1979–80 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

1979–80 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, runner-up (vacated)
National Championship Game,
L 54-59 vs. Louisville (vacated)
ConferencePacific-10
Record17–9, 5 wins and 1 loss vacated (unadjusted 22–10) (12–6, 4th Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaPauley Pavilion
1979–80 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
^#5 Oregon State 16 2   .889 26 3   .897
No. 18 Arizona State 15 3   .833 22 7   .759
Washington State 14 4   .778 22 6   .786
*UCLA 12 6   .667 17 9   .654
Washington 9 9   .500 18 10   .643
Arizona 6 12   .333 12 15   .444
USC 5 13   .278 12 15   .444
Oregon 5 13   .278 10 17   .370
Stanford 5 13   .278 7 19   .269
California 3 15   .167 8 19   .296
As of April 15, 1980
*Oregon State vacated all tournament games (0–1) due to NCAA sanctions.
Disputed record (16-2, 26-4)
^UCLA vacated all tournament games (5–1) due to NCAA sanctions.
Disputed record (22-10, 12-6)
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979–80 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Larry Brown began his first year as head coach. The Bruins started the season ranked 8th in the nation (AP Poll). The Bruins started the season 3-0 and climbed to 7th after starting 3–0. UCLA's team finished 4th in the Pac-10 regular season, failing to finish atop the conference for the first time since 1965–66. UCLA participated the NCAA tournament going 5–0 before losing to the Louisville Cardinals in the championship game. The Bruins' five NCAA tournament wins and championship game appearance were later vacated after the NCAA had determined UCLA committed nine violations.

The Bruins fell out the rankings in the poll released on January 14, 1980, ending what currently stands as the second most consecutive weeks ranked in the AP poll with 221. The streak began at the beginning of the Bruins 1966–67 season.