1979–80 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 14

The 1979–80 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 1979-80 college basketball season.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
November 17*	No. 3	vs. No. 2 Kentucky Tip Off Classic	W 82–76 OT	1-0	Springfield, MA
November 30*	No. 3	vs. Wake Forest Big Four Tournament	W 72–70	2-0	Greensboro, NC
December 1*	No. 3	vs. No. 6 North Carolina Big Four Tournament	W 86–74	3-0	Greensboro, NC
December 5*	No. 2	Princeton	W 81–45	4-0	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
December 8*	No. 2	East Carolina	W 92–73	5-0	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
December 11*	No. 2	at Pennsylvania	W 70–67	6-0	Philadelphia, PA
December 21*	No. 1	vs. Boston College Industrial National Classic	W 70–64 OT	7-0	Providence, RI
December 22*	No. 1	vs. Providence Industrial National Classic	W 82–78	8-0	Providence, RI
December 28*	No. 1	Vermont	W 92–67	9-0	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
December 29*	No. 1	Cincinnati Iron Duke Classic	W 87–75 OT	10-0	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
January 5*	No. 1	Colgate	W 73–44	11-0	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
January 7	No. 1	Georgia Tech	W 55–42	12-0 (1-0)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
January 9	No. 1	at No. 18 Clemson	L 82–87 OT	12-1 (1-1)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, SC
January 12	No. 1	No. 15 North Carolina Carolina-Duke rivalry	L 67–82	12-2 (1-2)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
January 16	No. 5	Wake Forest	W 67–66	13-2 (2-2)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
January 19	No. 5	No. 16 N.C. State	W 67–56	14-2 (3-2)	18 – Taylor	18 – Banks	- – -	Cameron Indoor Stadium (-) Durham, NC
January 21	No. 5	at Georgia Tech	W 56–49	15-2 (4-2)	McCamish Pavilion  Atlanta, GA
January 23	No. 3	Virginia	L 84–90	15-3 (4-3)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
January 26*	No. 3	Pittsburgh	W 78–69	16-3	Fitzgerald Field House  Pittsburgh, PA
January 30	No. 5	at Wake Forest	W 82–61	17-3 (4-4)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
February 2	No. 5	at No. 12 Maryland	L 82–101	17-4 (5-4)	Cole Field House  College Park, MD
February 6	No. 10	at No. 18 Virginia	L 69–73	17-5 (5-5)	University Hall  Charlottesville, VA
February 10*	No. 10	vs. Marquette	L 77–80	17-6	Madison, WI
February 13	No. 16	at N.C. State			Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
February 16	No. 16	No. 8 Maryland	W 66–61	18-7 (6-6)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
February 20	No. 17	No. 12 Clemson	W 87–82 OT	19-7 (7-6)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
February 23	No. 17	at No. 8 North Carolina	L 71–96	19-8 (7-7)	Carmichael Auditorium  Chapel Hill, NC
February 28*		vs. No. 19 N.C. State ACC Tournament • Quarterfinals	W 68–62	20-8	Greensboro, NC
February 29*		vs. No. 10 North Carolina ACC Tournament • Semifinals	W 75–61	21-8	Greensboro, NC
March 1*		vs. No. 7 Maryland ACC Tournament • Final	W 73–72	22-8	Greensboro, NC
March 8*	No. 14	vs. Pennsylvania NCAA Tournament • Second Round	W 52–42	23-8	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
March 13*	No. 14	at No. 4 Kentucky NCAA Tournament • Regional Semifinals	W 55–54	24-8	Rupp Arena  Lexington, KY
March 15*	No. 14	vs. No. 20 Purdue NCAA Tournament • Regional Final	L 60–68	24-9	Rupp Arena  Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.