Overall: 15-12, .556 W-L% (118th of 264) (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bill Blakeley (15-12)
PS/G: 80.2 (9th of 264) ▪ PA/G: 81.5 (257th of 264)
SRS: -1.75 (147th of 264) ▪ SOS: -0.49 (127th of 264)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Dec 3, 1980 | REG | Southern Methodist | SWC | W | 69 | 63 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Thu, Dec 4, 1980 | REG | Southeastern Louisiana | Ind | W | 77 | 74 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Dec 9, 1980 | REG | @ | Texas Christian | SWC | W | 76 | 75 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 4 | Fri, Dec 12, 1980 | REG | @ | Brigham Young | WAC | L | 92 | 108 | 3 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 13, 1980 | REG | N | Seton Hall | Big East | L | 78 | 89 | 3 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 6 | Tue, Dec 16, 1980 | REG | DePaul | Ind | L | 86 | 92 | 3 | 3 | L 3 | ||
| 7 | Thu, Dec 18, 1980 | REG | Samford | A-Sun | W | 81 | 73 | 4 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 20, 1980 | REG | @ | Texas | SWC | L | 82 | 103 | 4 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Sat, Dec 27, 1980 | REG | N | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | L | 85 | 93 | 4 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 10 | Sun, Dec 28, 1980 | REG | N | Kent State | MAC | W | 80 | 79 | 5 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 11 | Mon, Jan 12, 1981 | REG | @ | Santa Clara | WCC | L | 83 | 95 | 5 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 17, 1981 | REG | @ | Texas-Arlington | Southland | W | 86 | 82 | 6 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 13 | Mon, Jan 19, 1981 | REG | Texas | SWC | W | 75 | 74 | 7 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 14 | Thu, Jan 22, 1981 | REG | Texas Tech | SWC | W | 69 | 67 | 8 | 6 | W 3 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 24, 1981 | REG | Southern Mississippi | Ind | L | 68 | 72 | 8 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 31, 1981 | REG | @ | Hardin-Simmons | A-Sun | W | 78 | 77 | 9 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 17 | Sat, Feb 7, 1981 | REG | Saint Louis | Metro | W | 96 | 72 | 10 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 18 | Thu, Feb 12, 1981 | REG | @ | Samford | A-Sun | W | 85 | 68 | 11 | 7 | W 3 | |
| 19 | Sat, Feb 14, 1981 | REG | @ | Southern Mississippi | Ind | L | 71 | 87 | 11 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 20 | Wed, Feb 18, 1981 | REG | Texas-Arlington | Southland | L | 86 | 94 | 11 | 9 | L 2 | ||
| 21 | Mon, Feb 23, 1981 | REG | Texas-Pan American | Ind | L | 73 | 77 | 11 | 10 | L 3 | ||
| 22 | Thu, Feb 26, 1981 | REG | Hardin-Simmons | A-Sun | W | 90 | 71 | 12 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Mon, Mar 2, 1981 | REG | @ | Texas-Pan American | Ind | L | 79 | 89 | 12 | 11 | L 1 |