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1979–80 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

American college basketball season

Field	Value
mode	Basketball
year	1979–80
team	Purdue Boilermakers
image_size	150px
conference	Big Ten Conference
short_conf	Big Ten
APRank	20
record	23–10
conf_record	11–7
head_coach	Lee Rose
hc_year	2nd
asst_coach1	Everett Bass
asst_coach2	Billy Keller
asst_coach3	Jeff Meyer
arena	Mackey Arena
bowl	[NCAA tournament](1980-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-tournament)
bowl_result	Final Four

This was the last Purdue team to reach the Final Four until 2024.

Roster

Everett Bass
Billy Keller
Jeff Meyer

Regular season

During the 1980 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, Purdue qualified for the Final Four, where they lost to UCLA.

NCAA basketball tournament

Midwest
- #20 (AP) Purdue (#6 seed) 90, LaSalle (#11 seed) 82
- #20 (AP) Purdue 87, #13 (AP) St. John's, (NY) (#3 seed) 72
- #20 (AP) Purdue 76, #7 (AP) Indiana (#2 seed) 69
- #20 (AP) Purdue 68, #14 (AP) Duke (# 4 seed) 60
Final Four
- UCLA (#8 seed) 67, #20 (AP) Purdue (#6 seed) 62
- #20 (AP) Purdue (#6 seed) 75, Iowa (#5 seed) 58 (3rd Place / Consolation Game)

Team players drafted into the NBA

References

. (March 1980). "1980 NCAA Final Four program".
"RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
"1980 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com".

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