1979–80 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team

American college basketball season

1979–80 Syracuse Orangemen basketball
NCAA tournament, Regional Semifinals
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 6
Record	26–4 (5–1 Big East)
Head coach	Jim Boeheim (4th season)
Home arena	Manley Field House
Seasons← 1978–79 1980–81 →

1979–80 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Syracuse	5	–	1	.833	26	–	4	.867
No. 13 St. John's	5	–	1	.833	24	–	5	.828
No. 11 Georgetown†	5	–	1	.833	26	–	6	.813
Connecticut	3	–	3	.500	20	–	9	.690
Boston College	2	–	4	.333	19	–	10	.655
Seton Hall	1	–	5	.167	14	–	13	.519
Providence	0	–	6	.000	11	–	16	.407

† 1980 Big East tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 1979–80 Syracuse Orangemen men's basketball team represented Syracuse University in NCAA Division I men's competition in the 1979–80 academic year. This was their first season as a member of the Big East Conference.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
December 1*	No. 12	Cornell	W 107–66	1–0	Manley Field House Syracuse, NY
December 5*	No. 11	St. Francis	W 93–60	2–0	Manley Field House Syracuse, NY
December 7*	No. 11	Le Moyne	W 107–61	3–0	Manley Field House Syracuse, NY
December 8*	No. 11	Illinois State	W 72–70	4–0	Manley Field House Syracuse, NY
December 15*	No. 10	at Penn State	W 85–72	5–0	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
December 22*	No. 10	at Pittsburgh	W 73–66	6–0	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
December 28*	No. 9	vs. Cornell	W 99–64	7–0	Rochester War Memorial Rochester, NY
December 29*	No. 9	vs. Villanova	W 92–84	8–0	Rochester War Memorial Rochester, NY
January 2*	No. 9	Canisius	W 81–49	9–0	Manley Field House Syracuse, NY
January 5	No. 9	Seton Hall	W 99–76	10–0 (1–0)	Manley Field House Syracuse, NY
January 7*	No. 9	at West Virginia	W 72–69	11–0 (1–0)	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
January 9*	No. 5	Baltimore	W 94–64	12–0 (1–0)	Manley Field House Syracuse, NY
January 11*	No. 5	at Rhode Island	W 64–54	13–0 (1–0)	Providence Civic Center Providence, RI
January 13*	No. 5	at No. 20 Purdue	W 66–61	14–0 (1–0)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
January 19*	No. 3	at Old Dominion	L 67–68	14–1 (1–0)	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia
January 21*	No. 6	Detroit	W 89–83	15–1 (1–0)	Manley Field House Syracuse, NY
January 24*	No. 6	at Rutgers	W 69–66	16–1 (1–0)	Rutgers Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
January 26	No. 6	Connecticut	W 99–89	17–1 (2–0)	Manley Field House Syracuse, NY
January 30*	No. 4	Temple	W 93–77	18–1 (2–0)	Manley Field House Syracuse, NY
February 2	No. 4	at Providence	W 89–69	19–1 (3–0)	Providence Civic Center Providence, RI
February 4*	No. 2	Siena	W 99–64	20–1 (3–0)	Manley Field House Syracuse, NY
February 9*	No. 2	St. Bonaventure	W 105–80	21–1 (3–0)	Manley Field House Syracuse, NY
February 12	No. 2	Georgetown	L 50–52	21–2 (3–1)	Manley Field House Syracuse, NY
February 16	No. 2	at No. 7 St. John's	W 72–71	22–2 (4–1)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
February 20*	No. 2	at Niagara	W 107–82	23–2 (4–1)	Niagara University Student Center Niagara Falls, NY
February 23	No. 4	at Boston College	W 85–77	24–2 (5–1)	Roberts Center Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Big East tournament
February 28	(1) No. 3	vs. (4) Connecticut Semifinals	W 92–61	25–2 (5–1)	Providence Civic Center Providence, RI
February 28	(1) No. 3	vs. (3) No. 20 Georgetown Championship	L 81–87	25–3 (5–1)	Providence Civic Center Providence, RI
NCAA Tournament
March 9	(1 E) No. 6	vs. No. 8 E Villanova Second round	W 97–83	26–3 (5–1)	Providence Civic Center Providence, RI
March 14	(1 E) No. 6	vs. (5 E) Iowa Sweet Sixteen	L 77–88	26–4 (5–1)	The Spectrum (17,569) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

sports-reference.com 1979-80 Big East Conference Season Summary
"1979–80 Syracuse Oranges Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
"1979–80 Men's basketball Schedule". Cuse.com.

v t e Syracuse Orange men's basketball
Venues	Archbold Gymnasium (1908–1947; 1952–1955) State Fair Coliseum (1947–1951) Onondaga County War Memorial (1951–1952; 1955–1962) Manley Field House (1962–1980) JMA Wireless Dome (1980–present) Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center (practice)
Rivalries	UConn
Culture & lore	"McNamara's Band" Otto the Orange Scandal 6-overtime game Syracuse Sports Network
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

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