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1980-81 Michigan State Spartans Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 13-14 (7-11, 8th in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Jud Heathcote

PS/G: 67.6 (182nd of 264)

PA/G: 69.7 (133rd of 264)

SRS: 6.43 (56th of 264)

SOS: 8.47 (14th of 264)

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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
Michigan State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Fri, Nov 28, 1980	REG		Western Michigan	MAC	0.09	W	89	77	1	0	W 1	Jenison Field House
2	Sat, Nov 29, 1980	REG		Central Michigan	MAC	-0.43	L	66	89	1	1	L 1	Jenison Field House
3	Thu, Dec 4, 1980	REG	@	Long Beach State	PCAA	1.17	W	71	60	2	1	W 1	Long Beach Arena
4	Sat, Dec 6, 1980	REG	@	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	-7.01	W	58	42	3	1	W 2	Titan Gym
5	Fri, Dec 12, 1980	REG		Eastern Michigan	MAC	-2.77	W	73	63	4	1	W 3	Jenison Field House
6	Tue, Dec 16, 1980	REG	@	Brigham Young (18)	WAC	13.80	L	50	82	4	2	L 1	Marriott Center
7	Fri, Dec 19, 1980	REG	N	Utah State	PCAA	-0.45	L	70	74	4	3	L 2	Providence Civic Center
8	Sat, Dec 20, 1980	REG	@	Providence	Big East	-2.10	W	77	76	5	3	W 1	Providence Civic Center
9	Sat, Dec 27, 1980	REG		Saint Joseph's	ECC	4.14	W	71	67	6	3	W 2	Jenison Field House
10	Thu, Jan 8, 1981	REG	@	Indiana	Big Ten	21.18	L	43	55	6	4	L 1	Assembly Hall
11	Sat, Jan 10, 1981	REG	@	Iowa (11)	Big Ten	18.02	L	57	65	6	5	L 2	Iowa Field House
12	Thu, Jan 15, 1981	REG		Minnesota (20)	Big Ten	14.70	L	77	86	6	6	L 3	Jenison Field House
13	Sat, Jan 17, 1981	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	0.67	W	84	70	7	6	W 1	Jenison Field House
14	Thu, Jan 22, 1981	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5.07	L	62	63	7	7	L 1	Wisconsin Field House
15	Sat, Jan 24, 1981	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	10.50	W	74	68	8	7	W 1	Mackey Arena
16	Thu, Jan 29, 1981	REG		Illinois	Big Ten	18.11	L	70	71	8	8	L 1	Jenison Field House
17	Sat, Jan 31, 1981	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	10.61	W	60	54	9	8	W 1	Jenison Field House
18	Thu, Feb 5, 1981	REG	@	Michigan (14)	Big Ten	12.26	L	77	79	9	9	L 1	Crisler Arena
19	Sat, Feb 7, 1981	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	10.61	L	62	73	9	10	L 2	St. John Arena
20	Thu, Feb 12, 1981	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	10.50	L	48	63	9	11	L 3	Jenison Field House
21	Sat, Feb 14, 1981	REG		Michigan (13)	Big Ten	12.26	W	70	66	10	11	W 1	Jenison Field House
22	Thu, Feb 19, 1981	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	5.07	W	74	65	11	11	W 2	Jenison Field House
23	Sat, Feb 21, 1981	REG	@	Illinois (15)	Big Ten	18.11	L	62	82	11	12	L 1	Assembly Hall
24	Thu, Feb 26, 1981	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	0.67	W	74	61	12	12	W 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
25	Sat, Feb 28, 1981	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	14.70	L	89	92	12	13	L 1	Williams Arena
26	Thu, Mar 5, 1981	REG		Iowa (8)	Big Ten	18.02	W	71	70	13	13	W 1	Jenison Field House
27	Sat, Mar 7, 1981	REG		Indiana (14)	Big Ten	21.18	L	48	69	13	14	L 1	Jenison Field House