# 1979–80 Penn Quakers men's basketball team

The 1979–80 Penn Quakers men's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania as a member of the Ivy League during the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Bob Weinhauer, the Quakers played their home games at The Palestra in Philadelphia. A year after reaching the Final Four, Penn again finished as Ivy League champions by defeating co-champion Princeton in a play-in game to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Playing as the No. 12 seed in the Mideast region, the Quakers defeated No. 5 seed Washington State in the opening round, before losing to No. 4 seed Duke in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| December 4* | at Wake Forest | L 58–88 | 0–1 | Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC |
| December 7* | vs. Davidson | L 62–71 | 0–2 | Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC |
| December 8* | vs. Oklahoma | L 76–91 | 0–3 | Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC |
| December 11* | Duke | L 56–70 | 0–4 | Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| December 15* | Navy | W 69–54 | 1–4 | Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| December 22* | at Saints Francis | W 68–52 | 2–4 | Maurice Stokes Athletic Center Loretto, Pennsylvania |
| January 5 | Princeton | W 58–42 | 3–4 (1–0) | Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| January 8* | Temple | W 59–46 | 4–4 (1–0) | Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| January 11 | Brown | W 64–47 | 5–4 (2–0) | Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| January 12 | Yale | W 84–64 | 6–4 (3–0) | Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| January 16* | at Virginia | L 39–69 | 6–5 (3–0) | University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia |
| January 19* | Villanova | L 51–65 | 6–6 (3–0) | Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| January 23* | Saint Joseph's | L 56–60 | 6–7 (3–0) | Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| January 26* | Richmond | W 84–78 | 7–7 (3–0) | Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| February 1 | Cornell | W 75–50 | 8–7 (4–0) | Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| February 2 | Columbia | W 62–57 | 9–7 (5–0) | Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| February 8 | at Dartmouth | W 51–46 | 10–7 (6–0) | Alumni Gymnasium Hanover, NH |
| February 9 | at Harvard | W 88–79 | 11–7 (7–0) | Malkin Athletic Center Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| February 12* | La Salle | L 73–80 | 11–8 (7–0) | Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| February 15 | at Yale | W 73–68 | 12–8 (8–0) | Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT |
| February 16 | at Brown | L 58–71 | 12–9 (8–1) | Marvel Gymnasium Providence, RI |
| February 22 | Harvard | W 84–73 | 13–9 (9–1) | Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| February 23 | Dartmouth | W 84–50 | 14–9 (10–1) | Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| February 26 | at Princeton | L 69–70 | 14–10 (10–2) | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ |
| February 29 | at Columbia | L 51–55 | 14–11 (10–3) | Levien Gymnasium Manhattan, NY |
| March 1 | at Cornell | W 67–46 | 15–11 (11–3) | Barton Hall Ithaca, NY |
| March 3* | Princeton Ivy League Play-in game | W 50–49 | 16–11 | Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| March 6* | vs. Washington State NCAA Tournament • First Round | W 62–55 | 17–11 (12–3) | Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana |
| March 9* | vs. Duke NCAA Tournament • Second Round | L 42–52 | 17–12 (12–3) | Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||