1980-81 Southwest Conference Season Summary

Record: 135-122, .525 W-L% (17th of 29) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 3.20 (9th of 29) ▪ SOS: 3.27 (8th of 29)

Regular Season Champion: Arkansas
Tournament Champion: Houston

NCAA Tournament: 2 (Arkansas and Houston)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Arkansas and Texas A&M)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (Arkansas)

Standings

		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS
1	Arkansas* R	13	3	.813	24	8	.750	67.0	59.7	12.1	4.8
2	Houston* T	10	6	.625	21	9	.700	73.3	66.2	9.6	2.5
2	Baylor	10	6	.625	15	12	.556	63.2	66.6	0.4	3.8
4	Texas A&M	8	8	.500	15	12	.556	65.2	61.4	6.2	2.4
4	Texas Tech	8	8	.500	15	13	.536	63.4	62.5	4.2	3.3
6	Texas	7	9	.438	15	15	.500	73.0	72.6	3.3	3.0
6	Rice	7	9	.438	12	15	.444	59.3	62.7	-1.0	2.3
8	Texas Christian	6	10	.375	11	18	.379	61.5	65.3	0.2	3.9
9	Southern Methodist	3	13	.188	7	20	.259	55.1	64.7	-6.0	3.5

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
Arkansas	20	11	17	19	17									18	15	20
Texas A&M	15	14	12	13	12	11

First Round
Arkansas won (73-67) versus Mercer (Midwest Regional)
Houston lost (90-72) versus Villanova (East Regional)

Second Round
Arkansas won (74-73) versus Louisville (Midwest Regional)

Regional Semifinal
Arkansas lost (72-56) versus Louisiana State (Midwest Regional)