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1979–80 Utah Utes men's basketball
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	18–10 (10–4 WAC)
Head coach	Jerry Pimm (6th season)
Home arena	Special Events Center
Seasons← 1978–79 1980–81 →

1979-80 WAC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
BYU	13	–	1		.929			24	–	5		.828
UTEP	10	–	4		.714			20	–	8		.714
Utah	10	–	4		.714			18	–	10		.643
Wyoming	5	–	9		.357			18	–	10		.643
Colorado State	5	–	9		.357			10	–	17		.370
Hawaii	4	–	10		.286			13	–	14		.481
New Mexico	3	–	11		.214			7	–	21		.250
San Diego State	3	–	11		.214			6	–	21		.222
Air Force		–			–			8	–	17		.320

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979–80 Utah Utes men's basketball team represented University of Utah in the 1979–80 college basketball season.

Roster

1979–80 Utah Utes men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	20	Pace Mannion	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Paradise, Nevada
F	23	Danny Vranes	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Salt Lake City, Utah
F/C	42	Tom Chambers	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Ogden, Utah

Head coach

Jerry Pimm (Southern California)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 30*		Midwestern	L 69–70	1–0	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
December 1*		at Weber State	L 79–91	1–1	Dee Events Center Ogden, Utah
December 4*		Utah State	W 88–74	2–1	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
December 7*		Cal State Fullerton	W 65–53	3–1	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
December 8*		Connecticut	W 73–66	4–1	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
December 12*		Nevada	W 71–68	5–1	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
December 14*		vs. Oklahoma	L 68–69	5–2	War Memorial Gymnasium
December 15*		vs. Pacific	W 82–73	6–2	War Memorial Gymnasium
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/wac/1980.html
"1979–80 Utah Utes Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

v t e Utah Utes men's basketball
Venues	Deseret Gymnasium (19??–1939) Nielsen Fieldhouse (1939–1969) Jon M. Huntsman Center (1969–present)
Rivalries	BYU In-state Utah schools
Culture & lore	Gambling scandal Swoop
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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
NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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