1979–80 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1979–80 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
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

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

1979–80 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	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

Roster

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

[3]

References

"1980 NCAA Final Four program". March 1980. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
"RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
"1980 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on March 18, 2010. Retrieved May 16, 2009.

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[1] "1980 NCAA Final Four program". March 1980. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

[2] "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".

[3] "1980 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on March 18, 2010. Retrieved May 16, 2009.

Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Venues	Lafayette Coliseum (1896–1909) Memorial Gymnasium (1909–1934) Lafayette Jefferson High School Gymnasium (1929, 1934–1937) Lambert Fieldhouse (1937–1967) Mackey Arena (1967–present)
Rivalries	Indiana
Culture & lore	Crossroads Classic Boilermaker Special Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!" 2023 Fairleigh Dickinson upset
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1896–97 1897–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics