The 1979–80 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by ninth-year head coach Marv Harshman, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.
| 1979–80 Washington Huskies men's basketball | |
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National Invitation Tournament, First round | |
| Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
| Record | 18–10 (9–9 Pac-10) |
| Head coach |
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| Assistant coach | Bob Johnson |
| Home arena | Hec Edmundson Pavilion |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ^#5 Oregon State | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 26 | – | 3 | .897 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Arizona State | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 22 | – | 7 | .759 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 22 | – | 6 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *UCLA | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 17 | – | 9 | .654 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 7 | – | 19 | .269 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As of April 15, 1980[1] *Oregon State vacated all tournament games (0–1) due to NCAA sanctions. Disputed record (16-2, 26-4) ^UCLA vacated all tournament games (5–1) due to NCAA sanctions. Disputed record (22-10, 12-6) Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Huskies were 18–9 overall in the regular season and 9–9 in conference play, fifth in the standings.[2][3] There was no conference tournament yet; it debuted seven years later.
This was Washington's first appearance in the National Invitation Tournament, they played UNLV in the first round and lost by twenty points.[4][5] The Pac-8 did not allow participation in the NIT until 1973. The 1972 Huskies were 20–6 overall and 10–4 in conference, second in the standings;[6][7] but stayed home for the postseason.[8][9]
Postseason result edit
| Date time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||||||
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| National Invitation Tournament | |||||||||||
| Fri, March 7* |
at UNLV First round |
L 73–93 | 18–10 |
Las Vegas Convention Center (6,380) Las Vegas, Nevada | |||||||
References edit
- ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- ^ "UW gets NIT bid but Idaho left out". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). wire services. March 3, 1980. p. 20.
- ^ "College standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 3, 1980. p. 4B.
- ^ "Huskies down (and out)". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. March 8, 1980. p. 14.
- ^ "Vegas routs Huskies 93-73 in NIT opener". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 8, 1980. p. 4B.
- ^ Brown, Bruce (March 11, 1972). "Ban on NIT event lamented for UW". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 9.
- ^ "Pacific-8 final standings". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). March 13, 1972. p. 21.
- ^ Missildine, Harry (March 9, 1972). "Harshman club seems sure of finishing second again". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 18.
- ^ "Nine accept NCAA bids; NIT lines up five teams". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 2, 1972. p. 23.
External links edit
- Sports Reference – Washington Huskies: 1979–80 basketball season