1979–80 Penn Quakers men's basketball team

1979–80 Penn Quakers men's basketball
1979–80 Penn Quakers men's basketball
Ivy League champions
NCAA tournament, Second Round
Conference	Ivy League
Record	17–12 (11–3 Ivy)
Head coach	Bob Weinhauer (3rd season);
Home arena	The Palestra

1979–80 Ivy League men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Penn	11	–	3	.786	17	–	12	.586
Princeton	11	–	3	.786	15	–	15	.500
Brown	9	–	5	.643	12	–	14	.462
Yale	8	–	6	.571	16	–	10	.615
Harvard	6	–	8	.429	11	–	15	.423
Columbia	5	–	9	.357	10	–	16	.385
Dartmouth	3	–	11	.214	6	–	20	.231
Cornell	3	–	11	.214	5	–	19	.208

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1979–80 Penn Quakers men's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania as a member of the Ivy League during the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Bob Weinhauer, the Quakers played their home games at The Palestra in Philadelphia. A year after reaching the Final Four, Penn again finished as Ivy League champions by defeating co-champion Princeton in a play-in game to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Playing as the No. 12 seed in the Mideast region, the Quakers defeated No. 5 seed Washington State in the opening round, before losing to No. 4 seed Duke in the second round.

Roster

1981–82 Penn Quakers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	11	Paul Little	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Fr

Head coach

Bob Weinhauer

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
December 4*	at Wake Forest	L 58–88	0–1	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
December 7*	vs. Davidson	L 62–71	0–2	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
December 8*	vs. Oklahoma	L 76–91	0–3	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
December 11*	Duke	L 56–70	0–4	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 15*	Navy	W 69–54	1–4	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 22*	at Saints Francis	W 68–52	2–4	Maurice Stokes Athletic Center Loretto, Pennsylvania
January 5	Princeton	W 58–42	3–4 (1–0)	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 8*	Temple	W 59–46	4–4 (1–0)	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 11	Brown	W 64–47	5–4 (2–0)	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 12	Yale	W 84–64	6–4 (3–0)	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 16*	at Virginia	L 39–69	6–5 (3–0)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
January 19*	Villanova	L 51–65	6–6 (3–0)	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 23*	Saint Joseph's	L 56–60	6–7 (3–0)	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 26*	Richmond	W 84–78	7–7 (3–0)	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 1	Cornell	W 75–50	8–7 (4–0)	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 2	Columbia	W 62–57	9–7 (5–0)	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 8	at Dartmouth	W 51–46	10–7 (6–0)	Alumni Gymnasium Hanover, NH
February 9	at Harvard	W 88–79	11–7 (7–0)	Malkin Athletic Center Cambridge, Massachusetts
February 12*	La Salle	L 73–80	11–8 (7–0)	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 15	at Yale	W 73–68	12–8 (8–0)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT
February 16	at Brown	L 58–71	12–9 (8–1)	Marvel Gymnasium Providence, RI
February 22	Harvard	W 84–73	13–9 (9–1)	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 23	Dartmouth	W 84–50	14–9 (10–1)	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 26	at Princeton	L 69–70	14–10 (10–2)	Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ
February 29	at Columbia	L 51–55	14–11 (10–3)	Levien Gymnasium Manhattan, NY
March 1	at Cornell	W 67–46	15–11 (11–3)	Barton Hall Ithaca, NY
March 3*	Princeton Ivy League Play-in game	W 50–49	16–11	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 6*	vs. Washington State NCAA Tournament • First Round	W 62–55	17–11 (12–3)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
March 9*	vs. Duke NCAA Tournament • Second Round	L 42–52	17–12 (12–3)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

↑ sports-reference.com 1979-80 Ivy Group Season Summary
↑ "1979–80 Penn Quakers Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

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[1] sports-reference.com 1979-80 Ivy Group Season Summary

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

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Penn Quakers men's basketball
Venues	The Palestra (1927–present)
Rivalries	Drexel Princeton
Culture & lore	"Fight on, Pennsylvania!" City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 (Robert V. Geasey Trophy) Penn Pep Band
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1896–97 1897–98 1898–1902 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 1979–80 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
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics