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The 1979–80 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from Blacksburg, Virginia as members of the Metro Conference during the 1979–80 season. The Hokies were led by head coach Charles Moir and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia. After finishing second in the Metro regular season standings, Virginia Tech lost in the quarterfinal round of the conference tournament but did secure a bid to the NCAA tournament. As No. 7 seed in the Mideast region, the team beat No. 10 seed Western Kentucky in the opening round before losing to Indiana.[2]
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NCAA tournament, Second round | |
| Conference | Metro Conference |
| Record | 21–8 (8–4 Metro) |
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| Home arena | Cassell Coliseum |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Louisville † | 12 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 33 | – | 3 | .917 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 21 | – | 8 | .724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida State | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 22 | – | 9 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis State | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1980 Metro Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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| Regular Season | |||||||||||
| Feb 11, 1980 |
No. 3 Louisville | L 54–56 | 17–4 |
Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia | |||||||
| Metro Tournament | |||||||||||
| Feb 28, 1980* |
vs. Cincinnati Quarterfinals |
L 51–65 | 20–7 |
Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky | |||||||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 7, 1980* |
(7 ME) | at (10 ME) Western Kentucky First round |
W 89–85 OT | 21–7 |
E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky | ||||||
| Mar 9, 1980* |
(7 ME) | vs. (2 ME) No. 7 Indiana Second round |
L 59–68 | 21–8 |
E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky | ||||||
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