Overall: 12-15, .444 W-L% (176th of 264)
Conference: 4-8, 6th in Metro (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Roy Danforth (12-15)
PS/G: 74.0 (63rd of 264) ▪ PA/G: 79.1 (245th of 264)
SRS: -1.90 (149th of 264) ▪ SOS: 3.14 (79th of 264)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 28, 1980 | REG | N | Oklahoma City | MW City | W | 105 | 87 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Nov 29, 1980 | REG | N | Southern Illinois | MVC | W | 92 | 78 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Tue, Dec 2, 1980 | REG | @ | Rice | SWC | W | 78 | 62 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 6, 1980 | REG | @ | Louisiana State | SEC | L | 81 | 119 | 3 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 5 | Fri, Dec 12, 1980 | REG | @ | Oral Roberts | MW City | L | 90 | 96 | 3 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 13, 1980 | REG | @ | Tulsa | MVC | L | 85 | 102 | 3 | 3 | L 3 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 20, 1980 | REG | Louisiana State | SEC | L | 72 | 86 | 3 | 4 | L 4 | ||
| 8 | Mon, Jan 5, 1981 | REG | Louisville | Metro | L | 53 | 73 | 3 | 5 | L 5 | ||
| 9 | Fri, Jan 9, 1981 | REG | Memphis | Metro | L | 55 | 67 | 3 | 6 | L 6 | ||
| 10 | Tue, Jan 13, 1981 | REG | Mercer | A-Sun | W | 67 | 57 | 4 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 17, 1981 | REG | New Orleans | Ind | W | 77 | 70 | 5 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 12 | Mon, Jan 19, 1981 | REG | @ | Memphis | Metro | L | 79 | 91 | 5 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 24, 1981 | REG | @ | Florida State | Metro | L | 61 | 79 | 5 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 14 | Tue, Jan 27, 1981 | REG | Cincinnati | Metro | W | 65 | 50 | 6 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 31, 1981 | REG | Florida State | Metro | L | 68 | 74 | 6 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 16 | Mon, Feb 2, 1981 | REG | @ | Saint Louis | Metro | W | 83 | 71 | 7 | 9 | W 1 | |
| 17 | Wed, Feb 4, 1981 | REG | @ | Louisville | Metro | L | 58 | 85 | 7 | 10 | L 1 | |
| 18 | Sat, Feb 7, 1981 | REG | @ | Southern Mississippi | Ind | L | 61 | 71 | 7 | 11 | L 2 | |
| 19 | Tue, Feb 10, 1981 | REG | @ | Cincinnati | Metro | L | 76 | 91 | 7 | 12 | L 3 | |
| 20 | Wed, Feb 18, 1981 | REG | Virginia Tech | Metro | W | 76 | 74 | 8 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 21 | Sun, Feb 22, 1981 | REG | @ | New Orleans | Ind | L | 69 | 82 | 8 | 13 | L 1 | |
| 22 | Wed, Feb 25, 1981 | REG | @ | Virginia Tech | Metro | L | 75 | 96 | 8 | 14 | L 2 | |
| 23 | Fri, Feb 27, 1981 | REG | Saint Louis | Metro | W | 75 | 69 | 9 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Mon, Mar 2, 1981 | REG | Southern Mississippi | Ind | W | 84 | 80 | 10 | 14 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 25 | Fri, Mar 6, 1981 | CTOURN | N | Cincinnati | Metro | L | 66 | 67 | 10 | 15 | L 1 |