1979–80 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

The 1979–80 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by ninth-year head coach Marv Harshman, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.

1979–80 Washington Huskies men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
1979–80 record18–10 (9–9 Pac-10)
Head coachMarv Harshman (9th season)
Assistant coachBob Johnson
Home arenaHec Edmundson Pavilion
1979–80 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
^#5 Oregon State16–2 .889  26–3  .897
No. 18 Arizona15–3 .833  22–7  .759
Washington State14–4 .778  22–6  .786
*UCLA12–6 .667  17–9  .654
Washington9–9 .500  18–10  .643
Arizona6–12 .333  12–15  .444
USC5–13 .278  12–15  .444
Oregon5–13 .278  10–17  .370
Stanford5–13 .278  7–19  .269
California3–15 .167  8–19  .296
As of April 15, 1979[1]
*Oregon State vacated all tournament games (0–1) due to NCAA sanctions.
Disputed record (16-2, 26-4)
^UCLA vacated all tournament games (5–1) due to NCAA sanctions.
Disputed record (22-10, 12-6); Rankings from AP Poll

The Huskies were 18–9 overall in the regular season and 9–9 in conference play, fifth in the standings.[2][3] There was no conference tournament yet; it debuted seven years later.

This was Washington's first appearance in the National Invitation Tournament, they played UNLV in the first round and lost by twenty points.[4][5] The Pac-8 did not allow participation in the NIT until 1973. The 1972 Huskies were 20–6 overall and 10–4 in conference, second in the standings;[6][7] but stayed home for the postseason.[8][9]

Postseason result
Date
time, TV		 Opponent Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
National Invitation Tournament
Fri, March 7*
 at UNLV
First round		 L 73–93  18–10
 Las Vegas Convention Center (6,380)
Las Vegas, Nevada
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific time.
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References
  1. "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. "UW gets NIT bid but Idaho left out". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). wire services. March 3, 1980. p. 20.
  3. "College standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 3, 1980. p. 4B.
  4. "Huskies down (and out)". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. March 8, 1980. p. 14.
  5. "Vegas routs Huskies 93-73 in NIT opener". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 8, 1980. p. 4B.
  6. Brown, Bruce (March 11, 1972). "Ban on NIT event lamented for UW". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 9.
  7. "Pacific-8 final standings". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). March 13, 1972. p. 21.
  8. Missildine, Harry (March 9, 1972). "Harshman club seems sure of finishing second again". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 18.
  9. "Nine accept NCAA bids; NIT lines up five teams". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 2, 1972. p. 23.
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