Overall: 12-15, .444 W-L% (176th of 264) (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Tom Smith (12-15)
PS/G: 61.9 (238th of 264) ▪ PA/G: 69.8 (122nd of 264)
SRS: -9.08 (204th of 264) ▪ SOS: -1.18 (147th of 264)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Dec 1, 1980 | REG | Montana State | Big Sky | W | 59 | 52 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Mon, Dec 8, 1980 | REG | @ | Central Michigan | MAC | L | 64 | 80 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 3 | Sat, Dec 13, 1980 | REG | @ | Loyola (IL) | MW City | L | 73 | 87 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 20, 1980 | REG | @ | Bradley | MVC | L | 47 | 100 | 1 | 3 | L 3 | |
| 5 | Mon, Dec 22, 1980 | REG | @ | Notre Dame | Ind | L | 56 | 69 | 1 | 4 | L 4 | |
| 6 | Tue, Dec 30, 1980 | REG | Southern Illinois | MVC | L | 59 | 60 | 1 | 5 | L 5 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Jan 3, 1981 | REG | @ | New Orleans | Ind | W | 60 | 58 | 2 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 8 | Tue, Jan 6, 1981 | REG | @ | South Florida | Sun Belt | L | 61 | 74 | 2 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Sat, Jan 10, 1981 | REG | N | Texas-Arlington | Southland | L | 67 | 70 | 2 | 7 | L 2 | |
| 10 | Mon, Jan 12, 1981 | REG | Baltimore | ECACS | W | 83 | 68 | 3 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Wed, Jan 14, 1981 | REG | @ | Evansville | MW City | L | 74 | 78 | 3 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Mon, Jan 19, 1981 | REG | Illinois State | Ind | L | 58 | 72 | 3 | 9 | L 2 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Jan 22, 1981 | REG | Northern Iowa | Ind | W | 61 | 58 | 4 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 14 | Mon, Jan 26, 1981 | REG | @ | Northern Illinois | MAC | L | 46 | 69 | 4 | 10 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 31, 1981 | REG | Evansville | MW City | L | 55 | 66 | 4 | 11 | L 2 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Feb 4, 1981 | REG | Cleveland State | Ind | L | 53 | 74 | 4 | 12 | L 3 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Feb 7, 1981 | REG | @ | Northern Iowa | Ind | L | 54 | 58 | 4 | 13 | L 4 | |
| 18 | Mon, Feb 16, 1981 | REG | @ | Illinois State | Ind | L | 38 | 55 | 4 | 14 | L 5 | |
| 19 | Thu, Feb 19, 1981 | REG | Portland State | Ind | W | 87 | 81 | 5 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 20 | Thu, Feb 26, 1981 | REG | @ | Marquette | Ind | L | 58 | 73 | 5 | 15 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 28, 1981 | REG | Butler | MW City | W | 86 | 63 | 6 | 15 | W 1 |