1980-81 Men's Southern Conference Season Summary

Record: 127-122, .510 W-L% (19th of 29) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: -4.36 (19th of 29)

SOS: -2.96 (20th of 29)

Regular Season Champion: Appalachian State, Chattanooga and Davidson

Player of the Year: Charles Payton

Coach of the Year: Bobby Cremins

Conference Tournament Champion: Chattanooga

NCAA Tournament: 1 teams (Chattanooga)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: None

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	Chattanooga	11	5	.688	21	9	.700	77.7	69.5	2.9	-3.5	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion
1	Appalachian State	11	5	.688	20	9	.690	66.3	63.1	-1.7	-3.2	Reg. Season Champion
1	Davidson	11	5	.688	13	14	.481	77.6	79.3	-4.0	-0.7	Reg. Season Champion
4	Western Carolina	9	7	.563	18	10	.643	80.4	74.0	-0.7	-4.5
4	East Tennessee State	9	7	.563	13	14	.481	73.0	70.7	-2.2	-3.0
6	Marshall	8	8	.500	18	10	.643	81.5	76.7	-2.2	-3.2
6	Furman	8	8	.500	11	16	.407	72.6	76.4	-6.1	-1.4
8	Virginia Military Institute	3	13	.188	4	23	.148	64.5	76.8	-15.3	-3.0
9	The Citadel	2	14	.125	9	17	.346	63.7	67.6	-9.9	-4.1

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
Chattanooga	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Appalachian State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ETSU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Davidson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Furman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Western Carolina	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
VMI	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Citadel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marshall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Appalachian State	29	20	9	.690	11	5	10	1	4	7				25.5	48.4	.527	0.3	1.2	.278	.531	15.2	22.4	.680		31.3	11.2	5.5	2.0	14.1	19.4	66.3	63.1	-1.72	-3.16
2	Chattanooga	30	21	9	.700	11	5	12	1	5	5				31.9	63.1	.506	0.4	0.6	.611	.508	13.9	20.2	.685		37.0	11.8	6.5	3.3	11.9	21.1	77.7	69.5	2.87	-3.49
3	Davidson	27	13	14	.481	11	5	9	4	3	10				30.0	56.7	.529					17.7	23.2	.762		32.9					21.3	77.6	79.3	-4.04	-0.74
4	ETSU	27	13	14	.481	9	7	7	5	3	9				28.9	59.7	.484					15.0	22.7	.658		39.3					22.3	73.0	70.7	-2.18	-3.02
5	Western Carolina	28	18	10	.643	9	7	11	0	3	9				30.6	62.7	.488					18.0	23.9	.753		37.8					25.2	80.4	74.0	-0.72	-4.51
6	Furman	27	11	16	.407	8	8	7	3	2	13				26.2	61.0	.430	0.5	1.8	.292	.434	19.7	27.6	.713		36.9	9.1	6.5	4.5	15.4	24.7	72.6	76.4	-6.12	-1.39
7	Marshall	28	18	10	.643	8	8	8	2	5	7				31.6	63.8	.495					17.2	24.2	.711		36.9	18.7	7.0	2.5	14.3	21.8	81.5	76.7	-2.15	-3.19
8	VMI	27	4	23	.148	3	13	1	9	3	12				24.3	56.1	.434					15.3	22.5	.681		32.7	10.9			17.3	21.7	64.5	76.8	-15.28	-2.98
9	The Citadel	26	9	17	.346	2	14	3	7	0	10				25.4	57.3	.443					12.9	20.4	.632		34.6	8.5	7.5	1.3	14.9	21.6	63.7	67.6	-9.86	-4.14

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