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1980-81 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary

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Record: 156-89, .637 W-L% (1st of 29) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 10.71 (2nd of 29) ▪ SOS: 7.81 (3rd of 29)

Regular Season Champion: Virginia
Tournament Champion: North Carolina

NCAA Tournament: 4 (Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia and Wake Forest)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia and Wake Forest)

Standings

Conference Overall PTS/G SRS
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L% Own Opp SRS SOS
1 Virginia* RF 13 1 .929 29 4 .879 73.0 60.9 18.6 6.5
2 North Carolina* TF 10 4 .714 29 8 .784 72.0 63.7 18.3 10.1
3 Wake Forest*  9 5 .643 22 7 .759 72.9 65.2 16.3 8.6
4 Maryland*  8 6 .571 21 10 .677 75.7 70.0 13.7 7.9
5 Duke  6 8 .429 17 13 .567 69.9 66.9 10.2 7.1
6 Clemson  6 8 .429 20 11 .645 72.7 67.6 10.4 5.3
7 North Carolina State  4 10 .286 14 13 .519 66.2 63.1 9.4 6.3
8 Georgia Tech  0 14 .000 4 23 .148 54.1 76.0 -11.1 10.7

AP Poll Summary

School Pre 12/2 12/9 12/16 12/23 12/30 1/6 1/13 1/20 1/27 2/3 2/10 2/17 2/24 3/3 Final
Virginia 8 7 6 5 5 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 5
North Carolina 13 10 10 8 6 6 16 17 17 12 11 10 13 11 12 6
Wake Forest     13 12 7 8 6 5 3 6 8 7 5 12 11 11
Maryland 4 4 4 9 9 9 8 10 10 14 13 19 20 17 20 18
Clemson             20 19 19              

NCAA Tournament

National Third Place
Virginia won (78-74) versus Louisiana State

First Round
Maryland won (81-69) versus Chattanooga (Mideast Regional)

Second Round
Maryland lost (99-64) versus Indiana (Mideast Regional)
North Carolina won (74-57) versus Pittsburgh (West Regional)
Virginia won (54-50) versus Villanova (East Regional)
Wake Forest lost (67-64) versus Boston College (Mideast Regional)

Regional Semifinal
North Carolina won (61-56) versus Utah (West Regional)
Virginia won (62-48) versus Tennessee (East Regional)

Regional Final
North Carolina won (82-68) versus Kansas State (West Regional)
Virginia won (74-60) versus Brigham Young (East Regional)

National Semifinal
North Carolina won (78-65) versus Virginia
Virginia lost (78-65) versus North Carolina

National Final
North Carolina lost (63-50) versus Indiana