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1980-81 UAB Blazers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 23-9 (9-3, 3rd in Sun Belt MBB)

Coach: Gene Bartow

PS/G: 76.7 (42nd of 264)

PA/G: 64.8 (59th of 264)

SRS: 11.26 (28th of 264)

SOS: 3.13 (80th of 264)

NCAA Tournament: (#7 seed in Mideast)
Won Mideast First Round (93-68) versus #10 Western Kentucky
Won Mideast Second Round (69-62) versus #2 Kentucky
Lost Mideast Regional Semifinal (87-72) versus #3 Indiana

Sun Belt Reg Season Champ

AP Poll Summary

1980-81 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/1	12/8	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/2	Final
UAB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Wed, Dec 3, 1980	REG		Butler	MW City	-9.66	W	87	58		1	0	W 1	BJCC Coliseum
2	Sat, Dec 6, 1980	REG	@	Mississippi	SEC	9.54	L	72	83		1	1	L 1	C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum
3	Mon, Dec 8, 1980	REG		UT Arlington	Southland	3.42	W	67	54		2	1	W 1	BJCC Coliseum
4	Sat, Dec 13, 1980	REG	@	Pittsburgh	EAA	6.70	W	70	58		3	1	W 2	Fitzgerald Fieldhouse
5	Fri, Dec 19, 1980	REG	N	Idaho State	Big Sky	-8.22	W	68	55		4	1	W 3	Rupp Arena
6	Sat, Dec 20, 1980	REG	@	Kentucky (2)	SEC	18.59	L	53	61		4	2	L 1	Rupp Arena
7	Tue, Dec 23, 1980	REG	@	Iowa State	Big 8	-0.12	L	70	71		4	3	L 2	James H. Hilton Coliseum
8	Mon, Dec 29, 1980	REG		Rice	SWC	-1.04	W	78	60		5	3	W 1	BJCC Coliseum
9	Tue, Dec 30, 1980	REG		Southern Mississippi	Ind	5.81	W	60	55		6	3	W 2	BJCC Coliseum
10	Sat, Jan 3, 1981	REG		Jacksonville	Sun Belt	-1.73	W	73	55		7	3	W 3	BJCC Coliseum
11	Sat, Jan 10, 1981	REG		Virginia Commonwealth	Sun Belt	9.96	W	67	65		8	3	W 4	BJCC Coliseum
12	Sat, Jan 17, 1981	REG	@	South Florida	Sun Belt	3.32	L	77	79		8	4	L 1	Sun Dome
13	Sat, Jan 24, 1981	REG	@	Jacksonville	Sun Belt	-1.73	W	76	64		9	4	W 1	Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
14	Thu, Jan 29, 1981	REG		South Florida	Sun Belt	3.32	W	70	53		10	4	W 2	BJCC Coliseum
15	Sat, Jan 31, 1981	REG		South Alabama (16)	Sun Belt	10.94	W	73	70		11	4	W 3	BJCC Coliseum
16	Mon, Feb 2, 1981	REG	@	Georgia State	Sun Belt	-15.92	W	85	67		12	4	W 4	GSU Sports Arena
17	Thu, Feb 5, 1981	REG		Georgia State	Sun Belt	-15.92	W	89	64		13	4	W 5	BJCC Coliseum
18	Sat, Feb 7, 1981	REG	@	DePaul (3)	Ind	15.47	L	66	77		13	5	L 1	Rosemont Horizon
19	Sun, Feb 8, 1981	REG	@	South Alabama (20)	Sun Belt	10.94	L	57	77		13	6	L 2	Jaguar Gym
20	Thu, Feb 12, 1981	REG	@	Charlotte	Sun Belt	-3.34	W	73	57		14	6	W 1	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
21	Sun, Feb 15, 1981	REG	@	Virginia Commonwealth	Sun Belt	9.96	L	69	79		14	7	L 1	Richmond Coliseum
22	Sun, Feb 22, 1981	REG		Charlotte	Sun Belt	-3.34	W	86	72		15	7	W 1	BJCC Coliseum
23	Tue, Feb 24, 1981	REG		Samford	TAAC	-13.88	W	92	67		16	7	W 2	BJCC Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
24	Fri, Feb 27, 1981	CTOURN	N	Charlotte	Sun Belt	-3.34	W	80	64		17	7	W 3	Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
25	Sat, Feb 28, 1981	CTOURN	N	South Alabama	Sun Belt	10.94	W	86	59		18	7	W 4	Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
26	Sun, Mar 1, 1981	CTOURN	N	Virginia Commonwealth	Sun Belt	9.96	L	61	62	OT	18	8	L 1	Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Fri, Mar 13, 1981	NCAA	N	Western Kentucky	OVC	0.23	W	93	68		19	8	W 1	Memorial Coliseum
28	Sun, Mar 15, 1981	NCAA	N	Kentucky (8)	SEC	18.59	W	69	62		20	8	W 2	Memorial Coliseum
29	Fri, Mar 20, 1981	NCAA	N	Indiana (9)	Big Ten	21.18	L	72	87		20	9	L 1	Assembly Hall