1979–80 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team

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 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 →

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

Main article: 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

^[2]

Awards

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

References

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