Overall: 25-4, .862 W-L% (4th of 264)
Conference: 12-2, 1st in PCAA (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Tiny Grant (25-4)
PS/G: 64.1 (214th of 264) ▪ PA/G: 50.4 (1st of 264)
SRS: 13.29 (23rd of 264) ▪ SOS: -0.43 (126th of 264)
NCAA Tournament: (#6 seed in West)
Lost West First Round (55-53) versus #11 Northeastern
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 28, 1980 | REG | Air Force | WAC | W | 55 | 40 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Nov 29, 1980 | REG | Portland State | Ind | W | 96 | 65 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Mon, Dec 1, 1980 | REG | @ | Arizona | Pac-10 | W | 77 | 65 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 6, 1980 | REG | @ | Boise State | Big Sky | W | 65 | 40 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | |
| 5 | Tue, Dec 9, 1980 | REG | Arizona | Pac-10 | W | 70 | 60 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 20, 1980 | REG | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 58 | 45 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | ||
| 7 | Mon, Dec 29, 1980 | REG | @ | Northern Illinois | MAC | W | 71 | 59 | 7 | 0 | W 7 | |
| 8 | Wed, Dec 31, 1980 | REG | @ | Kansas State | Big 8 | L | 39 | 47 | 7 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Thu, Jan 15, 1981 | REG | @ | Utah State | PCAA | W | 79 | 62 | 8 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Jan 17, 1981 | REG | @ | San Jose State | PCAA | L | 47 | 52 | 8 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 11 | Thu, Jan 22, 1981 | REG | Long Beach State | PCAA | L | 54 | 55 | 8 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 24, 1981 | REG | California-Irvine | PCAA | W | 64 | 51 | 9 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Jan 28, 1981 | REG | Pacific | PCAA | W | 79 | 57 | 10 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 14 | Sun, Feb 1, 1981 | REG | @ | Pacific | PCAA | W | 47 | 45 | 11 | 3 | W 3 | |
| 15 | Thu, Feb 5, 1981 | REG | California-Santa Barbara | PCAA | W | 76 | 38 | 12 | 3 | W 4 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Feb 7, 1981 | REG | Cal State Fullerton | PCAA | W | 72 | 52 | 13 | 3 | W 5 | ||
| 17 | Wed, Feb 11, 1981 | REG | @ | Cal State Fullerton | PCAA | W | 51 | 30 | 14 | 3 | W 6 | |
| 18 | Sat, Feb 14, 1981 | REG | @ | California-Santa Barbara | PCAA | W | 46 | 26 | 15 | 3 | W 7 | |
| 19 | Thu, Feb 19, 1981 | REG | @ | California-Irvine | PCAA | W | 70 | 55 | 16 | 3 | W 8 | |
| 20 | Sat, Feb 21, 1981 | REG | @ | Long Beach State | PCAA | W | 67 | 46 | 17 | 3 | W 9 | |
| 21 | Thu, Feb 26, 1981 | REG | San Jose State | PCAA | W | 62 | 52 | 18 | 3 | W 10 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Feb 28, 1981 | REG | Utah State | PCAA | W | 82 | 58 | 19 | 3 | W 11 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 23 | Fri, Mar 6, 1981 | CTOURN | N | Utah State | PCAA | W | 71 | 57 | 20 | 3 | W 12 | |
| 24 | Sat, Mar 7, 1981 | CTOURN | N | San Jose State | PCAA | W | 52 | 48 | 21 | 3 | W 13 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 25 | Fri, Mar 13, 1981 | NCAA | N | Northeastern | ECACN | L | 53 | 55 | 21 | 4 | L 1 |