1979–80 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team

1979–80 SMU Mustangs men's basketball
1979–80 SMU Mustangs men's basketball
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	16–12 (7–9 SWC)
Head coach	Sonny Allen (5th season);
Home arena	Moody Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team represented Southern Methodist University during the 1979–80 men's college basketball season. This is Sonny Allen final year at SMU. The Mustangs finished with a record of 16-12, 7-9 in their conference.

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

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F		Brad Branson	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	North Fort Myers, Florida

Head coach

Sonny Allen

Assistant coach(es)

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 1*	Tulane	W 78–68	1–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 3*	Texas Lutheran	W 123–91	2–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 5*	Kansas	W 89–88	3–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 8*	Colorado	W 86–65	4–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 15*	Texas Arlington	W 77–76	5–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 17*	Georgia State	W 119–92	6–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 19*	Texas Wesleyan	W 112–85	7–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 21*	vs. Purdue	L 60–85	7–1	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
December 22*	vs. California	W 97–88	8–1	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
December 29*	at Vanderbilt	L 77–88	8–2	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
January 3	at Arkansas	L 69–84	8–3 (0–1)	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
January 5	Texas	L 75–85	8–4 (0–2)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 8	at Baylor	W 78–72	9–4 (1–2)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
January 12	at Houston	L 81–96	9–5 (1–3)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
January 15	Texas A&M	L 56–63	9–6 (1–4)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 19	TCU	L 89–92	9–7 (1–5)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 22	at Rice	W 85–83	10–7 (2–5)	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
January 26	Texas Tech	W 76–75	11–7 (3–5)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 30	at Texas	L 80–113	11–8 (3–6)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
February 2	Houston	L 70–71	11–9 (3–7)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 4	Baylor	W 73–69	12–9 (4–7)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 6	at Texas A&M	L 56–67	12–10 (4–8)	G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas
February 9	at TCU	W 76–57	13–10 (5–8)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
February 12	Rice	W 82–81	14–10 (6–8)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 16	at Texas Tech	L 59–62	14–11 (6–9)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
February 19	Arkansas	W 62–58	15–11 (7–9)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
Southwest tournament
February 25	vs. Baylor	W 86–83	16–11 (7–9)	HemisFair Arena San Antonio, Texas
February 26	vs. Texas Tech	L 65–73	16–12 (7–9)	HemisFair Arena San Antonio, Texas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	45	Brad Branson	Detroit Pistons

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References

^ "1979–80 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
^ "Results" (PDF). Southern Methodist University. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
^ "1980 NBA Draft". DatabaseBasketball.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2010. Retrieved May 16, 2009.

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[1] "1979–80 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2022.

[2] "Results" (PDF). Southern Methodist University. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2022.

[3] "1980 NBA Draft". DatabaseBasketball.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2010. Retrieved May 16, 2009.

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