1979–80 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

UCLA Bruins men's basketball
1979–80 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
NCAA Final, L, Louisville 54-59
Conference	Pacific-10
1979–80 record	22–10 (12–6, 4th Pac-10)
Head coach	Larry Brown
Assistant coach	Larry Farmer
Assistant coach	Keith Glass
Assistant coach	Kevin O’ Connor
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion
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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.^[1]

Starting lineup

Position	Player	Class
F	Kiki Vandeweghe	Sr.
F	James Wilkes	Sr.
C	Mike Sanders	So.
G	Michael Holton	Fr.
G	Rod Foster	Fr.

Notes

Adding in the NCAA Tournament opponents, UCLA played eleven teams ranked in the AP Top-20 (at the time). This was over one-third of all opponents (11 of 32).
UCLA beat #1 Depaul in the NCAA Tournament. This was the second consecutive year that UCLA had beaten a #1 team (either during the season or in the tournament).
All 5 UCLA victories in the tournament and the championship loss were vacated by the NCAA for 9 infractions. They were also placed on two years' probation, which included a one-year NCAA tournament ban and an order to vacate its 1980 NCAA tournament appearance.

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↑ 2012-13 UCLA Men's Basketball Media Guide

[1] 2012-13 UCLA Men's Basketball Media Guide

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NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1979–80 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

Starting lineup

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