.742
Tennessee State		–		–	19	–	7	.731
UNLV		–		–	23	–	9	.719
Saint Peter's		–		–	22	–	9	.710
Cleveland State		–		–	18	–	8	.692
James Madison		–		–	18	–	8	.692
Illinois State		–		–	20	–	9	.690
Marquette		–		–	18	–	9	.667
UNC Wilmington		–		–	19	–	10	.655
Penn State		–		–	18	–	10	.643
Southern Mississippi		–		–	17	–	10	.630
Arkansas–Little Rock		–		–	16	–	10	.615
South Carolina		–		–	16	–	11	.593
Campbell		–		–	15	–	12	.556
East Carolina		–		–	15	–	12	.556
Stetson		–		–	15	–	12	.556
Long Island		–		–	14	–	12	.538
Detroit		–		–	14	–	13	.519
Navy		–		–	14	–	13	.519
Wagner		–		–	14	–	13	.519
Siena		–		–	14	–	14	.500
Dayton		–		–	13	–	14	.481
Fairleigh Dickinson		–		–	13	–	14	.481
North Texas State		–		–	13	–	14	.481
Richmond		–		–	13	–	14	.481
Baltimore		–		–	12	–	15	.444
William & Mary		–		–	12	–	15	.444
Fordham**		–		–	12	–	16	.429
St. Francis (Pa.)		–		–	12	–	16	.429
St. Francis (N.Y.)		–		–	11	–	15	.423
Fairfield		–		–	11	–	16	.407
Army		–		–	9	–	17	.346
Milwaukee		–		–	9	–	17	.346
Towson State		–		–	9	–	17	.346
Air Force		–		–	8	–	17	.320
Valparaiso		–		–	8	–	18	.308
Catholic		–		–	8	–	19	.296
Robert Morris		–		–	7	–	19	.269
Northwestern State		–		–	5	–	20	.200
George Mason		–		–	5	–	21	.192
Portland State		–		–	5	–	21	.192
Georgia Southern		–		–	5	–	22	.185
Manhattan		–		–	4	–	22	.154
Baptist		–		–	2	–	23	.080

* –Iona's 1980 NCAA Tournament games were vacated due to NCAA sanctions; disputed record 29–5. **Disputed record 11–17. Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1979–80 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	43	Frank Brickowski	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	Jr	Bayville, New York

Head coach

Dick Harter

Assistant coach(es)

Perry Clark

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 2	Indiana (PA)	W 99–57	1–0	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
December 3	at Maryland	L 55–56	1–1	Cole Field House College Park, Maryland
December 5	Muhlenberg	W 85–41	2–1	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
December 8	West Virginia	W 68–66 ^OT	3–1	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
December 15	Syracuse	L 72–85	3–2	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
December 19	Temple	L 48–74	3–3	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
December 22	at Colgate	W 38–37	4–3	Cotterell Court Hamilton, NY
December 26	vs. BYU	L 50–58	4–4	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
December 28	vs. Idaho	L 46–50	4–5	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
December 29	vs. Texas Tech	W 47–46	5–5	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
January 3	Ursinus	W 87–55	6–5	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 5	at Pittsburgh	L 50–54	6–6	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
January 10	at St. Bonaventure	L 75–89	6–7	Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY
January 12	Duquesne	W 62–52	7–7	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 14	Delaware	W 85–53	8–7	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 16	at West Virginia	W 75–71	9–7	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
January 19	Rutgers	W 75–66	10–7	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 21	Johns Hopkins	W 64–38	11–7	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 26	Fairleigh Dickinson	W 60–52	12–7	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 28	Richmond	W 71–61	13–7	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 31	at Duquesne	L 55–56	13–8	Mellon Arena Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
February 2	at Villanova	L 53–93	13–9	Villanova Field House Villanova, Pennsylvania
February 4	at Vermont	W 53–40	14–9	Patrick Gym Burlington, Vermont
February 9	at Navy	W 51–44	15–9	Halsey Field House Annapolis, Maryland
February 13	Pittsburgh	W 66-53	16–9	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
February 16	at George Washington	W 63-53	17–9	Charles E. Smith Center Washington, DC
February 20	Massachusetts	W 50-36	18–9	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
March 5	at Alabama NIT First round	L 49-53	18–10	Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex Birmingham, AL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[1]

References

↑ "1979–80 Penn State Nittany Lions Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 13, 2019.

[1] "1979–80 Penn State Nittany Lions Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 13, 2019.

[1]