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| Date | Opponent | Result/Prediction | Record | Conf | Rating | ||||
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| Dec 01, 1979 | 103 | Northern Illinois | W | 86-43 | 93% | 1 - 0 | +41.2 | ||
| Dec 03, 1979 | 182 | Colorado St. | W | 113-66 | 97% | 2 - 0 | +39.6 | ||
| Dec 08, 1979 | 90 | @ Detroit Mercy | W | 80-54 | 78% | 3 - 0 | +32.7 | ||
| Dec 11, 1979 | 62 | @ Wichita St. | W | 81-62 | 72% | 4 - 0 | +27.7 | ||
| Dec 15, 1979 | 136 | @ Iowa St. | W | 67-64 | 86% | 5 - 0 | +6.1 | ||
| Dec 21, 1979 | 67 | Mississippi St. | W | 81-62 | 82% | 6 - 0 | +23.9 | ||
| Dec 22, 1979 | 102 | @ Dayton | W | 61-54 | 81% | 7 - 0 | +12.4 | ||
| Dec 29, 1979 | 87 | Drake | W | 77-66 | 91% | 8 - 0 | +10.9 | ||
| Jan 03, 1980 | 10 | @ Illinois | W | 72-71 | 41% | 9 - 0 | 1 - 0 | +18.2 | |
| Jan 05, 1980 | 20 | @ Michigan | L | 65-68 | 48% | 9 - 1 | 1 - 1 | +12.3 | |
| Jan 10, 1980 | 3 | Ohio St. | L | 71-77 | 62% | 9 - 2 | 1 - 2 | +5.6 | |
| Jan 12, 1980 | 28 | Wisconsin | W | 66-65 | 77% | 10 - 2 | 2 - 2 | +8.0 | |
| Jan 17, 1980 | 2 | @ Indiana | L | 69-81 | 35% | 10 - 3 | 2 - 3 | +6.8 | |
| Jan 19, 1980 | 30 | @ Michigan St. | L | 67-75 | 54% | 10 - 4 | 2 - 4 | +5.8 | |
| Jan 24, 1980 | 70 | Northwestern | W | 86-64 | 89% | 11 - 4 | 3 - 4 | +23.2 | |
| Jan 26, 1980 | 11 | Minnesota | W | 80-73 | 69% | 12 - 4 | 4 - 4 | +16.8 | |
| Jan 31, 1980 | 1 | @ Purdue | L | 56-70 | 35% | 12 - 5 | 4 - 5 | +4.8 | |
| Feb 02, 1980 | 11 | @ Minnesota | W | 73-63 | 42% | 13 - 5 | 5 - 5 | +26.9 | |
| Feb 07, 1980 | 30 | Michigan St. | W | 44-39 | 78% | 14 - 5 | 6 - 5 | +11.7 | |
| Feb 09, 1980 | 1 | Purdue | W | 74-59 | 62% | 15 - 5 | 7 - 5 | +26.7 | |
| Feb 14, 1980 | 2 | Indiana | L | 55-66 | 62% | 15 - 6 | 7 - 6 | +0.7 | |
| Feb 16, 1980 | 70 | @ Northwestern | W | 60-58 | 73% | 16 - 6 | 8 - 6 | +10.3 | |
| Feb 21, 1980 | 28 | @ Wisconsin | L | 58-62 | 52% | 16 - 7 | 8 - 7 | +10.1 | |
| Feb 23, 1980 | 3 | @ Ohio St. | L | 69-70 | 35% | 16 - 8 | 8 - 8 | +17.7 | |
| Feb 28, 1980 | 20 | Michigan | W | 83-67 | 73% | 17 - 8 | 9 - 8 | +24.2 | |
| Mar 01, 1980 | 10 | Illinois | W | 75-71 | 67% | 18 - 8 | 10 - 8 | +14.1 | |
| Mar 06, 1980 | 83 | Virginia Commonwealth | W | 86-72 | 85% | 19 - 8 | +17.8 | ||
| Mar 08, 1980 | 17 | North Carolina St. | W | 77-64 | 61% | 20 - 8 | +25.0 | ||
| Mar 14, 1980 | 4 | Syracuse | W | 88-77 | 49% | 21 - 8 | +26.0 | ||
| Mar 16, 1980 | 14 | Georgetown | W | 81-80 | 59% | 22 - 8 | +13.4 | ||
| Mar 22, 1980 | 6 | Louisville | L | 72-80 | 51% | 22 - 9 | +6.4 | ||
| Mar 24, 1980 | 1 | Purdue | L | 58-75 | 48% | 22 - 10 | -1.8 | ||
| Projected Record | 22 - 10 | 10 - 8 | |||||||
