1979–80 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

Senior Don Newman was a unanimous selection to the all-conference {{nowrap|team,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8rZeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZjAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5624%2C2037606 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |title=Newman named All Big Sky |date=March 6, 1980 |page=3C}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eudPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gQgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1860%2C3079146 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Collins, Newman picked for Big Sky All-Stars |date=March 6, 1980 |page=25}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Vd0oAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V4MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2637%2C1537845 |work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) |agency=Associated Press |title=Collins tops all Big Sky cage team |date=March 6, 1981 |page=D1}}{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/uidahodigital/docs/gem1980/244 |publisher=Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook |title=Intercollegiate athletics |year=1980 |page=22, part 4}}}} and the player of the year.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9LZeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZjAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2289%2C2766130 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |title=MVP: Idaho's Newman named top player in Big Sky |date=March 8, 1980 |page=2C}} He played professional football in Canada for several seasons and later was a basketball coach in the college and NBA ranks. Forward Reed Jaussi went to medical school, served as a flight surgeon in the Air Force, and is an ophthalmologist in {{nowrap|Las Vegas.{{cite web |url=https://centerforsightlv.com/about/meeting-your-doctors/dr-w-reed-jaussi/ |publisher=Center for Sight |location=Las Vegas, Nevada |title=Dr. W. Reed Jaussi |accessdate=February 22, 2018}}}}

Monson and the freshmen (Brian Kellerman,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EcspAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3u4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6985%2C4076693 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Yamaguchi |first=Andy |title=Richland's Kellerman bring Vandals winning attitude |date=January 24, 1980 |page=25}} Phil Hopson, and reserve Ben Ross) led Idaho to the best four-year stretch in program history. Kellerman was the player of the year (and state champion) in Washington as a high school senior in 1979,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6sESAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G_kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3895%2C728161|work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Another hoop crown for Richland quintet |date=March 19, 1979 |page=21}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N_1LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HfkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2287%2C3656414 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |agency= |title=2 Bombers honored |date=April 12, 1979 |page=43}} and was a four-year starter at Idaho. He was first-team all-conference for three years (honorable mention as a freshman),{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=re0vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nu4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5597%2C169865 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington|agency=Associated Press |title=Kellerman honored |date=March 16, 1983 |page=C2}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gqFfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4192%2C132029 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |title=Big Sky |date=March 16, 1983 |page=2C}} and was the Big Sky player of the year as a sophomore.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v1ZOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QPkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6886%2C2911507 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |title=Kellerman honored |date=March 12, 1981 |page=52}}

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{{CBB roster/Player|first=Ted|last=Strugar|num=|pos=G|ft=6|in=3|lbs=|class=SO|rs=|home=Minneapolis, MN|high_school=Archb. Grace HS}}

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{{CBB roster/Player|first=Dan|last=Forge|num=31|pos=F|ft=6|in=5|lbs=|class=JR|rs=|home=Lewiston, ID|high_school=Lewiston HS}}

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{{CBB roster/Player|first=Ron|last=Maben|num=52|pos=C|ft=6|in=6|lbs=|class=JR|rs=|home=Milwaukee, WI|high_school=Spokane CC,
West Division HS}}

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• Don Monson ({{college|Idaho}})

|asst_coach=

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• Rod Snook (Whittier)

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| time = 8:00 pm

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| opponent = Pepperdine

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| site_cityst = Moscow, Idaho

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| score = 78–72

| overtime =

| record = 1–0

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{{CBB schedule entry

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| opponent = Washington

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| site_stadium = Hec Edmundson Pavilion

| site_cityst = Seattle, Washington

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 71–80

| overtime =

| record = 1–1

| attend = 2,034

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Fri, Dec 7

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| away =

| neutral = yes

| rank =

| opponent = Chicago State

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Firestone Fieldhouse

| site_cityst = Malibu, California

| gamename = Malibu Classic

| tv =

| score = 65–68

| overtime =

| record = 1–2

| attend =

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

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| away = yes

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| opponent = Pepperdine

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Firestone Fieldhouse

| site_cityst = Malibu, California

| gamename = Malibu Classic

| tv =

| score = 77–62

| overtime =

| record = 2–2

| attend =

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Tue, Dec 11

| time = 8:00 pm

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| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Whitworth

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Kibbie Dome

| site_cityst = Moscow, Idaho

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 116–56

| overtime =

| record = 3–2

| attend =

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Thu, Dec 13

| time = 8:00 pm

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| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Seattle Pacific

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Kibbie Dome

| site_cityst = Moscow, Idaho

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 99–77

| overtime =

| record = 4–2

| attend =

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Fri, Dec 21

| time = 8:00 pm

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Gonzaga

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Kibbie Dome

| site_cityst = Moscow, Idaho

| gamename = Rivalry

| tv =

| score = 50–49

| overtime =

| record = 5–2

| attend = 2,512

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Wed, Dec 26

| time = 7:00 pm

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral = yes

| rank =

| opponent = Oregon State

| opprank = 18

| site_stadium = Memorial Coliseum

| site_cityst = Portland, Oregon

| gamename = Far West Classic

| tv =

| score = 59–100

| overtime =

| record = 5–3

| attend = 11,025

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Fri, Dec 28

| time = 1:00 pm

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral = yes

| rank =

| opponent = Penn State

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Memorial Coliseum

| site_cityst = Portland, Oregon

| gamename = Far West Classic

| tv =

| score = 50–46

| overtime =

| record = 6–3

| attend = 4,500

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Sat, Dec 29

| time = 3:00 pm

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral = yes

| rank =

| opponent = Oregon

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Memorial Coliseum

| site_cityst = Portland, Oregon

| gamename = Far West Classic

| tv =

| score = 72–69

| overtime = OT

| record = 7–3

| attend = 6,518

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Wed, Jan 2

| time = 8:00 pm

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Nebraska

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Kibbie Dome

| site_cityst = Moscow, Idaho

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 64–55

| overtime =

| record = 8–3

| attend = 5,500

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Fri, Jan 4

| time = 7:00 pm

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| homecoming =

| away = yes

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Idaho State

| opprank =

| site_stadium = ISU Minidome

| site_cityst = Pocatello, Idaho

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 57–65

| overtime =

| record = 8–4

| conference = 0–1

| attend = 4,586

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Sat, Jan 5

| time = 7:00 pm

| nonconf =

| homecoming =

| away = yes

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Weber State

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Dee Events Center

| site_cityst = Ogden, Utah

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 41–42

| overtime =

| record = 8–5

| conference = 0–2

| attend = 11,144

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Wed, Jan 9

| time =

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral = yes

| rank =

| opponent = Washington State

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Spokane Coliseum

| site_cityst = Spokane, Washington

| gamename = Battle of the Palouse

| tv =

| score = 57–63

| overtime =

| record = 8–6

| attend = 5,159

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Sat, Jan 12

| time = 8:00 pm

| nonconf =

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Boise State

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Kibbie Dome

| site_cityst = Moscow, Idaho

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 68–71

| overtime = OT

| record = 8–7

| conference = 0–3

| attend = 5,200

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Thu, Jan 17

| time = 8:00 pm

| nonconf =

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Montana State

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Kibbie Dome

| site_cityst = Moscow, Idaho

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 100–91

| overtime =

| record = 9–7

| conference = 1–3

| attend = 3,300

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Sat, Jan 19

| time = 8:00 pm

| nonconf =

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Montana

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Kibbie Dome

| site_cityst = Moscow, Idaho

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 63–62

| overtime =

| record = 10–7

| conference = 2–3

| attend = 5,700

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Thu, Jan 24

| time = 6:30 pm

| nonconf =

| homecoming =

| away = yes

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Northern Arizona

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Walkup Skydome

| site_cityst = Flagstaff, Arizona

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 72–61

| overtime =

| record = 11–7

| conference = 3–3

| attend =

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Sat, Jan 26

| time = 8:00 pm

| nonconf =

| homecoming =

| away = yes

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Nevada-Reno

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Centennial Coliseum

| site_cityst = Reno, Nevada

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 62–72

| overtime =

| record = 11–8

| conference = 3–4

| attend = 3,929

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Thu, Jan 31

| time = 8:00 pm

| nonconf =

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Weber State

| opprank = 15

| site_stadium = Kibbie Dome

| site_cityst = Moscow, Idaho

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 51–45

| overtime =

| record = 12–8

| conference = 4–4

| attend = 5,800

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Sat, Feb 2

| time = 8:00 pm

| nonconf =

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Idaho State

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Kibbie Dome

| site_cityst = Moscow, Idaho

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 80–50

| overtime =

| record = 13–8

| conference = 5–4

| attend = 6,100

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Sat, Feb 9

| time =

| nonconf =

| homecoming =

| away = yes

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Boise State

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Bronco Gymnasium

| site_cityst = Boise, Idaho

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 81–69

| overtime =

| record = 14–8

| conference = 6–4

| attend = 3,800

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Thu, Feb 14

| time =

| nonconf =

| homecoming =

| away = yes

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Montana

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Adams Fieldhouse

| site_cityst = Missoula, Montana

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 51–41

| overtime =

| record = 15–8

| conference = 7–4

| attend =

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Sat, Feb 16

| time =

| nonconf =

| homecoming =

| away = yes

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Montana State

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Brick Breeden Fieldhouse

| site_cityst = Bozeman, Montana

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 74–89

| overtime =

| record = 15–9

| conference = 7–5

| attend = 5,779

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Thu, Feb 21

| time = 8:00 pm

| nonconf =

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Nevada-Reno

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Kibbie Dome

| site_cityst = Moscow, Idaho

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 89–70

| overtime =

| record = 16–9

| conference = 8–5

| attend = 4,800

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Sat, Feb 23

| time = 8:00 pm

| nonconf =

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Northern Arizona

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Kibbie Dome

| site_cityst = Moscow, Idaho

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 85–63

| overtime =

| record = 17–9

| conference = 9–5

| attend = 6,200

}}

|-

!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Idaho Vandals}}| 1980 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Fri, Feb 29

| time = 8:00 pm

| nonconf =

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral = yes

| rank =

| seed = 2

| opponent = Montana

| opprank =

| oppseed = 3

| site_stadium = Dee Events Center

| site_cityst = Ogden, Utah

| gamename = Semifinal

| tv =

| score = 53–63

| overtime =

| record = 17–10

| attend = 8,089

}}

{{CBB schedule end|ncg=|rank=|poll=AP poll|timezone=Pacific time}}

{{reflist|2}}

• [https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/idaho/1980-schedule.html Sports Reference] – Idaho Vandals: 1979–80 basketball season
• [https://issuu.com/uidahodigital/docs/gem1980/76 Gem of the Mountains: 1980 University of Idaho yearbook] – 1979–80 basketball season
• [http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/argonaut/years/1980.html Idaho Argonaut] – student newspaper – 1980 editions

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