1979–80 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team

1979–80 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball
1979–80 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball
National Invitation Tournament, First Round
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	20–10 (11–5 Mid-American)
Head coach	John Weinert (4th season);
Home arena	Anderson Arena

The 1979–80 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team represented Bowling Green State University during the 1979–80 men's college basketball season.

1979–80 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Toledo †	14	–	2	.875	23	–	6	.793
Bowling Green	11	–	5	.688	20	–	10	.667
Northern Illinois	9	–	7	.563	16	–	13	.552
Kent State	7	–	9	.438	16	–	11	.593
Ball State	7	–	9	.438	14	–	15	.483
Miami	7	–	9	.438	9	–	18	.333
Eastern Michigan	7	–	9	.438	11	–	16	.407
Western Michigan	7	–	9	.438	12	–	14	.462
Central Michigan	6	–	10	.375	12	–	13	.480
Ohio	5	–	11	.313	8	–	18	.308

† 1980 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1*	Baldwin-Wallace	W 77–58	1–0	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
December 4*	at Duquesne	L 42–72	1–1	Civic Arena Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
December 8	Ball State	W 80–79	2–1	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
December 10*	Defiance	W 89–75	3–1	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
December 15*	Northwestern State	W 64–54	4–1	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
December 17*	at Valparaiso	W 60–59	5–1	Hilltop Gym Valparaiso, Indiana
December 28*	vs. Washington	L 62–92	5–2	John F. Savage Hall Toledo, Ohio
December 29*	vs. Northwestern	W 79–68	6–2	John F. Savage Hall Toledo, Ohio
January 5	Western Michigan	W 70–65	7–2 (1–0)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
January 9	at Miami (OH)	L 61–62	7–3 (1–1)	Millett Hall Oxford, Ohio
January 12	at Ohio	W 72–50	8–3 (2–1)	Convocation Center Athens, Ohio
January 14*	George Mason	W 95–70	9–3 (3–1)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
January 16	Central Michigan	W 69–62	10–3 (4–1)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
January 19	Toledo	W 74–71	11–3 (5–1)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
January 23	at Eastern Michigan	W 67–63	12–3 (6–1)	Convocation Center Ypsilanti, Michigan
January 26	Northern Illinois	W 71–68	13–3 (7–1)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
January 28	at Kent State	W 80–66	14–3 (8–1)	Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio
January 30*	at Butler	W 77–68	15–3 (8–1)	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
February 4	at Ball State	W 79–78	16–3 (9–1)	Irving Gymnasium Muncie, IN
February 6	Miami (OH)	W 64–61	17–3 (10–1)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
February 9	at Western Michigan	L 60–79	17–4 (10–2)	University Arena Kalamazoo, Michigan
February 11*	at Loyola (IL)	L 85–88	17–5 (10–2)	Alumni Gym Chicago, Illinois
February 13	Eastern Michigan	L 67–79	17–6 (10–3)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
February 16	Ohio	W 91–82	18–6 (11–3)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
February 20	at Central Michigan	L 72–75	18–7 (11–4)	McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan
February 23	at Toledo	L 69–71	18–8 (11–5)	John F. Savage Hall Toledo, Ohio
MAC Tournament
February 26	Eastern Michigan	W 54–49	19–8 (11–5)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio
February 27	vs. Northern Illinois	W 78–63	20–8 (11–5)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
February 28	vs. Toledo	L 70–85	20–9 (11–5)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
NIT
March 5*	at Minnesota First Round	L 50–64	20–10 (11–5)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

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Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball
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People	Head coaches
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