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1980-81 Louisville Cardinals Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 21-9 (11-1, 1st in Metro MBB)

Rank: 12th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Denny Crum

PS/G: 75.0 (60th of 264)

PA/G: 65.7 (73rd of 264)

SRS: 14.21 (18th of 264)

SOS: 5.14 (51st of 264)

NCAA Tournament: (#4 seed in Midwest)
Lost Midwest Second Round (74-73) versus #5 Arkansas

Metro Reg Season Champ
Metro Tourney 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
Louisville	3	8	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	17	12

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	Sat, Nov 22, 1980	REG	N	DePaul (2)	Ind	15.47	L	80	86		0	1	L 1	MassMutual Center
2	Thu, Dec 4, 1980	REG	@	Tulsa	MVC	9.58	L	60	68		0	2	L 2	Tulsa Convention Center
3	Sat, Dec 6, 1980	REG	@	Oklahoma State	Big 8	5.32	L	71	72		0	3	L 3	Gallagher-Iba Arena
4	Sat, Dec 13, 1980	REG		Maryland (4)	ACC	13.70	W	78	67		1	3	W 1	Freedom Hall
5	Sat, Dec 20, 1980	REG		Utah	WAC	13.69	L	59	78		1	4	L 1	Freedom Hall
6	Mon, Dec 22, 1980	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	14.70	L	56	62		1	5	L 2	Freedom Hall
7	Mon, Dec 29, 1980	REG	N	North Carolina (6)	ACC	18.30	L	64	86		1	6	L 3	L.A. Sports Arena
8	Tue, Dec 30, 1980	REG	@	Southern California	Pac-10	5.97	W	79	50		2	6	W 1	L.A. Sports Arena
9	Sat, Jan 3, 1981	REG	@	Kansas State	Big 8	13.37	L	47	64		2	7	L 1	Ahearn Field House
10	Mon, Jan 5, 1981	REG	@	Tulane	Metro	-1.90	W	73	53		3	7	W 1	Avron B. Fogelman Arena
11	Sat, Jan 10, 1981	REG	@	Cincinnati	Metro	0.82	W	83	68		4	7	W 2	Riverfront Coliseum
12	Sat, Jan 17, 1981	REG		Florida State	Metro	4.29	W	98	78		5	7	W 3	Freedom Hall
13	Sun, Jan 18, 1981	REG		Missouri	Big 8	10.94	W	71	49		6	7	W 4	Freedom Hall
14	Thu, Jan 22, 1981	REG	@	Memphis	Metro	0.97	L	55	60		6	8	L 1	Mid-South Coliseum
15	Tue, Jan 27, 1981	REG		Providence	Big East	-2.10	W	71	55		7	8	W 1	Freedom Hall
16	Thu, Jan 29, 1981	REG		Saint Louis	Metro	-3.56	W	61	57		8	8	W 2	Freedom Hall
17	Sat, Jan 31, 1981	REG		Virginia Tech	Metro	4.36	W	92	70		9	8	W 3	Freedom Hall
18	Wed, Feb 4, 1981	REG		Tulane	Metro	-1.90	W	85	58		10	8	W 4	Freedom Hall
19	Sat, Feb 7, 1981	REG	@	Florida State	Metro	4.29	W	82	73		11	8	W 5	Tully Gymnasium
20	Mon, Feb 9, 1981	REG	@	Virginia Tech	Metro	4.36	W	71	66		12	8	W 6	Cassell Coliseum
21	Sat, Feb 14, 1981	REG	@	Marquette	Ind	7.98	W	79	60		13	8	W 7	MECCA Arena
22	Mon, Feb 16, 1981	REG		Memphis	Metro	0.97	W	95	65		14	8	W 8	Freedom Hall
23	Wed, Feb 18, 1981	REG		Iona	ECACM	-5.29	W	91	57		15	8	W 9	Freedom Hall
24	Mon, Feb 23, 1981	REG		Cincinnati	Metro	0.82	W	81	67		16	8	W 10	Freedom Hall
25	Wed, Feb 25, 1981	REG	@	Saint Louis	Metro	-3.56	W	97	85		17	8	W 11	St. Louis Arena
26	Sat, Feb 28, 1981	REG		Western Kentucky	OVC	0.23	W	90	75		18	8	W 12	Freedom Hall
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Sat, Mar 7, 1981	CTOURN		Virginia Tech	Metro	4.36	W	81	68		19	8	W 13	Freedom Hall
28	Sun, Mar 8, 1981	CTOURN		Cincinnati	Metro	0.82	W	42	31		20	8	W 14	Freedom Hall
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
29	Sat, Mar 14, 1981	NCAA	N	Arkansas (20)	SWC	12.05	L	73	74		20	9	L 1	Frank Erwin Center