Overall: 12-16, .429 W-L% (181st of 264)
Conference: 8-3, 1st in MW City (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bob Staak (12-16)
PS/G: 70.8 (114th of 264) ▪ PA/G: 75.6 (216th of 264)
SRS: -4.07 (167th of 264) ▪ SOS: 0.73 (107th of 264)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Dec 10, 1980 | REG | @ | La Salle | ECC | L | 65 | 70 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Dec 13, 1980 | REG | N | Miami (OH) | MAC | L | 73 | 74 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 3 | Mon, Dec 22, 1980 | REG | @ | Louisiana State | SEC | L | 62 | 78 | 0 | 3 | L 3 | |
| 4 | Mon, Dec 29, 1980 | REG | N | Boston University | ECACN | L | 84 | 91 | 0 | 4 | L 4 | |
| 5 | Tue, Dec 30, 1980 | REG | N | Texas Christian | SWC | L | 47 | 57 | 0 | 5 | L 5 | |
| 6 | Tue, Jan 6, 1981 | REG | @ | Holy Cross | ECACN | L | 93 | 112 | 0 | 6 | L 6 | |
| 7 | Sat, Jan 10, 1981 | REG | Dayton | Ind | L | 72 | 74 | 0 | 7 | L 7 | ||
| 8 | Mon, Jan 12, 1981 | REG | @ | Oral Roberts | MW City | W | 81 | 76 | 1 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 9 | Wed, Jan 14, 1981 | REG | @ | Oklahoma City | MW City | L | 65 | 83 | 1 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Jan 17, 1981 | REG | @ | Butler | MW City | L | 72 | 73 | 1 | 9 | L 2 | |
| 11 | Mon, Jan 19, 1981 | REG | @ | Loyola (IL) | MW City | L | 63 | 73 | 1 | 10 | L 3 | |
| 12 | Thu, Jan 22, 1981 | REG | Oklahoma City | MW City | W | 79 | 73 | 2 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Jan 24, 1981 | REG | @ | Detroit Mercy | MW City | W | 69 | 65 | 3 | 10 | W 2 | |
| 14 | Mon, Jan 26, 1981 | REG | Marquette | Ind | L | 58 | 78 | 3 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 15 | Wed, Jan 28, 1981 | REG | Oral Roberts | MW City | W | 73 | 69 | 4 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Feb 4, 1981 | REG | @ | Evansville | MW City | W | 63 | 60 | 5 | 11 | W 2 | |
| 17 | Sat, Feb 7, 1981 | REG | Butler | MW City | W | 74 | 62 | 6 | 11 | W 3 | ||
| 18 | Tue, Feb 10, 1981 | REG | @ | Marquette | Ind | L | 62 | 78 | 6 | 12 | L 1 | |
| 19 | Sat, Feb 14, 1981 | REG | Loyola (IL) | MW City | W | 90 | 89 | 7 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 20 | Wed, Feb 18, 1981 | REG | @ | Cincinnati | Metro | L | 72 | 79 | 7 | 13 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Sun, Feb 22, 1981 | REG | @ | Dayton | Ind | L | 64 | 73 | 7 | 14 | L 2 | |
| 22 | Wed, Feb 25, 1981 | REG | Cleveland State | Ind | L | 83 | 96 | 7 | 15 | L 3 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 28, 1981 | REG | Evansville | MW City | W | 59 | 57 | 8 | 15 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 24 | Wed, Mar 4, 1981 | CTOURN | N | Evansville | MW City | W | 72 | 69 | 9 | 15 | W 2 | |
| 25 | Thu, Mar 5, 1981 | CTOURN | N | Oklahoma City | MW City | L | 76 | 82 | 9 | 16 | L 1 |