1979–80 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team

The 1979–80 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska, Lincoln during the 1979–80 NCAA Division I season. The Cornhuskers finished with record of 18–13, 8–6 in their conference. They were led by Joe Cipriano, in his final year as Nebraska head coach before his death.

1979–80 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball
National Invitation Tournament, First Round
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	18–13 (8–6 Big 8)
Head coach	Joe Cipriano (17th season)
Home arena	Bob Devaney Sports Center

1979–80 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 16 Missouri	11	–	3		.786			25	–	6		.806
Kansas State †	8	–	6		.571			22	–	9		.710
Nebraska	8	–	6		.571			18	–	13		.581
Kansas	7	–	7		.500			15	–	14		.517
Colorado	7	–	7		.500			17	–	10		.630
Oklahoma	6	–	8		.429			15	–	12		.556
Iowa State	5	–	9		.357			11	–	16		.407
Oklahoma State	4	–	10		.286			10	–	17		.370
† 1980 Big Eight tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 30*		South Dakota State	W 100–83	1–0	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
December 1*		Portland State	W 74–52	2–0	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
December 3*		Eastern Washington	W 82–68	3–0	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
December 8*		Creighton	W 64–55	4–0	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
December 11*		at No. 9 Purdue	L 56–78	4–1	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
December 13*		Cal Bakersfield	W 94–80	5–1	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
December 15*		at Minnesota	L 58–75	5–2	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
December 22*		UAB	W 92–84 4OT	6–2	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
December 27*		vs. Wisconsin	W 83–82 OT	7–2	Neal S. Blaisdell Center  Honolulu, Hawaii
December 29*		vs. Hawaii	L 55–67	7–3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center  Honolulu, Hawaii
December 30*		vs. No. 12 Louisville	L 58–65	7–4	Neal S. Blaisdell Center  Honolulu, Hawaii
January 2*		at Idaho	L 55–64	7–5	Kibbie Dome  Moscow, Idaho
January 4*		Wisconsin-Oshkosh	W 96–72	8–5	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
January 5*		Angelo State	W 83–70	9–5	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
January 9		at Iowa State	W 58–50	10–5 (1–0)	Hilton Coliseum (6,827) Ames, Iowa
January 12		No. 13 Missouri	L 63–84	10–6 (1–1)	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
January 16		Kansas	W 64–57	11–6 (2–1)	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
January 19		at Colorado	W 53–44	12–6 (3–1)	CU Events/Conference Center  Boulder, Colorado
January 23		Oklahoma State	W 74–73 OT	13–6 (4–1)	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
January 26		at Kansas State	L 64–66 2OT	13–7 (4–2)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, Kansas
January 30		Oklahoma	W 59–58	14–7 (5–2)	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
February 2		at No. 14 Missouri	L 61–73	14–8 (5–3)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
February 5		at Kansas	W 61–56	15–8 (6–3)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
February 9		Iowa State	W 69–66	16–8 (7–3)	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
February 13		at Oklahoma State	L 68–83	16–9 (7–4)	Gallagher Hall  Stillwater, Oklahoma
February 16		Colorado	L 55–56	16–10 (7–5)	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
February 20		Kansas State	W 70–58	17–10 (8–5)	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
February 23		at Oklahoma	L 60–78	17–11 (8–6)	Lloyd Noble Center  Norman, Oklahoma
Big 8 Tournament
February 26		Oklahoma	W 75–68	18–11 (8–6)	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
February 29		vs. Kansas State	L 59–60	18–12 (8–6)	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, Missouri
NIT
March 6*		at Michigan	L 69–76	18–13 (8–6)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, Michigan
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.