1980–81 BYU Cougars men's basketball team
American college basketball season
1980–81 BYU Cougars men's basketball | |
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NCAA Tournament 3-Seed, Elite Eight | |
Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 17 |
AP | No. 16 |
Record | 25–7 (12–4 WAC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Marriott Center |
Seasons ← 1979–80 1981–82 → |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Utah | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 25 | – | 5 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 17 Wyoming | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 24 | – | 6 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 BYU | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 25 | – | 7 | .781 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTEP | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaii | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 11 | – | 15 | .423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 3 | – | 24 | .111 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
The 1980–81 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 1980–81 college basketball season. This was head coach Frank Arnold's sixth season at BYU. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center and reached the Elite Eight, where they fell to Virginia.[2]
Personnel
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Roster |
Schedule
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 28, 1980* | No. 18 | at Washington | W 80–70 | 1–0 | Hec Edmundson Pavilion (8,059) Seattle, Washington | ||||||
Nov 29, 1980* | No. 18 | at No. 7 Oregon State | L 68–75 | 1–1 | Gill Coliseum (10,000) Corvallis, Oregon | ||||||
Dec 6, 1980* | No. 19 | at Utah State | W 82–79 | 2–1 | Dee Glen Smith Spectrum (10,291) Logan, Utah | ||||||
Dec 12, 1980* | No. 19 | North Texas | W 108–92 | 3–1 | Marriott Center (21,758) Provo, Utah | ||||||
Dec 13, 1980* | No. 19 | Saint Mary's | W 95–76 | 4–1 | Marriott Center (21,583) Provo, Utah | ||||||
Dec 16, 1980* | No. 18 | Michigan State | W 82–50 | 5–1 | Marriott Center (20,703) Provo, Utah | ||||||
Dec 19, 1980* | No. 18 | vs. No. 17 Illinois | W 80–75 | 6–1 | Stokely Athletic Center (11,905) Knoxville, Tennessee | ||||||
Dec 20, 1980* | No. 18 | at Tennessee | L 65–81 | 6–2 | Stokely Athletic Center (12,700) Knoxville, Tennessee | ||||||
Dec 23, 1980* | No. 20 | at Weber State | W 85–78 | 7–2 | Dee Events Center (10,118) Ogden, Utah | ||||||
Dec 27, 1980* | No. 20 | Utah State | W 104–89 | 8–2 | Marriott Center (23,037) Provo, Utah | ||||||
Jan 2, 1981 | No. 19 | at Air Force | W 77–65 | 9–2 (1–0) | Clune Arena (5,600) Colorado Springs, Colorado | ||||||
Jan 3, 1981* | No. 19 | at UNLV | W 92–90 | 10–2 | Las Vegas Convention Center (6,393) Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||||
Jan 8, 1981 | No. 17 | San Diego State | W 84–73 | 11–2 (2–0) | Marriott Center (22,718) Provo, Utah | ||||||
Jan 10, 1981 | No. 17 | Hawaii | W 91–74 | 12–2 (3–0) | Marriott Center (22,873) Provo, Utah | ||||||
Jan 15, 1981 | No. 15 | at New Mexico | W 92–87 | 13–2 (4–0) | University Arena (16,416) Albuquerque, New Mexico | ||||||
Jan 17, 1981 | No. 15 | at UTEP | L 62–64 | 13–3 (4–1) | Special Events Center (9,825) El Paso, Texas | ||||||
Jan 23, 1981 | No. 18 | Colorado State | W 66–46 | 14–3 (5–1) | Marriott Center (22,697) Provo, Utah | ||||||
Jan 24, 1981 | No. 18 | Wyoming | W 84–70 | 15–3 (6–1) | Marriott Center (22,983) Provo, Utah | ||||||
Jan 31, 1981 | No. 15 | at No. 9 Utah | L 56–60 | 15–4 (6–2) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (15,281) Salt Lake City, Utah | ||||||
Feb 6, 1981 | No. 16 | UNLV | W 86–77 | 16–4 | Marriott Center (22,841) Provo, Utah | ||||||
Feb 7, 1981 | No. 16 | Air Force | W 62–51 | 17–4 (7–2) | Marriott Center (22,724) Provo, Utah | ||||||
Feb 12, 1981 | No. 15 | at Hawaii | W 77–72 | 18–4 (8–2) | Neal S. Blaisdell Center (3,948) Honolulu, Hawaii | ||||||
Feb 14, 1981 | No. 15 | at San Diego State | L 72–73 | 18–5 (8–3) | San Diego Sports Arena (6,883) San Diego, California | ||||||
Feb 19, 1981 | No. 17 | UTEP | W 84–75 | 19–5 (9–3) | Marriott Center (22,373) Provo, Utah | ||||||
Feb 21, 1981 | No. 17 | New Mexico | W 78–72 | 20–5 (10–3) | Marriott Center (22,184) Provo, Utah | ||||||
Feb 26, 1981 | No. 15 | at Wyoming | L 84–86 | 20–6 (10–4) | War Memorial Fieldhouse (9,300) Laramie, Wyoming | ||||||
Feb 28, 1981 | No. 15 | at Colorado State | W 80–69 | 21–6 (11–4) | Moby Arena (5,107) Fort Collins, Colorado | ||||||
Mar 7, 1981 | No. 18 | No. 9 Utah | W 95–76 | 22–6 (12–4) | Marriott Center (23,106) Provo, Utah | ||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 12, 1981* | (6 E) No. 16 | vs. (11 E) Princeton First round | W 60–51 | 23–6 | Providence Civic Center (8,273) Providence, Rhode Island | ||||||
Mar 14, 1981* | (6 E) No. 16 | vs. (3 E) No. 10 UCLA Second Round | W 78–55[3] | 24–6 | Providence Civic Center (12,823) Providence, Rhode Island | ||||||
Mar 19, 1981* | (6 E) No. 16 | vs. (2 E) No. 7 Notre Dame East Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen | W 51–50[4] | 25–6 | Omni Coliseum (15,461) Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||
Mar 21, 1981* | (6 E) No. 16 | vs. (1 E) No. 5 Virginia East Regional final – Elite Eight | L 60–74[5] | 25–7 | Omni Coliseum (15,461) Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. |
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Rankings
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Season summary
Awards and honors
NBA draft
Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
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2 | 31 | Danny Ainge | Boston Celtics |
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References
- ^ sports-reference.com 1980-81 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary
- ^ Call, Jeff (February 3, 2002). "Ainge, 'underachieving' 1981 Cougs honored". Deseret News.
- ^ "B.Y.U. Gains in East, As Does Notre Dame". The New York Times. March 15, 1981. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
- ^ "B.Y.U. Defeats Irish, 51-50; North Carolina Ousts Utah". The New York Times. March 20, 1981. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
- ^ "Virginia and North Carolina Reach N.C.A.A Final Four". The New York Times. March 22, 1981. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
- ^ "1980-81 BYU Men's Basketball Stats" (PDF). NCAA Career Statistics.
- ^ ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 877–878. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^ "1981 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved June 20, 2020.