1979–80 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1979–80 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
National Invitation Tournament, Champions
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	24–10 (7–7 ACC)
Head coach	Terry Holland (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Craig Littlepage (4th season) Jim Larranaga (1st season)
Home arena	University Hall
Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

1979–80 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 Maryland	11	–	3	.786	24	–	7	.774
No. 15 North Carolina	9	–	5	.643	21	–	8	.724
NC State	9	–	5	.643	20	–	8	.714
Clemson	8	–	6	.571	23	–	9	.719
Virginia	7	–	7	.500	24	–	10	.706
No. 14 Duke †	7	–	7	.500	24	–	9	.727
Wake Forest	4	–	10	.286	13	–	14	.481
Georgia Tech	1	–	13	.071	8	–	18	.308

† 1980 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1979–80 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented University of Virginia and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. It was Ralph Sampson's freshman year with the Cavaliers.

Roster

1979–80 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	3	Jeff Lamp	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Louisville, Kentucky
F	10	Craig Robinson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Montclair, New Jersey
G	11	Garland Jefferson (C)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Covington, Virginia
F/C	12	Dean Carpenter	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	221 lb (100 kg)	So	New Orleans
G	21	Darren Cross	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Queens, New York
G	23	Jeff Klein	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Stow, Ohio
G	24	Jeff Jones	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Owensboro, Kentucky
F	25	Lee Raker	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Louisville, Kentucky
G	32	Doug Newburg	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	McLean, Virginia
F	42	Peter MacBeth	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	So	Marietta, Georgia
F	44	Terry Gates	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	219 lb (99 kg)	Jr	Louisville, Kentucky
F	45	Mike Owens (C)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	Sr	Kensington, Maryland
C	50	Ralph Sampson	7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Harrisonburg, Virginia
F/C	55	Lewis Lattimore	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Dayton, Ohio

Head coach

Terry Holland (Davidson)

Assistant coach(es)

Craig Littlepage (Penn)
Jim Larrañaga (Providence)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov. 30*	No. 13	Johns Hopkins	W 93–58	1–0	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec. 1	No. 13	Georgia Tech	W 55–37	2–0 (1–0)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec. 3*	No. 13	Randolph–Macon	W 76–55	3–0 (1–0)	University Hall (8,500) Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec. 5*	No. 13	at Temple	W 58–52	4–0 (1–0)	McGonigle Hall (8,559) Philadelphia
Dec. 15*	No. 13	at BYU–Hawaii	W 82–64	5–0 (1–0)	Cannon Activities Center (1,000) Laie, HI
Dec. 18*	No. 12	at Chaminade	W 79–54	6–0 (1–0)	Neal S. Blaisdell Center (1,092) Honolulu, HI
Dec. 21*	No. 12	vs. San Jose State	L 79–83	6–1 (1–0)	Toso Pavilion Santa Clara, California
Dec. 22*	No. 12	vs. Army	W 84–60	7–1 (1–0)	Toso Pavilion Santa Clara, California
Dec. 28*	No. 14	vs. VCU	W 89–72	8–1 (1–0)	Richmond Coliseum (10,716) Richmond, Virginia
Dec. 29*	No. 14	vs. Old Dominion	W 79–58	9–1 (1–0)	Richmond Coliseum (10,716) Richmond, Virginia
Jan. 2	No. 13	Wake Forest	W 64–59	10–1 (2–0)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 5	No. 13	No. 6 North Carolina	W 88–82	11–1 (3–0)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 7*	No. 13	Delaware	W 82–55	12–1 (3–0)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 12	No. 8	at NC State	L 56–64	12–2 (3–1)	Reynolds Coliseum (12,200) Raleigh, North Carolina
Jan. 14*	No. 8	vs. Virginia Tech	W 65–58	13–2 (3–1)	Richmond Coliseum (10,716) Richmond, Virginia
Jan. 16*	No. 12	Pennsylvania	W 69–39	14–2 (3–1)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 19	No. 12	at No. 17 Clemson	L 68–88	14–3 (3–2)	Littlejohn Coliseum (10,700) Clemson, South Carolina
Jan. 23	No. 17	at No. 3 Duke	W 90–84	15–3 (4–2)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (8,564) Durham, North Carolina
Jan. 26	No. 17	NC State	W 49–47	16–3 (5–2)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 27*	No. 17	at No. 4 Ohio State	L 65–70	16–4 (5–2)	St. John Arena (13,591) Columbus, Ohio
Jan. 30	No. 13	No. 12 Maryland	L 61–63	16–5 (5–3)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 2	No. 13	at Wake Forest	L 77–79	16–6 (5–4)	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum (8,100) Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Feb. 6	No. 18	No. 10 Duke	W 73–69	17–6 (6–4)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 9	No. 18	at Georgia Tech	L 61–62	17–7 (6–5)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (5,414) Atlanta
Feb. 13		No. 10 Clemson	W 89–87	18–7 (7–5)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 16		at No. 11 North Carolina	L 51–68	18–8 (7–6)	Carmichael Arena (10,000) Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Feb. 20*		William & Mary	W 63–55	19–8 (7–6)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 23		at No. 9 Maryland	L 71–82	19–9 (7–7)	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
ACC Tournament
Feb. 28		vs. No. 17 Clemson ACC Quarterfinals	L 49–57	19–10	Greensboro Coliseum (15,735) Greensboro, North Carolina
National Invitation Tournament
Mar. 5*		Lafayette NIT First Round	W 67–56	20–10	University Hall (6,804) Charlottesville, Virginia
Mar. 10*		Boston College NIT Second Round	W 57–55	21–10	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Mar. 13*		Michigan NIT Quarterfinals	W 79–68	22–10	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Mar. 17*		vs. UNLV NIT Semifinals	W 90–71	23–10	Madison Square Garden (11,223) New York City
Mar. 19*		vs. Minnesota NIT Finals	W 58–55^[3]	24–10	Madison Square Garden (13,598) New York
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Awards and honors

Jeff Lamp, 3rd Team UPI All-American
Jeff Lamp, 2nd Team All-ACC
Ralph Sampson, NIT Most Valuable Player
Ralph Sampson, ACC Rookie of the Year

NBA draft

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1981	1	15	Jeff Lamp	Portland Trail Blazers
1981	4	77	Lee Raker	San Diego Clippers
1981	7	159	Lewis Latimore	Milwaukee Bucks
1982	4	77	Jeff Jones	Indiana Pacers
1983	1	1	Ralph Sampson	Houston Rockets
1983	3	68	Craig Robinson	Boston Celtics

Source:^[5]

References

^ sports-reference.com 1979-80 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
^ ^a ^b "All-Time Results". VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
^ "Virginia Is King In NIT". The Washington Post. March 20, 1980. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
^ "1982-83 Box Scores" (PDF). VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
^ "1981 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com". Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2012.

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