1979–80 TCU Horned Frogs basketball team

American college basketball season

1979–80 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	7–19 (2–14 SWC)
Head coach	Jim Killingsworth
Home arena	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum
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 1979–80 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team represented Texas Christian University during the 1979–80 men's college basketball season. They finished with a record of 7-19, 2-14 in their conference.

Roster

1979–80 TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
25	Jeff Baker	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Chicago, Illinois
20	Scott Blackwell	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	So	Fayetteville, Arkansas
21	Warren Bridges	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Winter Haven, Florida
34	Nick Cucinella	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Escondido, CA
42	Larry Frevert	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Jr	Raytown, MO
30	Kenny Hart	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Hopkinsville, Kentucky
22	Jim Hund	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Mascoutah, Illinois
35	Deckery Johnson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Nasseu, Bahamas
31	Darrel Lovett	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	LaGrange, GA
40	Cuney Luke	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	El Plaso, Texas
32	Joe Mansbury	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Indianapolis, Indiana
33	Eric Summers	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Greenboro, North Carolina
41	Ty Thompson	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Richmond, Indiana
23	Ed Wineinger	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Indianapolis, Indiana

Head coach

Jim Killingsworth

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
December 1*		Texas-Arlington	W 103–98	1–0	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
December 8*		at North Texas	L 79–84	1–1	Super Pit
December 10*		Illinois	L 64–79	1–2	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum (4,110) Fort Worth, Texas
December 17*		Oregon Tech	W 84–77	2–2	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
December 19*		Georgia State	W 99–82	3–2	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
December 21*		at Fresno State	L 49–83	3–3	Selland Arena Fresno, California
December 22*		vs. Georgia State	W 119–76	4–3	Selland Arena Fresno, California
December 29*		NE Missouri State	W 89–71	5–3	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
January 3		Texas A&M	L 63–69	5–4 (0–1)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
January 5		at Rice	L 47–57	5–5 (0–2)	Rice Gymnasium Houston, Texas
January 8		Arkansas	L 58–60	5–6 (0–3)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
January 12		Texas Tech	L 65–84	5–7 (0–4)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
January 13*		Notre Dame	L 68–85	5–8 (0–4)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
January 15		at Texas	L 65–95	5–9 (0–5)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
January 19		at SMU	W 92–89	6–9 (1–5)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 22		Houston	W 71–69	7–9 (2–5)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
January 28		at Baylor	L 73–85	7–10 (2–6)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
January 30		Rice	L 59–60	7–11 (2–7)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
February 2		at Texas Tech	L 42–57	7–12 (2–8)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
February 4		at Arkansas	L 47–74	7–13 (2–9)	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
February 6		Texas	L 62–90	7–14 (2–10)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
February 9		SMU	L 57–76	7–15 (2–11)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
February 12		at Houston	L 59–87	7–16 (2–12)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
February 19		at Texas A&M	L 48–57	7–17 (2–13)	G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas
February 22		Baylor	L 59–67	7–18 (2–14)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
Southwest tournament
February 25	(9)	vs. (4) Texas Tech First Round	L 52–71	7–19 (2–14)	HemisFair Arena San Antonio, Texas
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

"1979–80 TCU Horned Frogs Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
"TCU History" (PDF). Texas Christian University. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 1, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2022.

v t e TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball
Venues	Little Gym (1920–1926) TCU Fieldhouse (1926–1949) Will Rogers Memorial Center (1949–195?) Fort Worth High School (195?–1961) Daniel–Meyer Coliseum (1961–2014) Wilkerson-Greines Activity Center (2014–2015) Schollmaier Arena (2015–present)
Culture & lore	"TCU Fight"
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1908–09 1909–10 1910–13 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

Categories: