Overall: 24-8, .750 W-L% (25th of 264)
Conference: 13-3, 1st in SWC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Eddie Sutton (24-8)
PS/G: 67.0 (173rd of 264) ▪ PA/G: 59.7 (11th of 264)
SRS: 12.06 (27th of 264) ▪ SOS: 4.76 (55th of 264)
NCAA Tournament: (#5 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest First Round (73-67) versus #12 Mercer
Won Midwest Second Round (74-73) versus #4 Louisville
Lost Midwest Regional Semifinal (72-56) versus #1 Louisiana State
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 20 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 28, 1980 | REG | N | Missouri | Big 8 | W | 81 | 73 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Nov 29, 1980 | REG | N | Louisiana State | SEC | W | 86 | 76 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Sun, Nov 30, 1980 | REG | N | North Carolina | ACC | L | 58 | 64 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 6, 1980 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 65 | 78 | 2 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 13, 1980 | REG | Oklahoma City | MW City | W | 76 | 70 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Tue, Dec 16, 1980 | REG | Centenary (LA) | A-Sun | W | 78 | 64 | 4 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 20, 1980 | REG | Eastern Kentucky | OVC | W | 80 | 74 | 5 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 8 | Mon, Dec 22, 1980 | REG | N | Southern Mississippi | Ind | W | 76 | 68 | 6 | 2 | W 4 | |
| 9 | Sat, Dec 27, 1980 | REG | N | Kansas State | Big 8 | L | 46 | 47 | 6 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Tue, Dec 30, 1980 | REG | N | Nebraska | Big 8 | W | 64 | 52 | 7 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 11 | Sat, Jan 3, 1981 | REG | @ | Southern Methodist | SWC | W | 92 | 50 | 8 | 3 | W 2 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 10, 1981 | REG | Texas Christian | SWC | W | 85 | 51 | 9 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 13 | Mon, Jan 12, 1981 | REG | Texas | SWC | L | 60 | 62 | 9 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 17, 1981 | REG | @ | Baylor | SWC | L | 58 | 67 | 9 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 15 | Mon, Jan 19, 1981 | REG | @ | Houston | SWC | L | 54 | 57 | 9 | 6 | L 3 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 24, 1981 | REG | Texas A&M | SWC | W | 52 | 47 | 10 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Mon, Jan 26, 1981 | REG | @ | Rice | SWC | W | 57 | 52 | 11 | 6 | W 2 | |
| 18 | Wed, Jan 28, 1981 | REG | Texas Tech | SWC | W | 60 | 35 | 12 | 6 | W 3 | ||
| 19 | Tue, Feb 3, 1981 | REG | @ | Texas | SWC | W | 54 | 48 | 13 | 6 | W 4 | |
| 20 | Sat, Feb 7, 1981 | REG | @ | Texas Christian | SWC | W | 63 | 48 | 14 | 6 | W 5 | |
| 21 | Tue, Feb 10, 1981 | REG | Baylor | SWC | W | 67 | 50 | 15 | 6 | W 6 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Feb 14, 1981 | REG | Houston | SWC | W | 70 | 55 | 16 | 6 | W 7 | ||
| 23 | Tue, Feb 17, 1981 | REG | @ | Texas A&M | SWC | W | 65 | 61 | 17 | 6 | W 8 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 21, 1981 | REG | Rice | SWC | W | 75 | 59 | 18 | 6 | W 9 | ||
| 25 | Tue, Feb 24, 1981 | REG | Southern Methodist | SWC | W | 47 | 33 | 19 | 6 | W 10 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Feb 28, 1981 | REG | @ | Texas Tech | SWC | W | 64 | 61 | 20 | 6 | W 11 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Sat, Mar 7, 1981 | CTOURN | N | Texas | SWC | L | 73 | 76 | 20 | 7 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Thu, Mar 12, 1981 | NCAA | N | Mercer | A-Sun | W | 73 | 67 | 21 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 29 | Sat, Mar 14, 1981 | NCAA | N | Louisville | Metro | W | 74 | 73 | 22 | 7 | W 2 | |
| 30 | Fri, Mar 20, 1981 | NCAA | N | Louisiana State | SEC | L | 56 | 72 | 22 | 8 | L 1 |