Overall: 18-10, .643 W-L% (73rd of 264)
Conference: 13-1, 1st in Ivy (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Pete Carril (18-10)
PS/G: 55.2 (261st of 264) ▪ PA/G: 51.4 (2nd of 264)
SRS: -0.32 (129th of 264) ▪ SOS: -4.21 (195th of 264)
NCAA Tournament: (#11 seed in East)
Lost East First Round (60-51) versus #6 Brigham Young
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 29, 1980 | REG | @ | Oral Roberts | MW City | L | 61 | 66 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Tue, Dec 2, 1980 | REG | @ | Rutgers | EAA | L | 47 | 57 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 3 | Sat, Dec 6, 1980 | REG | @ | St. John's (NY) | Big East | W | 47 | 46 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 4 | Tue, Dec 9, 1980 | REG | Saint Joseph's | ECC | L | 50 | 51 | 1 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Dec 13, 1980 | REG | Manhattan | ECACM | W | 58 | 49 | 2 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Sun, Dec 21, 1980 | REG | Colgate | ECACN | W | 75 | 42 | 3 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 7 | Tue, Dec 23, 1980 | REG | @ | Ohio State | Big Ten | L | 46 | 72 | 3 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Fri, Dec 26, 1980 | REG | N | Rhode Island | EAA | L | 58 | 62 | 3 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 9 | Sat, Dec 27, 1980 | REG | N | Northwestern | Big Ten | L | 68 | 72 | 3 | 6 | L 3 | |
| 10 | Sun, Dec 28, 1980 | REG | N | Cal State Fullerton | PCAA | W | 60 | 57 | 4 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 11 | Sat, Jan 3, 1981 | REG | Seton Hall | Big East | L | 51 | 53 | 4 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Fri, Jan 9, 1981 | REG | @ | Brown | Ivy | W | 44 | 41 | 5 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 10, 1981 | REG | @ | Yale | Ivy | W | 66 | 50 | 6 | 7 | W 2 | |
| 14 | Mon, Jan 12, 1981 | REG | Fordham | ECACM | L | 50 | 53 | 6 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 31, 1981 | REG | Pennsylvania | Ivy | W | 62 | 61 | 7 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Fri, Feb 6, 1981 | REG | @ | Cornell | Ivy | W | 46 | 44 | 8 | 8 | W 2 | |
| 17 | Sat, Feb 7, 1981 | REG | @ | Columbia | Ivy | W | 40 | 35 | 9 | 8 | W 3 | |
| 18 | Fri, Feb 13, 1981 | REG | Dartmouth | Ivy | W | 55 | 44 | 10 | 8 | W 4 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 14, 1981 | REG | Harvard | Ivy | W | 72 | 48 | 11 | 8 | W 5 | ||
| 20 | Fri, Feb 20, 1981 | REG | Yale | Ivy | W | 60 | 47 | 12 | 8 | W 6 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 21, 1981 | REG | Brown | Ivy | W | 40 | 33 | 13 | 8 | W 7 | ||
| 22 | Tue, Feb 24, 1981 | REG | @ | Pennsylvania | Ivy | L | 43 | 52 | 13 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 23 | Fri, Feb 27, 1981 | REG | @ | Harvard | Ivy | W | 56 | 54 | 14 | 9 | W 1 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 28, 1981 | REG | @ | Dartmouth | Ivy | W | 60 | 46 | 15 | 9 | W 2 | |
| 25 | Fri, Mar 6, 1981 | REG | Columbia | Ivy | W | 75 | 57 | 16 | 9 | W 3 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Mar 7, 1981 | REG | Cornell | Ivy | W | 52 | 46 | 17 | 9 | W 4 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Tue, Mar 10, 1981 | CTOURN | N | Pennsylvania | Ivy | W | 54 | 40 | 18 | 9 | W 5 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Thu, Mar 12, 1981 | NCAA | N | Brigham Young | WAC | L | 51 | 60 | 18 | 10 | L 1 |