1980-81 Southeastern Conference Season Summary

Record: 173-121, .588 W-L% (5th of 29) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 10.38 (3rd of 29) ▪ SOS: 8.39 (2nd of 29)

Regular Season Champion: Louisiana State
Tournament Champion: Mississippi

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Kentucky and Louisiana State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Kentucky, Louisiana State and Tennessee)

Standings

		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS
1	Louisiana State* RF	17	1	.944	31	5	.861	78.8	67.6	18.1	6.9
2	Kentucky*	15	3	.833	22	6	.786	71.6	62.6	18.5	9.5
3	Tennessee*	12	6	.667	21	8	.724	70.6	64.8	15.3	9.4
4	Alabama	10	8	.556	18	11	.621	73.1	68.4	12.7	8.0
5	Georgia	9	9	.500	19	12	.613	70.2	67.7	10.7	8.1
6	Mississippi* T	8	10	.444	16	14	.533	63.2	61.8	9.5	8.1
7	Vanderbilt	7	11	.389	15	14	.517	72.6	71.9	8.7	8.0
8	Florida	5	13	.278	12	16	.429	66.6	74.4	1.9	9.7
9	Auburn	4	14	.222	11	16	.407	63.4	65.5	4.6	6.6
10	Mississippi State	3	15	.167	8	19	.296	65.6	71.4	3.8	9.6

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
Louisiana State	12	15	11	10	10	10	9	6	5	4	4	4	4	2	3	4
Kentucky	1	2	2	2	2	5	4	3	6	7	6	11	10	9	7	8
Tennessee						18	13	11	8	11	10	9	8	10	10	15

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

First Round
Mississippi lost (69-66) versus Kansas (Midwest Regional)

Second Round
Kentucky lost (69-62) versus Alabama-Birmingham (Mideast Regional)
Louisiana State won (100-78) versus Lamar (Midwest Regional)
Tennessee won (58-56) versus Virginia Commonwealth (East Regional)

Regional Semifinal
Louisiana State won (72-56) versus Arkansas (Midwest Regional)
Tennessee lost (62-48) versus Virginia (East Regional)

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

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