1979–80 New Hampshire Wildcats men's basketball team

The 1979–80 New Hampshire Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of New Hampshire during the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by eleventh year head coach Gerry Friel, played their home games at Lundholm Gym and were members of the ECAC North, however the conference did not conduct conference play for the 1979–80 season. They finished the season 4–22 to finish in tenth place. They did not qualify for the ECAC North tournament.

1979–80 New Hampshire Wildcats men's basketball
Conference	ECAC North
Record	4–22 (0–0 ECAC North)
Head coach	Gerry Friel (11th season)
Home arena	Lundholm Gym

1979–80 ECAC North men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Boston University	19	–	7		.731			21	–	9		.700
Northeastern	19	–	7		.731			19	–	8		.704
Holy Cross †	16	–	10		.615			19	–	11		.633
Rhode Island	14	–	12		.538			15	–	13		.536
Maine	14	–	12		.538			15	–	13		.536
Canisius	13	–	13		.500			13	–	14		.481
Vermont	4	–	4		.500			12	–	15		.444
Niagara	11	–	15		.423			11	–	16		.407
Colgate	8	–	17		.320			8	–	17		.320
New Hampshire	4	–	22		.154			4	–	22		.154
† 1980 ECAC North tournament winner

Roster

Name	Position	Height	Year	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG%	FT%
Jack Burns	Forward	6–7	So.	12.5	3.0	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.0	52.5%	66.7%
Dana Chapman	Guard	6–1	Jr.	19.7	9.6	1.6	1.1	0.8	0.0	40.4%	70.8%
A.J. DeFusco	Guard/Forward	N/A	Fr.	2.8	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	14.3%	N/A
Robin Dixon	Guard	6–3	Fr.	23.0	10.1	2.4	1.8	0.8	0.3	42.5%	60.6%
Paul Dufour	Guard	6–2	Sr.	30.8	10.6	2.2	2.2	1.0	0.0	50.4%	83.3%
Chris Gildea	Forward	6–6	So.	18.2	4.3	2.8	1.4	0.4	0.2	49.4%	69.8%
Karl Hicks	Forward	6–5	So.	12.7	3.3	2.0	0.5	0.3	0.1	37.5%	88.2%
Mike Keeler	Center	6–8	So.	31.1	10.8	7.1	0.4	0.5	1.6	47.9%	54.3%
Randy Kinzly	Guard	6–2	So.	20.8	4.7	1.7	2.6	0.7	0.0	51.9%	83.7%
Bob Neely	Forward	6–4	Fr.	25.9	7.0	4.6	0.9	1.0	0.6	36.3%	68.5%
Brady Otey	Forward	6–4	So.	13.5	3.9	2.2	0.6	0.5	0.1	30.7%	51.6%
John Quinn	Center	6–8	Jr.	9.2	2.0	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.1	45.9%	50.0%
Joe Rainis	Center	6–9	Fr.	10.7	1.9	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.1	35.7%	60.0%

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov. 30, 1979*	vs. Brown Brown Tap–Off Tournament	L 56–67	0–1	Providence Civic Center  Providence, RI
Dec. 1, 1979*	vs. Robert Morris Brown Tap–Off Tournament	W 58–55	1–1	Providence Civic Center  Providence, RI
Dec. 4, 1979*	at Connecticut	L 62–71	1–2	Hartford Civic Center  Hartford, CT
Dec. 7, 1979*	at Springfield	L 70–84	1–3	Blake Arena  Springfield, MA
Dec. 12, 1979	Maine	L 55–70	1–4	Lundholm Gym  Durham, NH
Dec. 15, 1979*	at Saint Peter's	L 34–72	1–5	Yanitelli Center  Jersey City, NJ
Dec. 28, 1979*	vs. Austin Peay Poinsettia Classic	L 60–69	1–6	Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
Dec. 29, 1979*	vs. Evansville Poinsettia Classic	L 72–86	1–7	Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
Jan. 3, 1980*	Connecticut	W 67–59	2–7	Lundholm Gym  Durham, NH
Jan. 5, 1980*	vs. Boston College	L 69–97	2–8	Cumberland County Civic Center  Portland, ME
Jan. 7, 1980*	at Providence	L 48–71	2–9	Providence Civic Center  Providence, RI
Jan. 11, 1980	Vermont	L 70–84	2–10	Lundholm Gym  Durham, NH
Jan. 17, 1980*	Saint Anselm	L 50–52	2–11	Lundholm Gym  Durham, NH
Jan. 19, 1980	at Boston University	L 59–82	2–12	Case Gym  Boston, MA
Jan. 23, 1980*	at Yale	L 62–81	2–13	John J. Lee Amphitheater  New Haven, CT
Jan. 28, 1980	Northeastern	L 63–73	2–14	Cabot Center  Boston, MA
Jan. 30, 1980	Rhode Island	L 63–86	2–15	Lundholm Gym  Durham, NH
Feb. 1, 1980	Colgate	L 58–59	2–16	Cotterell Court  Hamilton, NY
Feb. 5, 1980	at Maine	L 54–65	2–17	Alfond Arena  Orono, ME
Feb. 7, 1980	at Holy Cross	L 86–97	2–18	Hart Center  Worcester, MA
Feb. 10, 1980	Northeastern	L 68–69	2–19	Lundholm Gym  Durham, NH
Feb. 12, 1980*	at Dartmouth	W 55–54	3–19	Alumni Gym  Hanover, NH
Feb 16, 1980	Boston University	L 76–102	3–20	Lundholm Gym  Durham, NH
Feb 18, 1980*	at UMass	L 63–69	3–21	Curry Hicks Cage  Amherst, MA
Feb 21, 1980	at Vermont	L 76–103	3–22	Patrick Gym  Burlington, VT
Feb 23, 1980*	Siena	W 72–70	4–22	Lundholm Gym  Durham, NH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.