1979–80 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1979–80 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
1979–80 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 20
Record	23–10 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lee Rose (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Everett Bass; Billy Keller; Jeff Meyer;
Home arena	Mackey Arena
	Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

This was the last Purdue team to reach the Final Four until 2024.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	21	John Anthrop	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Lafayette, Indiana
G	44	Roosevelt Barnes	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Fort Wayne, Indiana
C	35	Ted Benson	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Atlanta, Georgia
C	22	Joe Barry Carroll	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Sr	Denver, Colorado
G	24	Lee Cummings	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Chicago, Illinois
G	11	Keith Edmonson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	San Antonio, Texas
F	45	Arnette Hallman	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Chicago, Illinois
G	41	Jon Kitchell	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Galveston, Indiana
G/F	33	Drake Morris	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	East Chicago, Indiana
F	23	Michael Scearce	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Lexington, Kentucky
G	32	Kevin Stallings	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Collinsville, Illinois
G	20	Brian Walker	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Lebanon, Indiana
F	12	Steve Walker	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Lebanon, Indiana

During the 1980 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, Purdue qualified for the Final Four, where they lost to UCLA.

Midwest
- #20 (AP) Purdue (#6 seed) 90, LaSalle (#11 seed) 82
- #20 (AP) Purdue 87, #13 (AP) St. John’s, (NY) (#3 seed) 72
- #20 (AP) Purdue 76, #7 (AP) Indiana (#2 seed) 69
- #20 (AP) Purdue 68, #14 (AP) Duke (# 4 seed) 60
Final Four
- UCLA (#8 seed) 67, #20 (AP) Purdue (#6 seed) 62
- #20 (AP) Purdue (#6 seed) 75, Iowa (#5 seed) 58 (3rd Place / Consolation Game)