AP Poll Summary Table
| School |
Pre |
12/1 |
12/8 |
12/15 |
12/22 |
12/29 |
1/5 |
1/12 |
1/19 |
1/26 |
2/2 |
2/9 |
2/16 |
2/23 |
3/2 |
Final |
| Ohio State | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Schedule and Results Table
| G |
Date |
Type |
|
Opponent |
Conf |
SRS |
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Tm |
Opp |
OT |
W |
L |
Streak |
Arena |
| 1 | Sat, Nov 29, 1980 | REG | | Cleveland State | Ind | 2.36 | W | 89 | 81 | | 1 | 0 | W 1 | St. John Arena |
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| 2 | Wed, Dec 3, 1980 | REG | @ | Kentucky (2) | SEC | 18.59 | L | 64 | 70 | | 1 | 1 | L 1 | Rupp Arena |
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| 3 | Sat, Dec 6, 1980 | REG | | Colgate | ECACN | -13.84 | W | 77 | 58 | | 2 | 1 | W 1 | St. John Arena |
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| 4 | Tue, Dec 16, 1980 | REG | | South Alabama | Sun Belt | 10.94 | L | 67 | 76 | | 2 | 2 | L 1 | St. John Arena |
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| 5 | Sat, Dec 20, 1980 | REG | @ | Arizona State (14) | Pac-10 | 16.64 | L | 58 | 71 | | 2 | 3 | L 2 | Desert Financial Arena |
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| 6 | Tue, Dec 23, 1980 | REG | | Princeton | Ivy | -0.32 | W | 72 | 46 | | 3 | 3 | W 1 | St. John Arena |
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| 7 | Tue, Dec 30, 1980 | REG | | West Virginia | EAA | 6.05 | W | 70 | 67 | 2OT | 4 | 3 | W 2 | St. John Arena |
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| 8 | Sat, Jan 3, 1981 | REG | | Bowling Green | MAC | -0.44 | W | 88 | 70 | | 5 | 3 | W 3 | St. John Arena |
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| 9 | Thu, Jan 8, 1981 | REG | @ | Iowa (11) | Big Ten | 18.02 | W | 58 | 56 | | 6 | 3 | W 4 | Iowa Field House |
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| 10 | Sat, Jan 10, 1981 | REG | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | 10.50 | L | 65 | 75 | | 6 | 4 | L 1 | Mackey Arena |
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| 11 | Thu, Jan 15, 1981 | REG | | Northwestern | Big Ten | 0.67 | W | 81 | 69 | | 7 | 4 | W 1 | St. John Arena |
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| 12 | Sun, Jan 18, 1981 | REG | | Indiana | Big Ten | 21.18 | L | 60 | 67 | | 7 | 5 | L 1 | St. John Arena |
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| 13 | Thu, Jan 22, 1981 | REG | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | 14.70 | W | 76 | 63 | | 8 | 5 | W 1 | Williams Arena |
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| 14 | Sat, Jan 24, 1981 | REG | | Michigan (16) | Big Ten | 12.26 | W | 69 | 63 | | 9 | 5 | W 2 | St. John Arena |
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| 15 | Sun, Jan 25, 1981 | REG | @ | Virginia (2) | ACC | 18.59 | L | 73 | 89 | | 9 | 6 | L 1 | University Hall |
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| 16 | Thu, Jan 29, 1981 | REG | | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 5.07 | W | 71 | 67 | | 10 | 6 | W 1 | St. John Arena |
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| 17 | Sat, Jan 31, 1981 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | 6.43 | L | 54 | 60 | | 10 | 7 | L 1 | Jenison Field House |
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| 18 | Thu, Feb 5, 1981 | REG | @ | Illinois (18) | Big Ten | 18.11 | L | 63 | 82 | | 10 | 8 | L 2 | Assembly Hall |
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| 19 | Sat, Feb 7, 1981 | REG | | Michigan State | Big Ten | 6.43 | W | 73 | 62 | | 11 | 8 | W 1 | St. John Arena |
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| 20 | Thu, Feb 12, 1981 | REG | @ | Michigan (13) | Big Ten | 12.26 | W | 105 | 87 | | 12 | 8 | W 2 | Crisler Arena |
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| 21 | Sat, Feb 14, 1981 | REG | | Illinois (17) | Big Ten | 18.11 | L | 57 | 63 | | 12 | 9 | L 1 | St. John Arena |
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| 22 | Thu, Feb 19, 1981 | REG | | Minnesota | Big Ten | 14.70 | L | 76 | 82 | | 12 | 10 | L 2 | St. John Arena |
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| 23 | Sat, Feb 21, 1981 | REG | @ | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 5.07 | L | 63 | 77 | | 12 | 11 | L 3 | Wisconsin Field House |
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| 24 | Thu, Feb 26, 1981 | REG | @ | Indiana (16) | Big Ten | 21.18 | L | 58 | 74 | | 12 | 12 | L 4 | Assembly Hall |
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| 25 | Sat, Feb 28, 1981 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | 0.67 | L | 62 | 69 | | 12 | 13 | L 5 | McGaw Memorial Hall |
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| 26 | Thu, Mar 5, 1981 | REG | | Purdue | Big Ten | 10.50 | W | 93 | 92 | | 13 | 13 | W 1 | St. John Arena |
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| 27 | Sat, Mar 7, 1981 | REG | | Iowa (8) | Big Ten | 18.02 | W | 78 | 70 | | 14 | 13 | W 2 | St. John Arena |
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