Overall: 18-11, .621 W-L% (88th of 264) (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bill White (18-11)
PS/G: 76.4 (36th of 264) ▪ PA/G: 75.4 (212th of 264)
SRS: 2.69 (91st of 264) ▪ SOS: 1.69 (97th of 264)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 29, 1980 | REG | @ | Nevada-Las Vegas | Ind | L | 62 | 78 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Thu, Dec 11, 1980 | REG | West Texas A&M | MVC | L | 77 | 85 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Dec 13, 1980 | REG | @ | Houston | SWC | L | 70 | 84 | 0 | 3 | L 3 | |
| 4 | Thu, Dec 18, 1980 | REG | @ | New Mexico State | MVC | W | 77 | 73 | 1 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 5 | Tue, Dec 23, 1980 | REG | Wichita State | MVC | W | 83 | 82 | 2 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 27, 1980 | REG | N | Marquette | Ind | W | 71 | 70 | 3 | 3 | W 3 | |
| 7 | Sun, Dec 28, 1980 | REG | @ | Hawaii | WAC | L | 75 | 79 | 3 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Tue, Dec 30, 1980 | REG | N | Indiana | Big Ten | W | 66 | 60 | 4 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 9 | Wed, Jan 7, 1981 | REG | Louisiana-Lafayette | Southland | W | 93 | 77 | 5 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Jan 10, 1981 | REG | @ | East Carolina | Ind | W | 82 | 67 | 6 | 4 | W 3 | |
| 11 | Thu, Jan 15, 1981 | REG | @ | Lamar | Southland | L | 80 | 104 | 6 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 17, 1981 | REG | Northern Iowa | Ind | W | 94 | 70 | 7 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Jan 22, 1981 | REG | @ | Louisiana-Lafayette | Southland | L | 85 | 88 | 7 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 24, 1981 | REG | Lamar | Southland | L | 70 | 78 | 7 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 15 | Thu, Jan 29, 1981 | REG | @ | Southern Mississippi | Ind | L | 68 | 81 | 7 | 8 | L 3 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 31, 1981 | REG | @ | New Orleans | Ind | W | 66 | 56 | 8 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 17 | Wed, Feb 4, 1981 | REG | Southern Mississippi | Ind | L | 67 | 68 | 8 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Mon, Feb 9, 1981 | REG | East Carolina | Ind | W | 86 | 75 | 9 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Thu, Feb 12, 1981 | REG | @ | Northern Iowa | Ind | L | 69 | 71 | 9 | 10 | L 1 | |
| 20 | Sat, Feb 14, 1981 | REG | @ | Illinois State | Ind | W | 69 | 67 | 10 | 10 | W 1 | |
| 21 | Mon, Feb 16, 1981 | REG | New Orleans | Ind | W | 75 | 65 | 11 | 10 | W 2 | ||
| 22 | Mon, Feb 23, 1981 | REG | @ | North Texas | Ind | W | 77 | 73 | 12 | 10 | W 3 | |
| 23 | Wed, Feb 25, 1981 | REG | Nicholls State | Ind | W | 88 | 74 | 13 | 10 | W 4 | ||
| 24 | Mon, Mar 2, 1981 | REG | North Texas | Ind | W | 89 | 79 | 14 | 10 | W 5 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 25 | Fri, Mar 13, 1981 | NIT | @ | Tulsa | MVC | L | 71 | 81 | 14 | 11 | L 1 |