1980-81 Big Ten Conference Season Summary

Record: 174-118, .596 W-L% (3rd of 29) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 11.75 (1st of 29) ▪ SOS: 8.87 (1st of 29)

Regular Season Champion: Indiana

NCAA Tournament: 3 (Illinois, Indiana and Iowa)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Indiana, Iowa and Ohio State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Illinois, Indiana and Iowa)

Standings

		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS
1	Indiana* RFN	14	4	.778	26	9	.743	70.0	58.5	21.2	9.7
2	Iowa*	13	5	.722	21	7	.750	74.4	64.4	18.0	8.1
3	Illinois*	12	6	.667	21	8	.724	76.8	67.1	18.1	8.5
4	Purdue	10	8	.556	21	11	.656	72.9	69.5	10.5	7.1
5	Minnesota	9	9	.500	19	11	.633	74.3	68.8	14.7	9.2
5	Ohio State	9	9	.500	14	13	.519	71.1	70.6	10.6	10.1
7	Michigan	8	10	.444	19	11	.633	75.6	71.1	12.3	7.8
8	Michigan State	7	11	.389	13	14	.481	67.7	69.7	6.4	8.5
9	Wisconsin	5	13	.278	11	16	.407	64.4	68.6	5.1	9.2
10	Northwestern	3	15	.167	9	18	.333	63.0	73.0	0.7	10.7

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
Indiana	5	5	7	11	15	15					17	20	16	16	14	9
Iowa	14	12	16	16	14	14	11	14	9	13	15	14	12	8	8	13
Illinois				17	18	16	12	18	15		18	17	15	14	16	19
Michigan			18	15	13	12	10	9	16	17	14	13	18
Minnesota							19	20		19
Ohio State	9	9	8	7

Second Round
Illinois won (67-65) versus Wyoming (West Regional)
Indiana won (99-64) versus Maryland (Mideast Regional)
Iowa lost (60-56) versus Wichita State (Midwest Regional)

Regional Semifinal
Illinois lost (57-52) versus Kansas State (West Regional)
Indiana won (87-72) versus Alabama-Birmingham (Mideast Regional)

Regional Final
Indiana won (78-46) versus Saint Joseph's (Mideast Regional)

National Semifinal
Indiana won (67-49) versus Louisiana State

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