Overall: 12-16, .429 W-L% (181st of 264)
Conference: 5-13, 8th in SEC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Norm Sloan (12-16)
PS/G: 66.6 (176th of 264) ▪ PA/G: 74.4 (202nd of 264)
SRS: 1.94 (101st of 264) ▪ SOS: 9.66 (6th of 264)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Dec 6, 1980 | REG | @ | Mississippi State | SEC | L | 68 | 89 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Dec 13, 1980 | REG | N | Florida State | Metro | W | 81 | 74 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 3 | Fri, Dec 26, 1980 | REG | N | Jacksonville | Sun Belt | W | 65 | 59 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 27, 1980 | REG | N | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 87 | 95 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 5 | Tue, Dec 30, 1980 | REG | East Tennessee State | Southern | W | 72 | 54 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Jan 3, 1981 | REG | Louisiana State | SEC | L | 66 | 92 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Wed, Jan 7, 1981 | REG | @ | Georgia | SEC | L | 74 | 90 | 3 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 8 | Sat, Jan 10, 1981 | REG | Auburn | SEC | W | 63 | 59 | 4 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Wed, Jan 14, 1981 | REG | @ | Tennessee | SEC | L | 64 | 78 | 4 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Jan 17, 1981 | REG | Mississippi | SEC | W | 74 | 71 | 5 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Wed, Jan 21, 1981 | REG | @ | Kentucky | SEC | L | 48 | 102 | 5 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 24, 1981 | REG | Alabama | SEC | W | 97 | 91 | 6 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Mon, Jan 26, 1981 | REG | Florida State | Metro | L | 71 | 82 | 6 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Wed, Jan 28, 1981 | REG | Vanderbilt | SEC | L | 70 | 72 | 6 | 8 | L 2 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 31, 1981 | REG | @ | Louisiana State | SEC | L | 75 | 92 | 6 | 9 | L 3 | |
| 16 | Wed, Feb 4, 1981 | REG | Georgia | SEC | L | 64 | 87 | 6 | 10 | L 4 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Feb 7, 1981 | REG | @ | Auburn | SEC | W | 55 | 50 | 7 | 10 | W 1 | |
| 18 | Wed, Feb 11, 1981 | REG | Tennessee | SEC | L | 52 | 53 | 7 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 14, 1981 | REG | @ | Mississippi | SEC | L | 52 | 66 | 7 | 12 | L 2 | |
| 20 | Wed, Feb 18, 1981 | REG | Kentucky | SEC | L | 56 | 69 | 7 | 13 | L 3 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 21, 1981 | REG | @ | Alabama | SEC | L | 44 | 57 | 7 | 14 | L 4 | |
| 22 | Wed, Feb 25, 1981 | REG | @ | Vanderbilt | SEC | L | 64 | 73 | 7 | 15 | L 5 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 28, 1981 | REG | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 81 | 71 | 8 | 15 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 24 | Wed, Mar 4, 1981 | CTOURN | N | Auburn | SEC | W | 50 | 48 | 9 | 15 | W 2 | |
| 25 | Thu, Mar 5, 1981 | CTOURN | N | Louisiana State | SEC | L | 73 | 85 | 9 | 16 | L 1 |