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| Date | Opponent | Result/Prediction | Record | Conf | Rating | ||||
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| Dec 01, 1979 | 233 | Massachusetts | W | 112-64 | 98% | 1 - 0 | +34.5 | ||
| Dec 03, 1979 | 179 | Central Michigan | W | 96-78 | 95% | 2 - 0 | +10.7 | ||
| Dec 05, 1979 | 48 | @ Toledo | L | 64-67 | 58% | 2 - 1 | +6.8 | ||
| Dec 08, 1979 | 36 | @ Marquette | W | 63-60 | 49% | 3 - 1 | +15.0 | ||
| Dec 12, 1979 | 90 | @ Detroit Mercy | W | 85-72 | 69% | 4 - 1 | +19.7 | ||
| Dec 15, 1979 | 102 | Dayton | W | 69-54 | 89% | 5 - 1 | +13.3 | ||
| Dec 22, 1979 | 161 | Western Michigan | W | 83-64 | 94% | 6 - 1 | +13.3 | ||
| Dec 28, 1979 | 39 | Mississippi | L | 66-71 | 66% | 6 - 2 | +2.6 | ||
| Dec 29, 1979 | 152 | Tulane | W | 72-71 | 89% | 7 - 2 | -0.5 | ||
| Jan 03, 1980 | 11 | Minnesota | W | 71-67 | 58% | 8 - 2 | 1 - 0 | +13.8 | |
| Jan 05, 1980 | 5 | Iowa | W | 68-65 | 52% | 9 - 2 | 2 - 0 | +14.2 | |
| Jan 10, 1980 | 2 | @ Indiana | L | 61-63 OT | 25% | 9 - 3 | 2 - 1 | +16.8 | |
| Jan 12, 1980 | 1 | @ Purdue | L | 61-63 | 25% | 9 - 4 | 2 - 2 | +16.8 | |
| Jan 17, 1980 | 10 | @ Illinois | L | 69-80 | 30% | 9 - 5 | 2 - 3 | +6.2 | |
| Jan 19, 1980 | 3 | Ohio St. | W | 75-74 | 51% | 10 - 5 | 3 - 3 | +12.6 | |
| Jan 24, 1980 | 30 | Michigan St. | L | 58-59 | 69% | 10 - 6 | 3 - 4 | +5.7 | |
| Jan 26, 1980 | 70 | @ Northwestern | L | 82-85 | 63% | 10 - 7 | 3 - 5 | +5.3 | |
| Jan 31, 1980 | 28 | @ Wisconsin | W | 73-69 | 41% | 11 - 7 | 4 - 5 | +18.1 | |
| Feb 02, 1980 | 70 | Northwestern | W | 70-57 | 84% | 12 - 7 | 5 - 5 | +14.2 | |
| Feb 07, 1980 | 3 | @ Ohio St. | L | 63-66 | 25% | 12 - 8 | 5 - 6 | +15.7 | |
| Feb 09, 1980 | 28 | Wisconsin | W | 68-59 | 68% | 13 - 8 | 6 - 6 | +16.0 | |
| Feb 14, 1980 | 10 | Illinois | W | 68-59 | 56% | 14 - 8 | 7 - 6 | +19.1 | |
| Feb 16, 1980 | 30 | @ Michigan St. | L | 74-82 | 42% | 14 - 9 | 7 - 7 | +5.8 | |
| Feb 21, 1980 | 1 | Purdue | W | 75-64 | 50% | 15 - 9 | 8 - 7 | +22.7 | |
| Feb 23, 1980 | 2 | Indiana | L | 61-65 | 50% | 15 - 10 | 8 - 8 | +7.7 | |
| Feb 28, 1980 | 5 | @ Iowa | L | 67-83 | 27% | 15 - 11 | 8 - 9 | +2.3 | |
| Mar 01, 1980 | 11 | @ Minnesota | L | 67-68 | 31% | 15 - 12 | 8 - 10 | +15.9 | |
| Mar 06, 1980 | 82 | Nebraska | W | 76-69 | 86% | 16 - 12 | +7.4 | ||
| Mar 10, 1980 | 79 | UTEP | W | 79-65 | 85% | 17 - 12 | +14.5 | ||
| Mar 13, 1980 | 27 | @ Virginia | L | 68-79 | 40% | 17 - 13 | +3.5 | ||
| Projected Record | 17 - 13 | 8 - 10 | |||||||
