1979–80 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team

1979–80 Syracuse Orangemen basketball
NCAA tournament, Regional Semifinals
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 6
Record26–4 (5–1 Big East)
Head coach
Home arenaManley Field House
1979–80 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Syracuse 5 1   .833 26 4   .867
No. 13 St. John's 5 1   .833 24 5   .828
No. 11 Georgetown 5 1   .833 26 6   .813
Connecticut 3 3   .500 20 9   .690
Boston College 2 4   .333 19 10   .655
Seton Hall 1 5   .167 14 13   .519
Providence 0 6   .000 11 16   .407
1980 Big East tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 1979–80 Syracuse Orangemen men's basketball team represented Syracuse University in NCAA Division I men's competition in the 1979–80 academic year. This was their first season as a member of the original Big East Conference, and it saw the beginning of the great Georgetown-Syracuse rivalry that would be a defining feature of the original Big East for the rest of its 34-season existence. The Orangemen finished with an overall record of 26–4 (5–1 Big East). In the 1980 NCAA Tournament Syracuse opened with a 97–83 win over Villanova. But they lost in the Sweet Sixteen vs Iowa 88–77.