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1980-81 Men's Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary

Record: 156-89, .637 W-L% (1st of 29) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 10.71 (2nd of 29)

SOS: 7.81 (3rd of 29)

Regular Season Champion: Virginia

Player of the Year: Ralph Sampson

Coach of the Year: Terry Holland

Conference Tournament Champion: UNC

NCAA Tournament: 4 teams (Maryland, UNC, Virginia and Wake Forest)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 teams (Maryland, UNC and Virginia)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 teams (Maryland, UNC, Virginia and Wake Forest)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Virginia	13	1	.929	29	4	.879	73.3	60.6	18.6	6.5	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; NCAA FF
2	North Carolina	10	4	.714	29	8	.784	71.9	63.4	18.3	10.1	NCAA Tournament; Conf. Tournament Champion; NCAA FF
3	Wake Forest	9	5	.643	22	7	.759	77.3	65.1	16.3	8.6	NCAA Tournament
4	Maryland	8	6	.571	21	10	.677	75.9	69.8	13.7	7.9	NCAA Tournament
5	Duke	6	8	.429	17	13	.567	69.9	66.9	10.2	7.1
6	Clemson	6	8	.429	20	11	.645	75.5	66.8	10.4	5.3
7	NC State	4	10	.286	14	13	.519	66.2	63.1	9.4	6.3
8	Georgia Tech	0	14	.000	4	23	.148	55.7	71.5	-11.1	10.7

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
Virginia	8	7	6	5	5	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	4	5
NC State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Duke	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UNC	13	10	10	8	6	6	16	17	17	12	11	10	13	11	12	6
Georgia Tech	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clemson	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	19	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wake Forest	-	-	13	12	7	8	6	5	3	6	8	7	5	12	11	11
Maryland	4	4	4	9	9	9	8	10	10	14	13	19	20	17	20	18

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	Virginia	33	29	4	.879	13	1	12	0	10	2				27.9	54.5	.512					17.5	24.2	.723		33.7	14.2	6.6	4.0	13.7	17.5	73.3	60.6	18.59	6.53
2	UNC	37	29	8	.784	10	4	11	2	7	3				27.8	53.2	.522					16.3	22.3	.731		34.2	14.7	7.4			17.2	71.9	63.4	18.30	10.05
3	Wake Forest	29	22	7	.759	9	5	9	1	5	4				30.6	58.9	.518					16.2	23.3	.694		32.8	16.2	7.9	3.5	12.7	18.8	77.3	65.1	16.29	8.61
4	Maryland	31	21	10	.677	8	6	11	3	5	5				30.4	57.2	.532					15.1	20.9	.720		35.3	16.2	6.5	3.0		19.2	75.9	69.8	13.70	7.93
5	Clemson	31	20	11	.645	6	8	10	4	5	6				30.8	60.4	.510					13.8	19.7	.701		36.0	20.5	7.0	2.5	13.9	18.1	75.5	66.8	10.39	5.28
6	Duke	30	17	13	.567	6	8	11	3	5	6				27.1	54.5	.497					15.8	23.3	.677		30.0	11.0	7.6	1.7	13.7	18.0	69.9	66.9	10.18	7.11
7	NC State	27	14	13	.519	4	10	9	6	3	5				27.5	55.4	.497					11.1	15.8	.707		31.0	15.8	5.8	3.2		18.4	66.2	63.1	9.37	6.26
8	Georgia Tech	27	4	23	.148	0	14	0	10	0	9				22.5	51.4	.437					10.6	17.4	.611		33.2	9.0	4.6	1.7	19.6	20.1	55.7	71.5	-11.14	10.72

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.