1979–80 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

This was the last Purdue team to reach the Final Four until 2024.

1979–80 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 Indiana	13	–	5		.722			21	–	8		.724
No. 10 Ohio State	12	–	6		.667			21	–	8		.724
No. 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

1979–80 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 20
Record	23–10 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lee Rose (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Everett Bass Billy Keller Jeff Meyer
Home arena	Mackey Arena
Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Roster

1979–80 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 21 John Anthrop 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Lafayette, Indiana G 44 Roosevelt Barnes 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Fort Wayne, Indiana C 35 Ted Benson 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr Atlanta, Georgia C 22 Joe Barry Carroll 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Sr Denver, Colorado G 24 Lee Cummings 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Chicago, Illinois G 11 Keith Edmonson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So San Antonio, Texas F 45 Arnette Hallman 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Chicago, Illinois G 41 Jon Kitchell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Galveston, Indiana G/F 33 Drake Morris 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr East Chicago, Indiana F 23 Michael Scearce 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Lexington, Kentucky G 32 Kevin Stallings 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Collinsville, Illinois G 20 Brian Walker 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Lebanon, Indiana F 12 Steve Walker 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Lebanon, Indiana	Head coach Lee Rose Assistant coach(es) Everett Bass Billy Keller Jeff Meyer Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

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Regular season

During the 1980 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, Purdue qualified for the Final Four, where they lost to UCLA.

NCAA basketball tournament

• Midwest
  • #20 (AP) Purdue (#6 seed) 90, LaSalle (#11 seed) 82
  • #20 (AP) Purdue 87, #13 (AP) St. John's, (NY) (#3 seed) 72
  • #20 (AP) Purdue 76, #7 (AP) Indiana (#2 seed) 69
  • #20 (AP) Purdue 68, #14 (AP) Duke (# 4 seed) 60
• Final Four
  • UCLA (#8 seed) 67, #20 (AP) Purdue (#6 seed) 62
  • #20 (AP) Purdue (#6 seed) 75, Iowa (#5 seed) 58 (3rd Place / Consolation Game)

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Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	1	Joe Barry Carroll	Golden State Warriors
2	46	Arnette Hallman	Boston Celtics

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