Overall: 21-9, .700 W-L% (42nd of 264)
Conference: 11-5, 2nd in MVC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Tom Apke (21-9)
PS/G: 71.9 (98th of 264) ▪ PA/G: 70.1 (130th of 264)
SRS: 6.09 (59th of 264) ▪ SOS: 4.27 (65th of 264)
NCAA Tournament: (#8 seed in Mideast)
Lost Mideast First Round (59-57) versus #9 Saint Joseph's
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Dec 6, 1980 | REG | Nebraska | Big 8 | W | 66 | 61 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Mon, Dec 8, 1980 | REG | @ | Saint Louis | Metro | W | 64 | 57 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Tue, Dec 9, 1980 | REG | Loyola (IL) | MW City | W | 82 | 74 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Dec 12, 1980 | REG | @ | Iowa State | Big 8 | W | 77 | 73 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | |
| 5 | Mon, Dec 22, 1980 | REG | Canisius | ECACN | W | 72 | 52 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | ||
| 6 | Sun, Dec 28, 1980 | REG | @ | South Florida | Sun Belt | L | 62 | 77 | 5 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Jan 3, 1981 | REG | Tulsa | MVC | W | 97 | 86 | 6 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Thu, Jan 8, 1981 | REG | @ | Southern Illinois | MVC | W | 78 | 62 | 7 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 9 | Sat, Jan 10, 1981 | REG | @ | Indiana State | MVC | W | 62 | 61 | 8 | 1 | W 3 | |
| 10 | Thu, Jan 15, 1981 | REG | Marquette | Ind | L | 66 | 76 | 8 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 17, 1981 | REG | Bradley | MVC | W | 54 | 51 | 9 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 12 | Mon, Jan 19, 1981 | REG | @ | Drake | MVC | L | 70 | 71 | 9 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 13 | Thu, Jan 22, 1981 | REG | Wichita State | MVC | L | 72 | 77 | 9 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 24, 1981 | REG | West Texas A&M | MVC | W | 86 | 69 | 10 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 31, 1981 | REG | @ | Tulsa | MVC | L | 84 | 87 | 10 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 16 | Mon, Feb 2, 1981 | REG | Southern Illinois | MVC | W | 50 | 43 | 11 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Thu, Feb 5, 1981 | REG | Indiana State | MVC | W | 65 | 62 | 12 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Feb 7, 1981 | REG | @ | Bradley | MVC | L | 80 | 93 | 12 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 19 | Mon, Feb 9, 1981 | REG | @ | DePaul | Ind | L | 57 | 83 | 12 | 7 | L 2 | |
| 20 | Sat, Feb 14, 1981 | REG | New Mexico State | MVC | W | 95 | 83 | 13 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 21 | Thu, Feb 19, 1981 | REG | Drake | MVC | W | 73 | 69 | 14 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Feb 21, 1981 | REG | @ | Wichita State | MVC | L | 70 | 83 | 14 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 23 | Thu, Feb 26, 1981 | REG | @ | West Texas A&M | MVC | W | 90 | 86 | 15 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 28, 1981 | REG | @ | New Mexico State | MVC | W | 84 | 78 | 16 | 8 | W 2 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 25 | Thu, Mar 5, 1981 | CTOURN | Indiana State | MVC | W | 64 | 61 | 17 | 8 | W 3 | ||
| 26 | Fri, Mar 6, 1981 | CTOURN | Tulsa | MVC | W | 66 | 64 | 18 | 8 | W 4 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Mar 7, 1981 | CTOURN | @ | Wichita State | MVC | W | 70 | 64 | 19 | 8 | W 5 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Thu, Mar 12, 1981 | NCAA | N | Saint Joseph's | ECC | L | 57 | 59 | 19 | 9 | L 1 |