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1979–80 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

1979–80 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
1979–80 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team.jpg
Illini Classic, Champion
Rainbow Classic, Champion
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. Not ranked
AP No. Not ranked
1979–80 record 22–13 (8–10 Big Ten)
Head coach Lou Henson
Assistant coach Tony Yates
Assistant coach Dick Nagy
Assistant coach Larry Lubin
MVP Eddie Johnson
Captain Levi Cobb
Home arena Assembly Hall
Seasons
← 1978–79
1980–81 →
1979–80 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#7 Indiana 13 5   .722     21 8   .724
#10 Ohio State 12 6   .667     21 8   .724
#20 Purdue 11 7   .611     23 10   .697
Iowa 10 8   .556     23 10   .697
Minnesota 10 8   .556     21 11   .656
Illinois 8 10   .444     22 13   .629
Michigan 8 10   .444     17 13   .567
Wisconsin 7 11   .389     15 14   .517
Michigan State 6 12   .333     12 15   .444
Northwestern 5 13   .278     10 17   .370
Rankings from AP Poll)

The 1979–80 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

For the 1979-80 season, head coach Lou Henson returned everyone from a team that finished with 19 wins. The team gave the head coach his first of 11, 20-win seasons at Illinois. That year, Illinois made its first postseason appearance since 1963, finishing third in the NIT. During the course of the season, the Illini would defeat eventual NCAA Tournament Champion, Louisville

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