1979–80 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team

The 1979–80 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas in the 1979–80 college basketball season. The Razorbacks played their home games in Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It was Eddie Sutton's sixth season as head coach of the Hogs. The Razorbacks finished second in the Southwest Conference regular season standings with a conference record of 13–3 and an overall record of 21–8.^[1][2]

1979–80 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	21–8 (13–3 SWC)
Head coach	Eddie Sutton (6th season)
Home arena	Barnhill Arena (Capacity: 9,000)
Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

1979–80 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Texas A&M †	14	–	2		.875			26	–	8		.765
Arkansas	13	–	3		.813			21	–	8		.724
Texas	10	–	6		.625			19	–	11		.633
Texas Tech	8	–	8		.500			16	–	13		.552
Houston	8	–	8		.500			14	–	14		.500
SMU	7	–	9		.438			16	–	12		.571
Baylor	6	–	10		.375			11	–	16		.407
Rice	4	–	12		.250			7	–	19		.269
TCU	2	–	14		.125			7	–	19		.269
† 1980 SWC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The Razorbacks earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, Arkansas's eighth appearance in the tournament overall and fourth consecutive appearance, following appearances in the 1978 Final Four and the 1979 Elite Eight.^[3] The Hogs were defeated by Kansas State in the first round of the tournament.^[4]

Arkansas entered the AP Poll at #20 on December 10, 1979, rising to #19 on December 26 before consecutive losses knocked the Hogs out of the poll for the rest of the season.^[5][6]

Sophomore center Scott Hastings was named to the All-SWC First Team.^[7]

The 1979–80 season is also noteworthy for featuring the longest game in Razorback history, an 84–90 triple-overtime loss at Houston.^[8]

Roster

1979–80 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 20 Alan Zahn 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Manzano High School Albuquerque, New Mexico C 44 Scott Hastings 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) So Independence High School Independence, Kansas G 24 U.S. Reed 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Pine Bluff High School Pine Bluff, Arkansas G 34 Mike Young 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Central Noble High School Wolf Lake, Indiana G/F 12 Brad Friess 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Anderson High School Austin, Texas G 21 Keith Hilliard 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Jr Douglass High School Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Memphis, Tennessee F 43 Greg Skulman 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 199 lb (90 kg) So Ozark High School Westark Junior College Ozark, Arkansas C 45 Carey Kelly 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) RS Fr Canton High School Mississippi State Canton, Mississippi G/F 40 Tony Brown 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Farragut High School Chicago, Illinois F 42 Keith Peterson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 217 lb (98 kg) So Parkview High School Little Rock, Arkansas F 33 Leroy Sutton 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 206 lb (93 kg) Fr John Adams High School South Bend, Indiana C 50 James Crockett 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr West Helena High School West Helena, Arkansas F 30 Scott Horrell 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Marmaduke High School Marmaduke, Arkansas G 10 Eugene Nash (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 164 lb (74 kg) So Rivercrest High School Tyronza, Arkansas G Russ Pennell — — Fr Pittsburg High School Pittsburg, Kansas F 52 David Richardson — — N/A N/A	Head coach Eddie Sutton (Oklahoma State) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: August 17, 2022

Schedule and results

Schedule retrieved from HogStats.com.^[9]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
December 1, 1979*		Loyola Marymount	W 76–66	1–0	Barnhill Arena  Fayetteville, Arkansas
December 3, 1979*		Centenary	W 65–53	2–0	Barnhill Arena  Fayetteville, Arkansas
December 5, 1979*		Missouri–St. Louis	W 79–50	3–0	Barnhill Arena  Fayetteville, Arkansas
December 8, 1979*		at Centenary	W 70–62	4–0	Shreveport, Louisiana
Exhibition
December 10, 1979*		Athletes in Action	W 68–67 ^OT	4–0	Barton Coliseum  Little Rock, Arkansas
Regular season
December 15, 1979*	No. 20	Mississippi	W 67–59	5–0	Barton Coliseum  Little Rock, Arkansas
December 17, 1979*	No. 20	Oklahoma City	W 86–68	6–0	Barnhill Arena  Fayetteville, Arkansas
December 20, 1979*	No. 20	No. 6 LSU	L 55–56	6–1	Barton Coliseum  Little Rock, Arkansas
December 28, 1979*	No. 19	at Memphis State	L 67–74	6–2	Mid-South Coliseum  Memphis, Tennessee
December 30, 1979*		Kansas State	L 57–66	6–3	Pine Bluff Convention Center  Pine Bluff, Arkansas
January 3, 1980		SMU	W 84–69	7–3 (1–0)	Barnhill Arena  Fayetteville, Arkansas
January 5, 1980*		Louisiana–Monroe	W 74–51	8–3 (1–0)	Pine Bluff Convention Center  Pine Bluff, Arkansas
January 8, 1980		at TCU	W 70–58	9–3 (2–0)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum  Fort Worth, Texas
January 12, 1980  NBC		at Texas	W 55–50	10–3 (3–0)	Frank Erwin Center  Austin, Texas
January 15, 1980		Baylor	W 71–57	11–3 (4–0)	Barnhill Arena  Fayetteville, Arkansas
January 19, 1980		Houston	W 60–57	12–3 (5–0)	Barnhill Arena  Fayetteville, Arkansas
January 22, 1980		at Texas A&M	L 39–45	12–4 (5–1)	G. Rollie White Coliseum  College Station, Texas
January 26, 1980		Rice	W 73–64	13–4 (6–1)	Barnhill Arena  Fayetteville, Arkansas
January 28, 1980		at Texas Tech	W 71–69 ^OT	14–4 (7–1)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum  Lubbock, Texas
February 2, 1980		Texas	W 60–59	15–4 (8–1)	Barnhill Arena  Fayetteville, Arkansas
February 4, 1980		TCU	W 74–47	16–4 (9–1)	Barnhill Arena  Fayetteville, Arkansas
February 7, 1980		at Baylor	W 70–51	17–4 (10–1)	Heart O' Texas Fair Coliseum  Waco, Texas
February 9, 1980		at Houston	L 84–90 ^3OT	17–5 (10–2)	Hofheinz Pavilion  Houston, Texas
February 12, 1980		Texas A&M	W 45–44	18–5 (11–2)	Barnhill Arena  Fayetteville, Arkansas
February 16, 1980		at Rice	W 77–73	19–5 (12–2)	Tudor Fieldhouse  Houston, Texas
February 18, 1980		at SMU	L 58–62	19–6 (12–3)	Moody Coliseum  Dallas, Texas
February 23, 1980		Texas Tech	W 84–60	20–6 (13–3)	Barnhill Arena  Fayetteville, Arkansas
SWC tournament
February 29, 1980*	(2)	vs. (3) Texas Semifinals	W 64–62	21–6 (13–3)	San Antonio Convention Center Arena  San Antonio, Texas
March 1, 1980*	(2)	vs. (1) Texas A&M Championship	L 50–52	21–7 (13–3)	San Antonio Convention Center Arena  San Antonio, Texas
NCAA tournament
March 6, 1980*	(MW10)	vs. (MW7) Kansas State First Round	L 53–71	21–8 (13–3)	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

1. "HogStats.com :: 1979-80 Arkansas Basketball Schedule". HogStats.com. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
2. "1979-80 Southwest Conference Season Summary | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
3. "HogStats.com :: Year-by-Year Results". HogStats.com. HogStats.com. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
4. "HogStats.com :: 1979-80 Arkansas Basketball Schedule". HogStats.com. HogStats.com. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
5. "Arkansas AP Men's Basketball Poll Summary | College Poll Archive". CollegePollArchive.com. College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
6. "Arkansas 1980 AP Men's Basketball Rankings | College Poll Archive". CollegePollArchive.com. College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
7. 2021-22 Arkansas Razorbacks Basketball Media Guide (PDF). Fayetteville, Arkansas: The University of Arkansas. 2021. pp. 106–111. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
8. "HogStats.com :: Box Score:: 1979-80 :: Houston vs. Arkansas in Houston, TX (2/9/1980)". HogStats.com. HogStats.com. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
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