1979–80 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

1979–80 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
SEC regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 4
Record29–6 (15–3 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainKyle Macy
Home arenaRupp Arena
1979–80 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Kentucky 15 3   .833 29 6   .829
No. 3 LSU 14 4   .778 26 6   .813
Alabama 12 6   .667 18 12   .600
Tennessee 12 6   .667 18 11   .621
Ole Miss 9 9   .500 17 13   .567
Mississippi State 7 11   .389 13 14   .481
Vanderbilt 7 11   .389 13 13   .500
Georgia 7 11   .389 14 13   .519
Auburn 5 13   .278 10 18   .357
Florida 2 16   .111 7 21   .250
1980 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979–80 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky during the 1979–80 college basketball season. The Wildcats were coached by Joe. B. Hall, who was in his 8th season. Kentucky finished with an overall record of 29–6 (15–3 SEC) and were invited to the 1980 NCAA Tournament as a #1 seed. In their opening round match up they easily defeated Florida St. 97–78. But in their Sweet 16 game Kentucky was upset by #4 seed Duke 55–54.