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1980-81 LSU Fighting Tigers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 31-5 (17-1, 1st in SEC MBB)

Rank: 4th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Dale Brown

PS/G: 79.2 (19th of 264)

PA/G: 68.0 (107th of 264)

SRS: 18.04 (7th of 264)

SOS: 6.87 (29th of 264)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest Second Round (100-78) versus #8 Lamar
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (72-56) versus #5 Arkansas
Won Midwest Regional Final (96-85) versus #6 Wichita State
Lost National Semifinal (67-49) versus #3 Indiana
Lost National Third Place (78-74) versus #1 Virginia

SEC Reg Season Champ

AP Poll Summary

1980-81 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/1	12/8	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/2	Final
LSU	12	15	11	10	10	10	9	6	5	4	4	4	4	2	3	4

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Fri, Nov 28, 1980	REG	N	Colgate	ECACN	-13.84	W	79	61		1	0	W 1	Buckner Fieldhouse
2	Sat, Nov 29, 1980	REG	N	Arkansas (20)	SWC	12.05	L	76	86		1	1	L 1	Buckner Fieldhouse
3	Sun, Nov 30, 1980	REG	N	Georgetown (16)	Big East	5.79	W	76	67		2	1	W 1	Buckner Fieldhouse
4	Sat, Dec 6, 1980	REG		Tulane	Metro	-1.90	W	119	81		3	1	W 2	Maravich Assembly Center
5	Sat, Dec 13, 1980	REG		Nevada-Las Vegas	Ind	7.57	W	87	73		4	1	W 3	Maravich Assembly Center
6	Thu, Dec 18, 1980	REG	@	New Orleans	Ind	-3.86	W	96	66		5	1	W 4	Human Performance Center
7	Sat, Dec 20, 1980	REG	@	Tulane	Metro	-1.90	W	86	72		6	1	W 5	Avron B. Fogelman Arena
8	Mon, Dec 22, 1980	REG		Xavier	MW City	-4.07	W	78	62		7	1	W 6	Maravich Assembly Center
9	Mon, Dec 29, 1980	REG		UNC Wilmington	Ind	-9.74	W	100	68		8	1	W 7	Maravich Assembly Center
10	Tue, Dec 30, 1980	REG		Saint Francis (PA)	ECACS	-5.44	W	91	65		9	1	W 8	Maravich Assembly Center
11	Sat, Jan 3, 1981	REG	@	Florida	SEC	1.94	W	92	66		10	1	W 9	Stephen C. O''Connell Center
12	Wed, Jan 7, 1981	REG		Vanderbilt	SEC	8.71	W	77	61		11	1	W 10	Maravich Assembly Center
13	Sat, Jan 10, 1981	REG	@	Mississippi State	SEC	3.77	W	81	69		12	1	W 11	Humphrey Coliseum
14	Wed, Jan 14, 1981	REG	@	Alabama	SEC	12.70	W	59	56		13	1	W 12	Memorial Coliseum
15	Sat, Jan 17, 1981	REG		Georgia	SEC	10.68	W	78	65		14	1	W 13	Maravich Assembly Center
16	Mon, Jan 19, 1981	REG		Kentucky (6)	SEC	18.59	W	81	67		15	1	W 14	Maravich Assembly Center
17	Wed, Jan 21, 1981	REG	@	Auburn	SEC	4.57	W	74	64		16	1	W 15	Memorial Coliseum
18	Sat, Jan 24, 1981	REG		Tennessee (8)	SEC	15.27	W	80	63		17	1	W 16	Maravich Assembly Center
19	Wed, Jan 28, 1981	REG	@	Mississippi	SEC	9.54	W	63	59		18	1	W 17	C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum
20	Sat, Jan 31, 1981	REG		Florida	SEC	1.94	W	92	75		19	1	W 18	Maravich Assembly Center
21	Wed, Feb 4, 1981	REG	@	Vanderbilt	SEC	8.71	W	86	81		20	1	W 19	Memorial Gymnasium
22	Sat, Feb 7, 1981	REG		Mississippi State	SEC	3.77	W	94	89		21	1	W 20	Maravich Assembly Center
23	Wed, Feb 11, 1981	REG		Alabama	SEC	12.70	W	70	57		22	1	W 21	Maravich Assembly Center
24	Sat, Feb 14, 1981	REG	@	Georgia	SEC	10.68	W	64	62		23	1	W 22	Stegeman Coliseum
25	Wed, Feb 18, 1981	REG		Auburn	SEC	4.57	W	58	47		24	1	W 23	Maravich Assembly Center
26	Sat, Feb 21, 1981	REG	@	Tennessee (8)	SEC	15.27	W	66	65		25	1	W 24	Stokely Center
27	Sun, Feb 22, 1981	REG		Texas A&M	SWC	6.19	W	67	57		26	1	W 25	Maravich Assembly Center
28	Wed, Feb 25, 1981	REG		Mississippi	SEC	9.54	W	74	67		27	1	W 26	Maravich Assembly Center
29	Sun, Mar 1, 1981	REG	@	Kentucky (9)	SEC	18.59	L	71	73		27	2	L 1	Rupp Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Thu, Mar 5, 1981	CTOURN	N	Florida	SEC	1.94	W	85	73		28	2	W 1	BJCC Coliseum
31	Fri, Mar 6, 1981	CTOURN	N	Georgia	SEC	10.68	L	60	68		28	3	L 1	BJCC Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
32	Sat, Mar 14, 1981	NCAA	N	Lamar	Southland	6.05	W	100	78		29	3	W 1	Frank Erwin Center
33	Fri, Mar 20, 1981	NCAA	N	Arkansas (20)	SWC	12.05	W	72	56		30	3	W 2	Louisiana Superdome
34	Sun, Mar 22, 1981	NCAA	N	Wichita State	MVC	14.41	W	96	85		31	3	W 3	Louisiana Superdome
35	Sat, Mar 28, 1981	NCAA	N	Indiana (9)	Big Ten	21.18	L	49	67		31	4	L 1	The Spectrum
36	Mon, Mar 30, 1981	NCAA	N	Virginia (5)	ACC	18.59	L	74	78		31	5	L 2	The Spectrum