1979–80 Penn Quakers men's basketball team

The 1979–80 Penn Quakers men's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania as a member of the Ivy League during the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Bob Weinhauer, the Quakers played their home games at The Palestra in Philadelphia. A year after reaching the Final Four, Penn again finished as Ivy League champions by defeating co-champion Princeton in a play-in game to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Playing as the No. 12 seed in the Mideast region, the Quakers defeated No. 5 seed Washington State in the opening round, before losing to No. 4 seed Duke in the second round.

1979–80 Penn Quakers men's basketball
Ivy League champions
NCAA tournament, Second Round
Conference	Ivy League
Record	17–12 (11–3 Ivy)
Head coach	Bob Weinhauer (3rd season)
Home arena	The Palestra

1979–80 Ivy League men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Penn	11	–	3		.786			17	–	12		.586
Princeton	11	–	3		.786			15	–	15		.500
Brown	9	–	5		.643			12	–	14		.462
Yale	8	–	6		.571			16	–	10		.615
Harvard	6	–	8		.429			11	–	15		.423
Columbia	5	–	9		.357			10	–	16		.385
Dartmouth	3	–	11		.214			6	–	20		.231
Cornell	3	–	11		.214			5	–	19		.208
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1981–82 Penn Quakers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F 11 Paul Little 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Fr	Head coach Bob Weinhauer 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
December 4*		at Wake Forest	L 58–88	0–1	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
December 7*		vs. Davidson	L 62–71	0–2	Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
December 8*		vs. Oklahoma	L 76–91	0–3	Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
December 11*		Duke	L 56–70	0–4	Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 15*		Navy	W 69–54	1–4	Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 22*		at Saints Francis	W 68–52	2–4	Maurice Stokes Athletic Center  Loretto, Pennsylvania
January 5		Princeton	W 58–42	3–4 (1–0)	Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 8*		Temple	W 59–46	4–4 (1–0)	Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 11		Brown	W 64–47	5–4 (2–0)	Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 12		Yale	W 84–64	6–4 (3–0)	Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 16*		at Virginia	L 39–69	6–5 (3–0)	University Hall  Charlottesville, Virginia
January 19*		Villanova	L 51–65	6–6 (3–0)	Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 23*		Saint Joseph's	L 56–60	6–7 (3–0)	Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 26*		Richmond	W 84–78	7–7 (3–0)	Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 1		Cornell	W 75–50	8–7 (4–0)	Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 2		Columbia	W 62–57	9–7 (5–0)	Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 8		at Dartmouth	W 51–46	10–7 (6–0)	Alumni Gymnasium  Hanover, NH
February 9		at Harvard	W 88–79	11–7 (7–0)	Malkin Athletic Center  Cambridge, Massachusetts
February 12*		La Salle	L 73–80	11–8 (7–0)	Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 15		at Yale	W 73–68	12–8 (8–0)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium  New Haven, CT
February 16		at Brown	L 58–71	12–9 (8–1)	Marvel Gymnasium  Providence, RI
February 22		Harvard	W 84–73	13–9 (9–1)	Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 23		Dartmouth	W 84–50	14–9 (10–1)	Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 26		at Princeton	L 69–70	14–10 (10–2)	Jadwin Gymnasium  Princeton, NJ
February 29		at Columbia	L 51–55	14–11 (10–3)	Levien Gymnasium  Manhattan, NY
March 1		at Cornell	W 67–46	15–11 (11–3)	Barton Hall  Ithaca, NY
March 3*		Princeton Ivy League Play-in game	W 50–49	16–11	Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 6*		vs. Washington State NCAA Tournament • First Round	W 62–55	17–11 (12–3)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
March 9*		vs. Duke NCAA Tournament • Second Round	L 42–52	17–12 (12–3)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.