1980-81 Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary

Record: 151-109, .581 W-L% (7th of 29) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 4.63 (8th of 29) ▪ SOS: 3.97 (7th of 29)

Regular Season Champion: Wichita State
Tournament Champion: Creighton

NCAA Tournament: 2 (Creighton and Wichita State)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 0
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	Wichita State* R	12	4	.750	26	7	.788	79.2	66.9	14.4	2.1
2	Tulsa	11	5	.688	26	7	.788	80.0	75.1	9.6	4.6
2	Creighton* T	11	5	.688	21	9	.700	71.9	70.1	6.1	4.3
4	Bradley	10	6	.625	18	9	.667	73.6	66.6	9.5	2.5
4	Drake	10	6	.625	18	11	.621	79.9	78.6	6.9	5.6
6	West Texas A&M	7	9	.438	16	11	.593	82.5	81.7	5.6	4.7
6	New Mexico State	7	9	.438	10	17	.370	72.9	76.2	1.6	4.9
8	Indiana State	4	12	.250	9	18	.333	70.0	75.3	-2.6	2.7
9	Southern Illinois	0	16	.000	7	20	.259	61.6	75.3	-9.4	4.3

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
Wichita State											19	16	14	19

First Round
Creighton lost (59-57) versus Saint Joseph's (Mideast Regional)
Wichita State won (95-70) versus Southern (Midwest Regional)

Second Round
Wichita State won (60-56) versus Iowa (Midwest Regional)

Regional Semifinal
Wichita State won (66-65) versus Kansas (Midwest Regional)

Regional Final
Wichita State lost (96-85) versus Louisiana State (Midwest Regional)