1979–80 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team

1979–80 Utah State Aggies men's basketball
1979–80 Utah State Aggies men's basketball
Pacific Coast Athletic Association Regular season champion
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Pacific Coast Athletic Association
Record	18-9 (11-2 PCAA)
Head coach	Rod Tueller;
Home arena	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum
	Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

1979–80 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Utah State	11	–	2	.846	18	–	9	.667
Long Beach State	11	–	3	.786	22	–	12	.647
Fresno State	8	–	4	.667	17	–	7	.708
San Jose State†	7	–	6	.538	17	–	12	.586
Pacific	7	–	7	.500	15	–	16	.484
UC Santa Barbara^{[note 1]}	5	–	9	.357	11	–	16	.407
Cal State Fullerton	4	–	10	.286	10	–	17	.370
UC Irvine^{[note 2]}	1	–	13	.071	9	–	18	.333


† 1980 PCAA tournament winner

The 1979–80 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team represented Utah State University during the 1979–80 men's college basketball season. They received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Clemson.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	30	Dean Hunger	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Kaysville, Utah

Head coach

Rod Tueller

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 30*	Weber State	W 92–84	1–0	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah
December 4*	at Utah	L 74–88	1–1	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
December 6*	at Weber State	L 73–79	1–2	Dee Events Center Ogden, Utah
December 10*	Nevada	W 113–95	2–2	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah
December 13*	Idaho State	W 87–77	3–2	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah
December 15*	at Colorado	L 79–84	3–3	CU Events Center Boulder, Colorado
December 19*	Utah	W 96–88	4–3	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah
December 22*	BYU	L 84–89	4–4	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah
December 28*	vs. La Salle	W 89–88	5–4	The Pit Albuquerque, NM
December 29*	at New Mexico	W 117–83	6–4	The Pit Albuquerque, NM
January 5*	Redlands	W 101–59	7–4	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah
January 10	Fresno State	W 78–65	8–4 (1–0)	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah
January 12	Pacific	W 90–86	9–4 (2–0)	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah
January 17	at UC-Santa Barbara	W 88–84	10–4 (3–0)	The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, California
January 19	at Long Beach State	W 100–92	11–4 (4–0)	Long Beach Arena Long Beach, California
January 24	San Jose State	W 95–92	12–4 (5–0)	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah
January 27	at San Jose State	L 67–69	12–5 (5–1)	San Jose Civic Auditorium San Jose, California
January 31	Cal State Fullerton	L 88–96	12–6 (5–2)	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah
February 2	UC-Irvine	W 98–81	13–6 (6–2)	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah
February 7	at UC-Irvine	W 87–83 ^OT	14–6 (7–2)	Crawford Hall Irvine, California
February 9	at Cal State Fullerton	W 69–67	15–6 (8–2)	Titan Gym Fullerton, California
February 12*	at BYU	L 83–84	15–7 (8–2)	Marriott Center Provo, Utah
February 14	Long Beach State	W 96–90	16–7 (9–2)	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah
February 16	UC-Santa Barbara	W 54–51	17–7 (10–2)	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah
February 21	at Pacific	W 91–78	18–7 (11–2)	Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium Stockton, California
PCAA tournament
February 29	vs. San Jose State	L 68–94	18–8 (11–2)	The Pit Albuquerque, NM
NCAA Tournament
March 6*	vs. Clemson First round	L 73–76	18–9 (11–2)	Dee Events Center Ogden, Utah
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Notes

^ Wins vacated by PCAA but still recognized by NCAA.
^ UC Irvine claims two losses against UC Santa Barbara that were vacated by PCAA as wins.

References

^ "1979–80 Utah State Aggies Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ "1979-80 Utah State University Men's Basketball Schedule". Utah State University.

[1] Wins vacated by PCAA but still recognized by NCAA.

[2] UC Irvine claims two losses against UC Santa Barbara that were vacated by PCAA as wins.

[3] "1979–80 Utah State Aggies Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[4] "1979-80 Utah State University Men's Basketball Schedule". Utah State University.

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People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
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