1980-81 BYU Cougars Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 25-7 (12-4, 3rd in WAC MBB)

Rank: 16th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Frank Arnold

PS/G: 78.8 (23rd of 264)

PA/G: 71.1 (157th of 264)

SRS: 13.80 (19th of 264)

SOS: 6.15 (36th of 264)

NCAA Tournament: (#6 seed in East)
Won East First Round (60-51) versus #11 Princeton
Won East Second Round (78-55) versus #3 UCLA
Won East Regional Semifinal (51-50) versus #2 Notre Dame
Lost East Regional Final (74-60) versus #1 Virginia

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AP Poll Summary

1980-81 Season AP Poll summary

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
BYU	18	19	19	18	20	19	17	15	18	15	16	15	17	15	18	16

Schedules prior to the 1992-93 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Fri, Nov 28, 1980	REG	@	Washington	Pac-10	3.06	W	80	70		1	0	W 1	Hec Edmundson Pavilion
2	Sat, Nov 29, 1980	REG	@	Oregon State (7)	Pac-10	19.49	L	68	75		1	1	L 1	Gill Coliseum
3	Sat, Dec 6, 1980	REG	@	Utah State	PCAA	-0.45	W	82	79		2	1	W 1	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum
4	Fri, Dec 12, 1980	REG		North Texas	Ind	-1.76	W	108	92		3	1	W 2	Marriott Center
5	Sat, Dec 13, 1980	REG		Saint Mary's (CA)	WCAC	-9.29	W	95	76		4	1	W 3	Marriott Center
6	Tue, Dec 16, 1980	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	6.43	W	82	50		5	1	W 4	Marriott Center
7	Fri, Dec 19, 1980	REG	N	Illinois (17)	Big Ten	18.11	W	80	75		6	1	W 5	Stokely Center
8	Sat, Dec 20, 1980	REG	@	Tennessee	SEC	15.27	L	65	81		6	2	L 1	Stokely Center
9	Tue, Dec 23, 1980	REG	@	Weber State	Big Sky	-4.24	W	85	78		7	2	W 1	Dee Events Center
10	Sat, Dec 27, 1980	REG		Utah State	PCAA	-0.45	W	104	89		8	2	W 2	Marriott Center
11	Fri, Jan 2, 1981	REG	@	Air Force	WAC	1.71	W	77	65		9	2	W 3	Clune Arena
12	Sat, Jan 3, 1981	REG	@	Nevada-Las Vegas	Ind	7.57	W	92	90		10	2	W 4	Las Vegas Convention Center
13	Thu, Jan 8, 1981	REG		San Diego State	WAC	3.38	W	84	73		11	2	W 5	Marriott Center
14	Sat, Jan 10, 1981	REG		Hawaii	WAC	4.22	W	91	74		12	2	W 6	Marriott Center
15	Thu, Jan 15, 1981	REG	@	New Mexico	WAC	3.35	W	92	87		13	2	W 7	University Arena
16	Sat, Jan 17, 1981	REG	@	UTEP	WAC	7.83	L	62	64		13	3	L 1	Don Haskins Center
17	Fri, Jan 23, 1981	REG		Colorado State	WAC	-7.00	W	66	46		14	3	W 1	Marriott Center
18	Sat, Jan 24, 1981	REG		Wyoming	WAC	17.30	W	84	70		15	3	W 2	Marriott Center
19	Sat, Jan 31, 1981	REG	@	Utah (9)	WAC	13.69	L	56	60		15	4	L 1	Jon M. Huntsman Center
20	Fri, Feb 6, 1981	REG		Nevada-Las Vegas	Ind	7.57	W	86	77		16	4	W 1	Marriott Center
21	Sat, Feb 7, 1981	REG		Air Force	WAC	1.71	W	62	51		17	4	W 2	Marriott Center
22	Thu, Feb 12, 1981	REG	@	Hawaii	WAC	4.22	W	77	72		18	4	W 3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
23	Sat, Feb 14, 1981	REG	@	San Diego State	WAC	3.38	L	72	73		18	5	L 1	San Diego Sports Arena
24	Thu, Feb 19, 1981	REG		UTEP	WAC	7.83	W	84	75		19	5	W 1	Marriott Center
25	Sat, Feb 21, 1981	REG		New Mexico	WAC	3.35	W	78	72		20	5	W 2	Marriott Center
26	Thu, Feb 26, 1981	REG	@	Wyoming	WAC	17.30	L	84	86		20	6	L 1	War Memorial Fieldhouse
27	Sat, Feb 28, 1981	REG	@	Colorado State	WAC	-7.00	W	80	69		21	6	W 1	Moby Arena
28	Sat, Mar 7, 1981	REG	N	Utah (9)	WAC	13.69	W	95	76		22	6	W 2
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
29	Thu, Mar 12, 1981	NCAA	N	Princeton	Ivy	-0.32	W	60	51		23	6	W 3	Providence Civic Center
30	Sat, Mar 14, 1981	NCAA	N	UCLA (10)	Pac-10	14.89	W	78	55		24	6	W 4	Providence Civic Center
31	Thu, Mar 19, 1981	NCAA	N	Notre Dame (7)	Ind	13.27	W	51	50		25	6	W 5	The Omni
32	Sat, Mar 21, 1981	NCAA	N	Virginia (5)	ACC	18.59	L	60	74		25	7	L 1	The Omni