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1980-81 Big East Conference Season Summary

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Record: 143-96, .598 W-L% (2nd of 29) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 5.07 (7th of 29) ▪ SOS: 2.72 (10th of 29)

Regular Season Champion: Boston College
Tournament Champion: Syracuse

NCAA Tournament: 3 (Boston College, Georgetown and Villanova)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Georgetown, St. John's (NY) and Syracuse)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 0

Standings

Conference Overall PTS/G SRS
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L% Own Opp SRS SOS
1 Boston College* R 10 4 .714 23 7 .767 69.0 64.0 7.5 2.4
2 Georgetown*  9 5 .643 20 12 .625 65.3 64.0 5.8 4.5
3 St. John's (NY)  8 6 .571 17 11 .607 68.4 64.7 7.0 3.3
4 Villanova*  8 6 .571 20 11 .645 70.4 67.0 6.9 3.5
5 Connecticut  8 6 .571 20 9 .690 69.6 64.0 5.9 0.3
6 Syracuse T 6 8 .429 22 12 .647 77.4 71.8 8.7 3.1
7 Seton Hall  4 10 .286 11 16 .407 61.7 62.0 0.8 1.1
8 Providence  3 11 .214 10 18 .357 62.8 68.4 -2.1 3.5

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
Connecticut                 20 20            
Georgetown 16 19                            
St. John's (NY) 17 16                            
Syracuse 19 18 20                          

NCAA Tournament

First Round
Boston College won (93-90) versus Ball State (Mideast Regional)
Georgetown lost (61-55) versus James Madison (East Regional)
Villanova won (90-72) versus Houston (East Regional)

Second Round
Boston College won (67-64) versus Wake Forest (Mideast Regional)
Villanova lost (54-50) versus Virginia (East Regional)

Regional Semifinal
Boston College lost (42-41) versus Saint Joseph's (Mideast Regional)