The 1979–80 New Hampshire Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of New Hampshire during the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by eleventh year head coach Gerry Friel, played their home games at Lundholm Gym and were members of the ECAC North, however the conference did not conduct conference play for the 1979–80 season. They finished the season 4–22 to finish in tenth place. They did not qualify for the ECAC North tournament.

Roster Name Position Height Year Min Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk FG% FT% Jack Burns Forward 6–7 So. 12.5 3.0 1.8 0.2 0.2 0.0 52.5% 66.7% Dana Chapman Guard 6–1 Jr. 19.7 9.6 1.6 1.1 0.8 0.0 40.4% 70.8% A.J. DeFusco Guard/Forward N/A Fr. 2.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 14.3% N/A Robin Dixon Guard 6–3 Fr. 23.0 10.1 2.4 1.8 0.8 0.3 42.5% 60.6% Paul Dufour Guard 6–2 Sr. 30.8 10.6 2.2 2.2 1.0 0.0 50.4% 83.3% Chris Gildea Forward 6–6 So. 18.2 4.3 2.8 1.4 0.4 0.2 49.4% 69.8% Karl Hicks Forward 6–5 So. 12.7 3.3 2.0 0.5 0.3 0.1 37.5% 88.2% Mike Keeler Center 6–8 So. 31.1 10.8 7.1 0.4 0.5 1.6 47.9% 54.3% Randy Kinzly Guard 6–2 So. 20.8 4.7 1.7 2.6 0.7 0.0 51.9% 83.7% Bob Neely Forward 6–4 Fr. 25.9 7.0 4.6 0.9 1.0 0.6 36.3% 68.5% Brady Otey Forward 6–4 So. 13.5 3.9 2.2 0.6 0.5 0.1 30.7% 51.6% John Quinn Center 6–8 Jr. 9.2 2.0 1.7 0.5 0.2 0.1 45.9% 50.0% Joe Rainis Center 6–9 Fr. 10.7 1.9 1.4 0.4 0.0 0.1 35.7% 60.0%

Schedule

!colspan=9| Regular season

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