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1980-81 Men's Big Eight Conference Season Summary

Record: 137-96, .588 W-L% (5th of 29) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 7.27 (4th of 29)

SOS: 6.25 (4th of 29)

Regular Season Champion: Missouri

Player of the Year: Andre Smith

Coach of the Year: Moe Iba, Paul Hansen

Conference Tournament Champion: Kansas

NCAA Tournament: 3 teams (Kansas, Kansas State and Missouri)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 teams (Missouri)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: None

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Missouri	10	4	.714	22	10	.688	72.3	64.9	10.9	4.7	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
2	Kansas State	9	5	.643	24	9	.727	66.3	59.4	13.4	8.4	NCAA Tournament
3	Nebraska	9	5	.643	15	12	.556	63.4	59.7	7.8	6.0
4	Kansas	9	5	.643	24	8	.750	73.5	63.0	14.9	6.1	NCAA Tournament; Conf. Tournament Champion
5	Oklahoma State	8	6	.571	18	9	.667	80.0	79.4	5.3	4.7
6	Colorado	5	9	.357	16	12	.571	71.0	64.5	7.8	6.3
7	Oklahoma	4	10	.286	9	18	.333	72.5	79.9	-1.8	8.2
8	Iowa State	2	12	.143	9	18	.333	67.3	71.5	-0.1	5.6

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
Kansas State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kansas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iowa State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Missouri	11	17	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nebraska	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Colorado	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Missouri	32	22	10	.688	10	4	14	0	5	5				27.2	53.2	.511					17.9	26.4	.678		37.1	14.0	4.3	3.0	16.5	18.6	72.3	64.9	10.94	4.68
2	Kansas	32	24	8	.750	9	5	14	1	5	6				28.9	57.3	.504					15.7	22.4	.702		37.7	12.5	7.9	3.7	12.5	18.3	73.5	63.0	14.88	6.07
3	Kansas State	33	24	9	.727	9	5	11	2	4	5				26.7	53.5	.499					12.9	17.8	.727		32.9	16.0	4.9			16.3	66.3	59.4	13.37	8.37
4	Nebraska	27	15	12	.556	9	5	9	4	3	7				24.7	50.4	.490					14.1	18.8	.750		27.3	13.1	6.6	2.6	11.8	18.8	63.4	59.7	7.78	5.98
5	Oklahoma State	27	18	9	.667	8	6	8	2	6	7				31.2	64.6	.483					17.6	24.7	.710		38.6	15.9	6.2	2.6	15.9	22.1	80.0	79.4	5.32	4.72
6	Colorado	28	16	12	.571	5	9	7	3	4	8				28.8	57.7	.498					13.5	19.3	.698		36.5	14.8	6.8	3.5	15.4	21.4	71.0	64.5	7.84	6.28
7	Oklahoma	27	9	18	.333	4	10	7	6	0	10				29.4	67.7	.434					13.7	18.6	.737		38.0	13.0	6.4	2.4	16.2	19.7	72.5	79.9	-1.84	8.24
8	Iowa State	27	9	18	.333	2	12	5	6	1	12				28.4	63.3	.449					10.4	15.0	.696		34.0	15.1	7.0	1.9		21.0	67.3	71.5	-0.12	5.64

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