1979–80 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

The 1979–80 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by ninth-year head coach Marv Harshman, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.

1979–80 Washington Huskies men's basketball
National Invitation Tournament, First round
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	18–10 (9–9 Pac-10)
Head coach	Marv Harshman (9th season)
Assistant coach	Bob Johnson
Home arena	Hec Edmundson Pavilion
Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

1979–80 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
^#5 Oregon State	16	–	2		.889			26	–	3		.897
No. 18 Arizona State	15	–	3		.833			22	–	7		.759
Washington State	14	–	4		.778			22	–	6		.786
*UCLA	12	–	6		.667			17	–	9		.654
Washington	9	–	9		.500			18	–	10		.643
Arizona	6	–	12		.333			12	–	15		.444
USC	5	–	13		.278			12	–	15		.444
Oregon	5	–	13		.278			10	–	17		.370
Stanford	5	–	13		.278			7	–	19		.269
California	3	–	15		.167			8	–	19		.296
As of April 15, 1980[1] *Oregon State vacated all tournament games (0–1) due to NCAA sanctions. Disputed record (16-2, 26-4) ^UCLA vacated all tournament games (5–1) due to NCAA sanctions. Disputed record (22-10, 12-6) Rankings from AP Poll

The Huskies were 18–9 overall in the regular season and 9–9 in conference play, fifth in the standings.^[2][3] There was no conference tournament yet; it debuted seven years later.

This was Washington's first appearance in the National Invitation Tournament, they played UNLV in the first round and lost by twenty points.^[4][5] The Pac-8 did not allow participation in the NIT until 1973. The 1972 Huskies were 20–6 overall and 10–4 in conference, second in the standings;^[6][7] but stayed home for the postseason.^[8][9]

Postseason result

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
National Invitation Tournament
Fri, March 7*	at UNLV First round	L 73–93	18–10	Las Vegas Convention Center (6,380) Las Vegas, Nevada
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific time.