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1979-1980 Iowa Basketball Year in Review

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SUMMARY VIDEO

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

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RESULTS

Date	Opponent / Score	Hilites	Full Game
12/1/1979	Iowa vs Northern Illinois W 86 - 43
12/3/1979	Iowa vs Colorado State W 113 - 66
12/6/1979	#20 Iowa vs Northern Iowa W 78 - 46
12/8/1979	#20 Iowa @ Detroit Mercy W 80 - 54
12/11/1979	#17 Iowa @ Wichita State W 81 - 62
12/15/1979	#17 Iowa @ Iowa State W 67 - 64
12/21/1979	#13 Iowa vs Mississippi State W 81 - 62
12/22/1979	#13 Iowa @ Dayton W 61 - 54
12/29/1979	#11 Iowa vs Drake W 77 - 66
1/3/1980	#10 Iowa @ #20 Illinois W 72 - 71
1/5/1980	#10 Iowa @ Michigan L 65 - 68
1/10/1980	#12 Iowa vs #3 Ohio State L 71 - 77
1/12/1980	#12 Iowa vs Wisconsin W 66 - 65
1/17/1980	#13 Iowa @ #19 Indiana L 69 - 81
1/19/1980	Iowa @ Michigan State L 67 - 75
1/24/1980	Iowa vs Northwestern W 86 - 64
1/26/1980	Iowa vs Minnesota W 80 - 73
1/31/1980	Iowa @ #17 Purdue L 56 - 70
2/2/1980	Iowa @ Minnesota W 73 - 63
2/7/1980	Iowa vs Michigan State W 44 - 39
2/9/1980	Iowa vs #12 Purdue W 74 - 59
2/14/1980	#20 Iowa vs Indiana L 55 - 66
2/16/1980	#20 Iowa @ Northwestern W 60 - 58
2/21/1980	Iowa @ Wisconsin L 58 - 62
2/23/1980	Iowa @ #11 Ohio State L 69 - 70
2/28/1980	Iowa vs Michigan W 83 - 67
3/1/1980	Iowa vs Illinois W 75 - 71
3/6/1980	Iowa vs Virginia Commonwealth W 86 - 72
3/8/1980	Iowa vs North Carolina State W 77 - 64
3/14/1980	Iowa vs #6 Syracuse W 88 - 77
3/16/1980	Iowa vs #11 Georgetown W 81 - 80
3/22/1980	Iowa vs #2 Louisville L 72 - 80
3/24/1980	Iowa vs #20 Purdue L 58 - 75