Conference Pacific-10 Assistant coach Larry Farmer Assistant coach Kevin O’ Connor | Head coach Larry Brown Assistant coach Keith Glass | |
1979–80 record 22–10 (12–6, 4th Pac-10) | ||
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.
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