1980-81 Independent Season Summary

Record: 364-295, .552 W-L% (11th of 29) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: -2.36 (18th of 29) ▪ SOS: -2.47 (19th of 29)

Regular Season Champion: DePaul

NCAA Tournament: 2 (DePaul and Notre Dame)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (DePaul and Notre Dame)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (DePaul and Notre Dame)

Standings

		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS
	DePaul* R				27	2	.931	78.9	66.1	15.5	2.6
	Notre Dame*				23	6	.793	71.8	62.9	13.3	4.3
	Southern Mississippi				20	7	.741	73.8	68.2	5.8	0.2
	Cleveland State				18	9	.667	75.3	68.7	2.4	-4.3
	Stetson				18	9	.667	72.3	69.5	-1.6	-4.4
	Tennessee State				17	9	.654	72.6	68.7	-4.2	-8.2
	Marquette				20	11	.645	73.1	68.8	8.0	3.7
	Penn State				17	10	.630	65.0	60.7	1.5	-2.7
	South Carolina				17	10	.630	81.4	79.1	1.6	-0.7
	Dayton				18	11	.621	75.4	72.6	2.6	-0.1
	Texas-Pan American				18	11	.621	76.4	75.4	2.7	1.7
	Illinois State				16	11	.593	66.5	62.0	3.7	-0.8
	Nevada-Las Vegas				16	12	.571	79.6	77.5	7.6	5.4
	North Texas				15	12	.556	80.2	81.5	-1.8	-0.5
	Southeastern Louisiana				14	13	.519	69.5	71.9	-10.2	-7.8
	North Carolina-Wilmington				13	13	.500	63.8	65.7	-9.7	-7.8
	New Orleans				13	14	.481	67.7	69.9	-3.9	-1.7
	East Carolina				12	14	.462	65.9	70.7	-10.1	-5.3
	Valparaiso				12	15	.444	61.9	69.8	-9.1	-1.2
	Campbell				11	16	.407	65.9	72.7	-15.7	-9.0
	Charleston Southern				8	19	.296	59.4	66.2	-16.5	-9.7
	Northern Iowa				8	19	.296	60.2	69.7	-12.5	-3.0
	Portland State				7	20	.259	68.7	79.0	-13.2	-2.9
	Nicholls State				6	22	.214	71.0	76.9	-12.9	-7.0

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
DePaul	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	1
Notre Dame	10	13	9	6	8	4	5	7	13	8	9	12	11	6	6	7

Second Round
DePaul lost (49-48) versus Saint Joseph's (Mideast Regional)
Notre Dame won (54-45) versus James Madison (East Regional)

Regional Semifinal
Notre Dame lost (51-50) versus Brigham Young (East Regional)