Overall: 17-12, .586 W-L% (108th of 264)
Conference: 8-4, 1st in SWAC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Davey Whitney (17-12)
PS/G: 78.3 (23rd of 264) ▪ PA/G: 74.0 (196th of 264)
SRS: -4.50 (174th of 264) ▪ SOS: -8.81 (251st of 264)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Dec 6, 1980 | REG | South Carolina State | MEAC | W | 68 | 62 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Mon, Dec 8, 1980 | REG | Howard | MEAC | W | 72 | 68 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Dec 12, 1980 | REG | N | Baylor | SWC | L | 73 | 82 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 13, 1980 | REG | N | California | Pac-10 | L | 73 | 77 | 2 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 20, 1980 | REG | @ | Toledo | MAC | W | 72 | 68 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 6 | Sun, Dec 21, 1980 | REG | N | Prairie View | SWAC | W | 98 | 75 | 4 | 2 | W 2 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 27, 1980 | REG | N | Kent State | MAC | W | 84 | 74 | 5 | 2 | W 3 | |
| 8 | Sun, Dec 28, 1980 | REG | N | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | L | 85 | 86 | 5 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Mon, Dec 29, 1980 | REG | N | Long Island University | ECACM | W | 87 | 80 | 6 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Jan 3, 1981 | REG | @ | Jackson State | SWAC | W | 73 | 70 | 7 | 3 | W 2 | |
| 11 | Mon, Jan 5, 1981 | REG | @ | Mississippi Valley State | SWAC | W | 73 | 64 | 8 | 3 | W 3 | |
| 12 | Tue, Jan 6, 1981 | REG | Florida A&M | MEAC | L | 71 | 72 | 8 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 13 | Fri, Jan 9, 1981 | REG | @ | Saint Louis | Metro | W | 74 | 70 | 9 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 14 | Mon, Jan 12, 1981 | REG | @ | Southern | SWAC | W | 85 | 81 | 10 | 4 | W 2 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 17, 1981 | REG | Prairie View | SWAC | W | 99 | 71 | 11 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 16 | Mon, Jan 19, 1981 | REG | Texas Southern | SWAC | W | 111 | 77 | 12 | 4 | W 4 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Jan 24, 1981 | REG | Grambling | SWAC | L | 73 | 79 | 12 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Mon, Jan 26, 1981 | REG | @ | Prairie View | SWAC | W | 66 | 53 | 13 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 19 | Sat, Jan 31, 1981 | REG | Southern | SWAC | L | 79 | 85 | 13 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 20 | Mon, Feb 2, 1981 | REG | @ | Grambling | SWAC | L | 68 | 85 | 13 | 7 | L 2 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 7, 1981 | REG | @ | Dayton | Ind | L | 69 | 94 | 13 | 8 | L 3 | |
| 22 | Mon, Feb 9, 1981 | REG | @ | Texas Southern | SWAC | L | 64 | 66 | 13 | 9 | L 4 | |
| 23 | Wed, Feb 11, 1981 | REG | @ | Florida A&M | MEAC | L | 79 | 83 | 13 | 10 | L 5 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 14, 1981 | REG | Jackson State | SWAC | W | 65 | 57 | 14 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 25 | Tue, Feb 17, 1981 | REG | @ | South Carolina State | MEAC | W | 95 | 76 | 15 | 10 | W 2 | |
| 26 | Sat, Feb 28, 1981 | REG | @ | Mississippi Valley State | SWAC | W | 83 | 65 | 16 | 10 | W 3 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Thu, Mar 5, 1981 | CTOURN | N | Prairie View | SWAC | W | 90 | 79 | 17 | 10 | W 4 | |
| 28 | Fri, Mar 6, 1981 | CTOURN | N | Jackson State | SWAC | L | 69 | 71 | OT | 17 | 11 | L 1 |
| 29 | Sun, Mar 8, 1981 | CTOURN | N | Grambling | SWAC | L | 74 | 77 | 17 | 12 | L 2 |