1980-81 Men's Western Athletic Conference Season Summary

Record: 144-112, .563 W-L% (9th of 29) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 6.48 (6th of 29)

SOS: 5.37 (6th of 29)

Regular Season Champion: Utah and Wyoming

Player of the Year: Danny Ainge

Coach of the Year: Jim Brandenburg

Conference Tournament Champion: None

NCAA Tournament: 3 teams (BYU, Utah and Wyoming)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 teams (BYU)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 teams (BYU, Utah and Wyoming)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Utah	13	3	.813	25	5	.833	76.3	66.3	13.7	4.9	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
1	Wyoming	13	3	.813	24	6	.800	73.6	57.5	17.3	4.4	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
3	Brigham Young	12	4	.750	25	7	.781	78.8	71.1	13.8	6.1	NCAA Tournament
4	UTEP	9	7	.563	18	12	.600	67.4	62.0	7.8	6.1
5	San Diego State	8	8	.500	15	12	.556	72.5	72.5	3.4	3.4
6	Hawaii	7	9	.438	14	13	.519	74.3	73.4	4.2	4.9
7	New Mexico	6	10	.375	11	15	.423	75.6	76.8	3.3	6.1
8	Air Force	3	13	.188	9	18	.333	54.0	56.2	1.7	5.3
9	Colorado State	1	15	.063	3	24	.111	57.6	70.8	-7.0	7.1

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
San Diego State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BYU	18	19	19	18	20	19	17	15	18	15	16	15	17	15	18	16
Air Force	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Colorado State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UTEP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hawaii	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
New Mexico	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wyoming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	17
Utah	-	-	-	-	19	20	18	16	14	9	7	6	9	7	9	14

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	Utah	30	25	5	.833	13	3	13	0	8	2				29.5	56.6	.521					17.4	25.2	.692		34.4	18.3	6.7	2.2	13.6	19.0	76.3	66.3	13.69	4.93
2	Wyoming	30	24	6	.800	13	3	10	0	8	5				28.6	54.8	.522					16.3	24.0	.680		42.0	13.3				21.1	73.6	57.5	17.30	4.41
3	BYU	32	25	7	.781	12	4	12	0	8	6				30.0	61.1	.491					18.8	26.3	.714		42.7	16.9	4.9	3.7	14.9	18.5	78.8	71.1	13.80	6.15
4	UTEP	30	18	12	.600	9	7	10	4	4	7				27.5	60.3	.456					13.0	20.3	.642		41.2	9.6	5.7	3.0	13.5	22.3	67.4	62.0	7.83	6.06
5	San Diego State	27	15	12	.556	8	8	9	5	6	7				28.9	62.5	.462					14.8	22.4	.660		40.3	14.4	7.7	2.6	16.5	21.4	72.5	72.5	3.38	3.42
6	Hawaii	27	14	13	.519	7	9	9	6	2	7				29.8	63.8	.467					14.7	21.1	.695		33.8	16.6	10.9	3.5	15.5	21.6	74.3	73.4	4.22	4.88
7	New Mexico	26	11	15	.423	6	10	7	7	2	8				28.7	61.2	.468					18.3	25.5	.715		35.3	15.3	7.7	2.3	17.2	23.2	75.6	76.8	3.35	6.10
8	Air Force	27	9	18	.333	3	13	6	6	0	12				22.6	48.6	.464					8.9	14.5	.610		31.4	12.9				18.7	54.0	56.2	1.71	5.27
9	Colorado State	27	3	24	.111	1	15	0	10	1	14				22.9	50.3	.454					11.9	17.3	.685		30.1	13.4	4.3	1.3	17.7	17.8	57.6	70.8	-7.00	7.08