1979–80 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Year:	1979–80
Team:	Purdue Boilermakers
Conference:	Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:	Big Ten
Aprank:	20
Record:	23–10
Conf Record:	11–7
Hc Year:	2nd
Asst Coach1:	Everett Bass
Bowl Result:	Final Four

This was the last Purdue team to reach the Final Four until 2024.

Roster

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Regular season

During the 1980 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, Purdue qualified for the Final Four, where they lost to UCLA.

NCAA basketball tournament

• Midwest
  • #20 (AP) Purdue (#6 seed) 90, LaSalle (#11 seed) 82
  • #20 (AP) Purdue 87, #13 (AP) St. John’s, (NY) (#3 seed) 72
  • #20 (AP) Purdue 76, #7 (AP) Indiana (#2 seed) 69
  • #20 (AP) Purdue 68, #14 (AP) Duke (# 4 seed) 60
• Final Four
  • UCLA (#8 seed) 67, #20 (AP) Purdue (#6 seed) 62
  • #20 (AP) Purdue (#6 seed) 75, Iowa (#5 seed) 58 (3rd Place / Consolation Game)

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Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	1	Joe Barry Carroll	Golden State Warriors
2	46	Arnette Hallman	Boston Celtics

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References

1. . 1980 NCAA Final Four program . March 1980.
2. Web site: RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More.
3. Web site: 1980 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com . 2009-05-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100318002838/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1980&lg=N . 2010-03-18 .