Overall: 24-5, .828 W-L% (10th of 264)
Conference: 9-3, 1st in Sun Belt (Schedule and Results)
Coach: J.D. Barnett (24-5)
PS/G: 68.9 (150th of 264) ▪ PA/G: 61.8 (25th of 264)
SRS: 9.96 (36th of 264) ▪ SOS: 2.89 (83rd of 264)
NCAA Tournament: (#5 seed in East)
Won East First Round (85-69) versus #12 Long Island University
Lost East Second Round (58-56) versus #4 Tennessee
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 28, 1980 | REG | N | Lafayette | ECC | W | 44 | 40 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Nov 29, 1980 | REG | @ | Virginia | ACC | L | 62 | 77 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 3 | Wed, Dec 3, 1980 | REG | William & Mary | ECACS | W | 77 | 58 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Dec 9, 1980 | REG | Richmond | ECACS | W | 88 | 76 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Dec 13, 1980 | REG | Old Dominion | ECACS | W | 65 | 56 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 20, 1980 | REG | Georgia State | Sun Belt | W | 81 | 69 | 5 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 7 | Mon, Dec 22, 1980 | REG | Cincinnati | Metro | W | 78 | 58 | 6 | 1 | W 5 | ||
| 8 | Mon, Dec 29, 1980 | REG | Virginia Tech | Metro | W | 57 | 51 | 7 | 1 | W 6 | ||
| 9 | Tue, Dec 30, 1980 | REG | N | Old Dominion | ECACS | W | 61 | 44 | 8 | 1 | W 7 | |
| 10 | Tue, Jan 6, 1981 | REG | South Alabama | Sun Belt | L | 62 | 76 | 8 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 10, 1981 | REG | @ | Alabama-Birmingham | Sun Belt | L | 65 | 67 | 8 | 3 | L 2 | |
| 12 | Mon, Jan 12, 1981 | REG | @ | South Florida | Sun Belt | L | 68 | 73 | 8 | 4 | L 3 | |
| 13 | Sun, Jan 18, 1981 | REG | Charlotte | Sun Belt | W | 86 | 75 | 9 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 14 | Tue, Jan 20, 1981 | REG | @ | Georgia State | Sun Belt | W | 84 | 71 | 10 | 4 | W 2 | |
| 15 | Thu, Jan 22, 1981 | REG | @ | South Alabama | Sun Belt | W | 86 | 70 | 11 | 4 | W 3 | |
| 16 | Mon, Jan 26, 1981 | REG | James Madison | ECACS | W | 50 | 49 | 12 | 4 | W 4 | ||
| 17 | Thu, Jan 29, 1981 | REG | Jacksonville | Sun Belt | W | 62 | 42 | 13 | 4 | W 5 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Jan 31, 1981 | REG | @ | Richmond | ECACS | W | 66 | 55 | 14 | 4 | W 6 | |
| 19 | Tue, Feb 3, 1981 | REG | @ | Charlotte | Sun Belt | W | 90 | 80 | 15 | 4 | W 7 | |
| 20 | Tue, Feb 10, 1981 | REG | Old Dominion | ECACS | W | 75 | 64 | 16 | 4 | W 8 | ||
| 21 | Thu, Feb 12, 1981 | REG | @ | James Madison | ECACS | W | 58 | 57 | 17 | 4 | W 9 | |
| 22 | Sun, Feb 15, 1981 | REG | Alabama-Birmingham | Sun Belt | W | 79 | 69 | 18 | 4 | W 10 | ||
| 23 | Tue, Feb 17, 1981 | REG | South Florida | Sun Belt | W | 70 | 64 | 19 | 4 | W 11 | ||
| 24 | Sun, Feb 22, 1981 | REG | @ | Jacksonville | Sun Belt | W | 59 | 51 | 20 | 4 | W 12 | |
| 25 | Tue, Feb 24, 1981 | REG | @ | William & Mary | ECACS | W | 68 | 67 | 21 | 4 | W 13 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 26 | Sat, Feb 28, 1981 | CTOURN | N | South Florida | Sun Belt | W | 53 | 45 | 22 | 4 | W 14 | |
| 27 | Sun, Mar 1, 1981 | CTOURN | N | Alabama-Birmingham | Sun Belt | W | 62 | 61 | OT | 23 | 4 | W 15 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Fri, Mar 13, 1981 | NCAA | N | Long Island University | ECACM | W | 85 | 69 | 24 | 4 | W 16 | |
| 29 | Sun, Mar 15, 1981 | NCAA | N | Tennessee | SEC | L | 56 | 58 | 24 | 5 | L 1 |