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1980-81 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary

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Record: 112-90, .554 W-L% (10th of 29) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 2.07 (11th of 29) ▪ SOS: 1.45 (11th of 29)

Regular Season Champion: Alabama-Birmingham, South Alabama and Virginia Commonwealth
Tournament Champion: Virginia Commonwealth

NCAA Tournament: 2 (Alabama-Birmingham and Virginia Commonwealth)

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 Virginia Commonwealth* RT 9 3 .750 24 5 .828 68.9 61.8 10.0 2.9
2 South Alabama R 9 3 .750 25 6 .806 73.4 61.1 10.9 -1.3
3 Alabama-Birmingham* R 9 3 .750 23 9 .719 73.8 65.6 11.3 3.1
4 South Florida  7 5 .583 18 11 .621 66.5 64.2 3.3 1.1
5 Jacksonville  4 8 .333 8 19 .296 55.3 59.0 -1.7 1.9
6 Charlotte  3 9 .250 10 17 .370 68.3 73.6 -3.3 2.0
7 Georgia State  1 11 .083 4 23 .148 61.6 78.0 -15.9 0.5

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
South Alabama         16 17 15 13 11 16 20 18        

NCAA Tournament

First Round
Alabama-Birmingham won (93-68) versus Western Kentucky (Mideast Regional)
Virginia Commonwealth won (85-69) versus Long Island University (East Regional)

Second Round
Alabama-Birmingham won (69-62) versus Kentucky (Mideast Regional)
Virginia Commonwealth lost (58-56) versus Tennessee (East Regional)

Regional Semifinal
Alabama-Birmingham lost (87-72) versus Indiana (Mideast Regional)