1979–80 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team

1979–80 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball
1979–80 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball
National Invitation Tournament, First Round
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	20–10 (11–5 Mid-American)
Head coach	John Weinert (4th season);
Home arena	Anderson Arena
	Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

1979–80 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Toledo †	14	–	2	.875	23	–	6	.793
Bowling Green State	11	–	5	.688	20	–	10	.667
Northern Illinois	9	–	7	.563	16	–	13	.552
Kent State	7	–	9	.438	16	–	11	.593
Ball State	7	–	9	.438	14	–	15	.483
Miami (Ohio)	7	–	9	.438	9	–	18	.333
Eastern Michigan	7	–	9	.438	11	–	16	.407
Western Michigan	7	–	9	.438	12	–	14	.462
Central Michigan	6	–	10	.375	12	–	13	.480
Ohio	5	–	11	.313	8	–	18	.308

† 1980 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979–80 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team represented Bowling Green State University during the 1979–80 men's college basketball season.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1*	Baldwin-Wallace	W 77–58	1–0	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
December 4*	at Duquesne	L 42–72	1–1	Civic Arena Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
December 8	Ball State	W 80–79	2–1	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
December 10*	Defiance	W 89–75	3–1	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
December 15*	Northwestern State	W 64–54	4–1	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
December 17*	at Valparaiso	W 60–59	5–1	Hilltop Gym Valparaiso, Indiana
December 28*	vs. Washington	L 62–92	5–2	John F. Savage Hall Toledo, Ohio
December 29*	vs. Northwestern	W 79–68	6–2	John F. Savage Hall Toledo, Ohio
January 5	Western Michigan	W 70–65	7–2 (1–0)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
January 9	at Miami (OH)	L 61–62	7–3 (1–1)	Millett Hall Oxford, Ohio
January 12	at Ohio	W 72–50	8–3 (2–1)	Convocation Center Athens, Ohio
January 14*	George Mason	W 95–70	9–3 (3–1)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
January 16	Central Michigan	W 69–62	10–3 (4–1)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
January 19	Toledo	W 74–71	11–3 (5–1)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
January 23	at Eastern Michigan	W 67–63	12–3 (6–1)	Convocation Center Ypsilanti, Michigan
January 26	Northern Illinois	W 71–68	13–3 (7–1)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
January 28	at Kent State	W 80–66	14–3 (8–1)	Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio
January 30*	at Butler	W 77–68	15–3 (8–1)	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
February 4	at Ball State	W 79–78	16–3 (9–1)	Irving Gymnasium Muncie, IN
February 6	Miami (OH)	W 64–61	17–3 (10–1)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
February 9	at Western Michigan	L 60–79	17–4 (10–2)	University Arena Kalamazoo, Michigan
February 11*	at Loyola (IL)	L 85–88	17–5 (10–2)	Alumni Gym Chicago, Illinois
February 13	Eastern Michigan	L 67–79	17–6 (10–3)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
February 16	Ohio	W 91–82	18–6 (11–3)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
February 20	at Central Michigan	L 72–75	18–7 (11–4)	McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan
February 23	at Toledo	L 69–71	18–8 (11–5)	John F. Savage Hall Toledo, Ohio
MAC Tournament
February 26	Eastern Michigan	W 54–49	19–8 (11–5)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
February 27	vs. Northern Illinois	W 78–63	20–8 (11–5)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
February 28	vs. Toledo	L 70–85	20–9 (11–5)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
NIT
March 5*	at Minnesota First Round	L 50–64	20–10 (11–5)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ "1979–80 Bowling Green Falcons Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[1] "1979–80 Bowling Green Falcons Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

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