Overall: 20-12, .625 W-L% (87th of 264)
Conference: 9-5, 2nd in Big East (Schedule and Results)
Coach: John Thompson (20-12)
PS/G: 65.3 (193rd of 264) ▪ PA/G: 64.0 (48th of 264)
SRS: 5.79 (65th of 264) ▪ SOS: 4.51 (60th of 264)
NCAA Tournament: (#7 seed in East)
Lost East First Round (61-55) versus #10 James Madison
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 19 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 28, 1980 | REG | N | Nicholls State | Ind | W | 80 | 58 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Nov 29, 1980 | REG | N | North Carolina | ACC | L | 71 | 83 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 3 | Sun, Nov 30, 1980 | REG | N | Louisiana State | SEC | L | 67 | 76 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 13, 1980 | REG | @ | George Washington | EAA | W | 84 | 82 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 20, 1980 | REG | @ | Drake | MVC | L | 57 | 73 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Tue, Dec 23, 1980 | REG | Texas Southern | SWAC | W | 80 | 61 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Mon, Dec 29, 1980 | REG | N | DePaul | Ind | L | 67 | 72 | 3 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Tue, Dec 30, 1980 | REG | N | La Salle | ECC | W | 79 | 63 | 4 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 9 | Sat, Jan 3, 1981 | REG | Pennsylvania | Ivy | L | 58 | 60 | 4 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Wed, Jan 7, 1981 | REG | @ | St. John's (NY) | Big East | L | 60 | 68 | 4 | 6 | L 2 | |
| 11 | Sat, Jan 10, 1981 | REG | @ | Boston College | Big East | W | 57 | 55 | 5 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 12 | Mon, Jan 12, 1981 | REG | @ | Seton Hall | Big East | W | 52 | 51 | 6 | 6 | W 2 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 17, 1981 | REG | Syracuse | Big East | W | 62 | 57 | 7 | 6 | W 3 | ||
| 14 | Mon, Jan 19, 1981 | REG | Providence | Big East | L | 58 | 61 | 7 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 24, 1981 | REG | @ | Connecticut | Big East | L | 73 | 75 | 7 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 16 | Wed, Jan 28, 1981 | REG | @ | American | ECC | W | 74 | 72 | 8 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 17 | Sat, Jan 31, 1981 | REG | @ | Nevada-Las Vegas | Ind | W | 69 | 68 | 9 | 8 | W 2 | |
| 18 | Wed, Feb 4, 1981 | REG | Villanova | Big East | W | 70 | 54 | 10 | 8 | W 3 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 7, 1981 | REG | St. John's (NY) | Big East | W | 75 | 68 | 11 | 8 | W 4 | ||
| 20 | Mon, Feb 9, 1981 | REG | @ | Syracuse | Big East | L | 64 | 66 | 11 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 14, 1981 | REG | Seton Hall | Big East | W | 58 | 56 | 12 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Feb 18, 1981 | REG | Boston College | Big East | L | 49 | 53 | 12 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 21, 1981 | REG | @ | Villanova | Big East | W | 68 | 60 | 13 | 10 | W 1 | |
| 24 | Wed, Feb 25, 1981 | REG | @ | Providence | Big East | W | 71 | 63 | 14 | 10 | W 2 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 28, 1981 | REG | Connecticut | Big East | W | 60 | 58 | 15 | 10 | W 3 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 26 | Thu, Mar 5, 1981 | CTOURN | N | Seton Hall | Big East | W | 58 | 52 | 16 | 10 | W 4 | |
| 27 | Fri, Mar 6, 1981 | CTOURN | @ | Syracuse | Big East | L | 53 | 67 | 16 | 11 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Thu, Mar 12, 1981 | NCAA | N | James Madison | ECACS | L | 55 | 61 | 16 | 12 | L 2 |