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1979-1980 Iowa Basketball Year in Review


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SUMMARY VIDEO


NCAA Regional Championship (Final Four)NCAA Regional Championship (Final Four)

Summary: They finished with a 23-10 (10-8 Big Ten) record, and reached the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament as champions of the East Region, where they would fall to Louisville, and later Purdue in the 3rd place game. To date, this is Iowa's most recent appearance in the NCAA Final Four in men's basketball.

Conference: Big Ten

Head Coach: Lute Olson

Assistant Coaches: Kirk Speraw

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RESULTS

Date

Opponent / Score

Hilites

Full Game

Northern Illinois
12/1/1979

Iowa  vs  Northern Illinois  


W     86 - 43



Colorado State
12/3/1979

Iowa  vs  Colorado State  


W     113 - 66



Northern Iowa
12/6/1979

#20 Iowa  vs  Northern Iowa  


W     78 - 46



Detroit Mercy
12/8/1979

#20 Iowa  @  Detroit Mercy  


W     80 - 54



Wichita State
12/11/1979

#17 Iowa  @  Wichita State  


W     81 - 62



Iowa State
12/15/1979

#17 Iowa  @  Iowa State  


W     67 - 64



Mississippi State
12/21/1979

#13 Iowa  vs  Mississippi State  


W     81 - 62



Dayton
12/22/1979

#13 Iowa  @  Dayton  


W     61 - 54



Drake
12/29/1979

#11 Iowa  vs  Drake  


W     77 - 66


Illinois
1/3/1980

#10 Iowa  @  #20 Illinois  


W     72 - 71  

Michigan
1/5/1980

#10 Iowa  @  Michigan  


L     65 - 68  


Ohio State
1/10/1980

#12 Iowa  vs  #3 Ohio State  


L     71 - 77



Wisconsin
1/12/1980

#12 Iowa  vs  Wisconsin  


W     66 - 65



Indiana
1/17/1980

#13 Iowa  @  #19 Indiana  


L     69 - 81



Michigan State
1/19/1980

Iowa  @  Michigan State  


L     67 - 75



Northwestern
1/24/1980

Iowa  vs  Northwestern  


W     86 - 64



Minnesota
1/26/1980

Iowa  vs  Minnesota  


W     80 - 73



Purdue
1/31/1980

Iowa  @  #17 Purdue  


L     56 - 70



Minnesota
2/2/1980

Iowa  @  Minnesota  


W     73 - 63



Michigan State
2/7/1980

Iowa  vs  Michigan State  


W     44 - 39  



Purdue
2/9/1980

Iowa  vs  #12 Purdue  


W     74 - 59  


Indiana
2/14/1980

#20 Iowa  vs  Indiana  


L     55 - 66



Northwestern
2/16/1980

#20 Iowa  @  Northwestern  


W     60 - 58



Wisconsin
2/21/1980

Iowa  @  Wisconsin  


L     58 - 62



Ohio State
2/23/1980

Iowa  @  #11 Ohio State  


L     69 - 70



Michigan
2/28/1980

Iowa  vs  Michigan  


W     83 - 67



Illinois
3/1/1980

Iowa  vs  Illinois  


W     75 - 71  


Virginia Commonwealth
3/6/1980

Iowa  vs  Virginia Commonwealth  


W     86 - 72



North Carolina State
3/8/1980

Iowa  vs  North Carolina State  


W     77 - 64  



Syracuse
3/14/1980

Iowa  vs  #6 Syracuse  


W     88 - 77  


Georgetown
3/16/1980

Iowa  vs  #11 Georgetown  


W     81 - 80  

Louisville
3/22/1980

Iowa  vs  #2 Louisville  


L     72 - 80  

Purdue
3/24/1980

Iowa  vs  #20 Purdue  


L     58 - 75  



Total Wins

Total Losses

Total Ties

Win %

23

10

0

69.70%


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1979-1980  IOWA BASKETBALL COACHING STAFF

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Kirk Speraw

Kirk Speraw
Graduate Assistant



1979-1980  IOWA BASKETBALL PLAYER ROSTER

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Kenny Arnold

Kenny Arnold (G)

Chicago, Illinois [Calumet]

Greg Boyle

Greg Boyle (G)

Mundelein, Illinois [High]

Kevin Boyle

Kevin Boyle (F)

Burbank, Illinois [St. Laurence]

Mark Gannon

Mark Gannon

Iowa City, Iowa [Regina]

Tom Grogan

Tom Grogan (QB)

Kansas City, Kansas [Turner]

Bobby Hansen

Bobby Hansen

West Des Moines, Iowa [Dowling]

Steve Krafcisin

Steve Krafcisin (C)

Chicago, Illinois [St Laurence]

Ronnie Lester

Ronnie Lester (G)

Chicago, Illinois [Dunbar]

Steve Waite

Steve Waite

Iowa City, Iowa [West]


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