Overall: 16-13, .552 W-L% (124th of 264)
Conference: 6-6, 3rd in Metro (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Ed Badger (16-13)
PS/G: 71.2 (109th of 264) ▪ PA/G: 73.7 (189th of 264)
SRS: 0.82 (113th of 264) ▪ SOS: 3.30 (74th of 264)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Dec 5, 1980 | REG | N | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 64 | 69 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Dec 6, 1980 | REG | N | Montana State | Big Sky | W | 77 | 75 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 3 | Wed, Dec 10, 1980 | REG | @ | Miami (OH) | MAC | L | 87 | 91 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 13, 1980 | REG | @ | Temple | ECC | L | 48 | 63 | 1 | 3 | L 2 | |
| 5 | Wed, Dec 17, 1980 | REG | Bradley | MVC | W | 76 | 64 | 2 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 20, 1980 | REG | Holy Cross | ECACN | L | 58 | 69 | 2 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Mon, Dec 22, 1980 | REG | @ | Virginia Commonwealth | Sun Belt | L | 58 | 78 | 2 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 8 | Tue, Dec 30, 1980 | REG | Dayton | Ind | W | 80 | 77 | 3 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Mon, Jan 5, 1981 | REG | Florida State | Metro | L | 77 | 79 | 3 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Jan 10, 1981 | REG | Louisville | Metro | L | 68 | 83 | 3 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 11 | Mon, Jan 12, 1981 | REG | Boston University | ECACN | W | 102 | 82 | 4 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 17, 1981 | REG | Virginia Tech | Metro | W | 82 | 77 | 5 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Jan 22, 1981 | REG | @ | Duquesne | EAA | L | 77 | 85 | 5 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 24, 1981 | REG | @ | Saint Louis | Metro | W | 66 | 57 | 6 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 15 | Tue, Jan 27, 1981 | REG | @ | Tulane | Metro | L | 50 | 65 | 6 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 31, 1981 | REG | Memphis | Metro | L | 85 | 99 | 6 | 10 | L 2 | ||
| 17 | Tue, Feb 3, 1981 | REG | @ | Loyola (IL) | MW City | W | 78 | 76 | 7 | 10 | W 1 | |
| 18 | Sat, Feb 7, 1981 | REG | @ | Memphis | Metro | W | 65 | 62 | 8 | 10 | W 2 | |
| 19 | Tue, Feb 10, 1981 | REG | Tulane | Metro | W | 91 | 76 | 9 | 10 | W 3 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Feb 14, 1981 | REG | @ | Florida State | Metro | W | 80 | 79 | 10 | 10 | W 4 | |
| 21 | Wed, Feb 18, 1981 | REG | Xavier | MW City | W | 79 | 72 | 11 | 10 | W 5 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Feb 21, 1981 | REG | Saint Louis | Metro | W | 59 | 50 | 12 | 10 | W 6 | ||
| 23 | Mon, Feb 23, 1981 | REG | @ | Louisville | Metro | L | 67 | 81 | 12 | 11 | L 1 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 28, 1981 | REG | @ | Virginia Tech | Metro | L | 92 | 115 | 12 | 12 | L 2 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 25 | Fri, Mar 6, 1981 | CTOURN | N | Tulane | Metro | W | 67 | 66 | 13 | 12 | W 1 | |
| 26 | Sat, Mar 7, 1981 | CTOURN | N | Florida State | Metro | W | 58 | 57 | 14 | 12 | W 2 | |
| 27 | Sun, Mar 8, 1981 | CTOURN | @ | Louisville | Metro | L | 31 | 42 | 14 | 13 | L 1 |