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1979–80 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

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1979–80Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
NIT, First Round
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	20–9 (3–3 Big East)
Head coach	Dom Perno (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Greg Ashford Jim O’Brien Bill Stuart
Home arena	Hugh S. Greer Field House New Haven Coliseum Hartford Civic Center
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 fromAP poll^[1]

The1979–80 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented theUniversity of Connecticut in the 1979–80 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 20–9 overall record. The Huskies were members of theBig East Conference where they finished with a 3–3 record. They made it to the first round of the1980 National Invitation Tournament. The Huskies played their home games atHugh S. Greer Field House inStorrs, Connecticut, theNew Haven Coliseum inNew Haven, Connecticut, and theHartford Civic Center inHartford, Connecticut and were led by third-year head coachDom Perno.^[2]^[3]

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
12/1/1979*	Yale	W 83–75	1–0	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
12/4/1979*	New Hampshire	W 71–62	2–0	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
12/7/1979*	vs. Richmond Utah Classic	W 81–79	3–0	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
12/8/1979*	at Utah Utah Classic	L 66–73 Forfeited by Utah because of ineligible player^[4]	4–0	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
12/11/1979*	Fairfield	W 66–57	5–0	New Haven Coliseum New Haven, CT
12/14/1979*	at Rhode Island	L 63–74	5–1	Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI
12/22/1979	Seton Hall	W 89–73	6–1 (1–0)	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
12/28/1979*	Ohio Connecticut Mutual Classic	W 95–76	7–1	New Haven Coliseum New Haven, CT
12/29/1979*	Pittsburgh Connecticut Mutual Classic	L 72–76	7–2	New Haven Coliseum New Haven, CT
1/3/1980*	at New Hampshire	L 59–67	7–3	Lundholm Gym Durham, NH
1/5/1980	at St. John's	L 73–83	7–4 (1–1)	Carnesecca Arena New York, NY
1/10/1980	Boston College	W 83–71	8–4 (2–1)	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
1/12/1980*	at Massachusetts	W 72–51	9–4	Curry Hicks Cage Amherst, MA
1/16/1980*	Fordham	W 66–53	10–4	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
1/19/1980*	McNeese State	W 73–69	11–4	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
1/23/1980	Providence	W 74–63	12–4 (3–1)	New Haven Coliseum New Haven, CT
1/26/1980	at Syracuse Rivalry	L 89–99	12–5 (3–2)	Manley Field House Syracuse, NY
1/30/1980*	Manhattan	W 89–66	13–5	New Haven Coliseum New Haven, CT
2/2/1980	at Georgetown Rivalry	L 64–84	13–6 (3–3)	McDonough Gymnasium Washington, D.C.
2/6/1980*	Massachusetts	W 73–55	14–6	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
2/9/1980*	Rhode Island	L 65–68	14–7	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT
2/13/1980*	Boston University	W 72–65	15–7	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
2/16/1980*	Central Connecticut	W 66–58	16–7	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
2/18/1980*	Vermont	W 89–52	17–7	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
2/20/1980*	at Holy Cross	W 88–70	18–7	Hart Center Worcester, MA
2/23/1980*	at Maine	W 87–67	19–7	Memorial Gymnasium Orono, ME
Big East tournament
2/28/1980	vs. Boston College Quarterfinals	W 79–68	20–7	Providence Civic Center Providence, RI
2/29/1980	vs. Syracuse Semifinals/Rivalry	L 61–92	20–8	Providence Civic Center Providence, RI
NIT
3/5/1980*	St. Peter's First Round	L 56–61	20–9	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
*Non-conference game.^#Rankings fromAP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are inEastern Time.

Schedule Source:^[2]^[5]

References

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^sports-reference.com 1979-80 Big East Conference Season Summary
^^a ^b2015-16 Connecticut Basketball History(PDF). UConn Huskies. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on December 22, 2015. RetrievedJanuary 1, 2016.
^Davis, Ken (September 30, 2010).The University of Connecticut Basketball Vault: The History of the Huskies. Atlanta, GA: Whitman LLC.ISBN 0794828035.
^"2023-24 MBB Media Guide (PDF)"(PDF).University of Connecticut Athletics. RetrievedMarch 24, 2024.
^"Connecticut Men's Basketball Archive Schedule".UConn Huskies. Archived fromthe original on March 4, 2016. RetrievedJanuary 1, 2016.

v t e UConn Huskies men's basketball
Venues	Willis Nichols Hawley Armory (1914–1954) Hugh S. Greer Field House (1954–1989) PeoplesBank Arena (1975–present) New Haven Coliseum (1978–1987) Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (1990–present) Webster Bank Arena (2013–2014)
Rivalries	Georgetown Syracuse UMass
Culture & lore	Blue blood status Gambling scandal Jonathan the Husky 6-overtime game 2011 Miracle Run
People	Head coaches Huskies of Honor 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 2025–26
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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