# 1979–80 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team

The 1979–80 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas in the 1979–80 college basketball season. The Razorbacks played their home games in Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It was Eddie Sutton's sixth season as head coach of the Hogs. The Razorbacks finished second in the Southwest Conference regular season standings with a conference record of 13–3 and an overall record of 21–8.
The Razorbacks earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, Arkansas's eighth appearance in the tournament overall and fourth consecutive appearance, following appearances in the 1978 Final Four and the 1979 Elite Eight. The Hogs were defeated by Kansas State in the first round of the tournament.
Arkansas entered the AP Poll at #20 on December 10, 1979, rising to #19 on December 26 before consecutive losses knocked the Hogs out of the poll for the rest of the season.
Sophomore center Scott Hastings was named to the All-SWC First Team.
The 1979–80 season is also noteworthy for featuring the longest game in Razorback history, an 84–90 triple-overtime loss at Houston.

## Schedule and results

Schedule retrieved from HogStats.com.
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| December 1, 1979* | | Loyola Marymount | W 76–66 | 1–0 | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| December 3, 1979* | | Centenary | W 65–53 | 2–0 | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| December 5, 1979* | | Missouri–St. Louis | W 79–50 | 3–0 | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| December 8, 1979* | | at Centenary | W 70–62 | 4–0 | Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Exhibition ||||||
| December 10, 1979* | | Athletes in Action | W 68–67 $^{OT}$ | 4–0 | Barton Coliseum Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Regular season ||||||
| December 15, 1979* | No. 20 | Mississippi | W 67–59 | 5–0 | Barton Coliseum Little Rock, Arkansas |
| December 17, 1979* | No. 20 | Oklahoma City | W 86–68 | 6–0 | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| December 20, 1979* | No. 20 | No. 6 LSU | L 55–56 | 6–1 | Barton Coliseum Little Rock, Arkansas |
| December 28, 1979* | No. 19 | at Memphis State | L 67–74 | 6–2 | Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee |
| December 30, 1979* | | Kansas State | L 57–66 | 6–3 | Pine Bluff Convention Center Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
| January 3, 1980 | | SMU | W 84–69 | 7–3 (1–0) | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| January 5, 1980* | | Louisiana–Monroe | W 74–51 | 8–3 (1–0) | Pine Bluff Convention Center Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
| January 8, 1980 | | at TCU | W 70–58 | 9–3 (2–0) | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas |
| January 12, 1980 NBC | | at Texas | W 55–50 | 10–3 (3–0) | Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas |
| January 15, 1980 | | Baylor | W 71–57 | 11–3 (4–0) | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| January 19, 1980 | | Houston | W 60–57 | 12–3 (5–0) | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| January 22, 1980 | | at Texas A&M | L 39–45 | 12–4 (5–1) | G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas |
| January 26, 1980 | | Rice | W 73–64 | 13–4 (6–1) | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| January 28, 1980 | | at Texas Tech | W 71–69 $^{OT}$ | 14–4 (7–1) | Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas |
| February 2, 1980 | | Texas | W 60–59 | 15–4 (8–1) | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| February 4, 1980 | | TCU | W 74–47 | 16–4 (9–1) | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| February 7, 1980 | | at Baylor | W 70–51 | 17–4 (10–1) | Heart O' Texas Fair Coliseum Waco, Texas |
| February 9, 1980 | | at Houston | L 84–90 $^{3OT}$ | 17–5 (10–2) | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| February 12, 1980 | | Texas A&M | W 45–44 | 18–5 (11–2) | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| February 16, 1980 | | at Rice | W 77–73 | 19–5 (12–2) | Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| February 18, 1980 | | at SMU | L 58–62 | 19–6 (12–3) | Moody Coliseum Dallas, Texas |
| February 23, 1980 | | Texas Tech | W 84–60 | 20–6 (13–3) | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| SWC tournament ||||||
| February 29, 1980* | (2) | vs. (3) Texas Semifinals | W 64–62 | 21–6 (13–3) | San Antonio Convention Center Arena San Antonio, Texas |
| March 1, 1980* | (2) | vs. (1) Texas A&M Championship | L 50–52 | 21–7 (13–3) | San Antonio Convention Center Arena San Antonio, Texas |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| March 6, 1980* | (MW10) | vs. (MW7) Kansas State First Round | L 53–71 | 21–8 (13–3) | Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||