1979–80 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

1979–80 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
1979–80 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
Conference	Metro Conference
Record	13–15 (3–9 Metro)
Head coach	Ed Badger;
Home arena	Riverfront Coliseum

1979–80 Metro Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Louisville †	12	–	0	1.000	33	–	3	.917
Virginia Tech	8	–	4	.667	21	–	8	.724
Florida State	7	–	5	.583	22	–	9	.710
Memphis State	5	–	7	.417	13	–	14	.481
Saint Louis	4	–	8	.333	12	–	15	.444
	3	–	9	.250	13	–	15	.464
Tulane	3	–	9	.250	10	–	17	.370

† 1980 Metro Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1979–80 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 1979–80 NCAA men's basketball season.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	Jeff Bentley	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Mason, Ohio
G	David Kennedy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	Pittsburgh, PA
G	Eddie Lee	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Queens, New York

Head coach

Ed Badger

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*	vs. Mississippi State	L 72–87	0–1	Mississippi Coast Coliseum Biloxi, Mississippi
December 1*	vs. Southern Mississippi	L 84–86	0–2	Mississippi Coast Coliseum Biloxi, Mississippi
December 6*	Augustana (SD)	W 78–62	1–2	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
December 8*	at North Carolina	L 62–68	1–3	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
December 12*	Miami (OH)	W 75–73	2–3	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
December 17*	Cal Poly SLO	W 82–57	3–3	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
December 19*	Pittsburgh	W 61–60	4–3	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
December 22*	Temple	W 68–64	5–3	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
December 28*	vs. South Carolina	W 69–62	6–3	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
December 29*	at Duke	L 75–87 ^OT	6–4	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 5*	at Dayton	W 69–68	7–4	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
January 7	Memphis	W 74–64	8–4 (1–0)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
January 16	Tulane	W 59–58	9–4 (2–0)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
January 19	Virginia Tech	L 59–61	9–5 (2–1)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
January 22	St. Louis	W 71–57	10–5 (3–1)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
January 26	at Virginia Tech	L 57–97	10–6 (3–2)	Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia
January 28	at Tulane	L 64–69	10–7 (3–3)	Avron B. Fogelman Arena New Orleans, Louisiana
February 2	Florida State	L 52–54	10–8 (3–4)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
February 4*	at Xavier	L 69–77	10–9 (3–4)	Schmidt Fieldhouse Cincinnati, Ohio
February 6	at No. 3 Louisville	L 73–88	10–10 (3–5)	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
February 9	at Florida State	L 74–77	10–11 (3–6)	Tully Gymnasium Tallahassee, Florida
February 14	at Memphis	L 59–61	10–12 (3–7)	Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee
February 16	Louisville	L 73–88	10–13 (3–8)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
February 18*	Loyola (IL)	W 75–70	11–13 (3–8)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
February 21	at St. Louis	L 86–92	11–14 (3–9)	The Checkerdome St. Louis, Missouri
February 26*	North Carolina A&T	W 72–64	11–15 (3–9)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
Metro Tournament
February 28	vs. Virginia Tech	W 65–51	12–15 (3–9)	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
March 1	vs. Florida State	L 69–79	12–16 (3–9)	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1979-80 Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference Season Summary
^ "1979–80 Cincinnati Bearcats Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ 2008-09 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2019-Sep-7.

[1] sports-reference.com 1979-80 Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference Season Summary

[2] "1979–80 Cincinnati Bearcats Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[3] 2008-09 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2019-Sep-7.

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Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
Venues	Schmidlapp Gymnasium (1901–1954) Cincinnati Gardens (1949–1954; 1987–1989) Armory Fieldhouse (1954–1976) Riverfront Coliseum (1976–1987) Fifth Third Arena (1989–2017; 2018–present) BB&T Arena (2017–2018)
Rivalries	Louisville Memphis West Virginia Xavier
Culture & lore	Bearcat "Cheer Cincinnati" 2011 Crosstown Shootout brawl Longest game in Division I history UC Pep Band
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics