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1980-81 Kansas Jayhawks Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 24-8 (9-5, 4th in Big 8 MBB)

Coach: Ted Owens

PS/G: 73.5 (85th of 264)

PA/G: 63.0 (42nd of 264)

SRS: 14.88 (15th of 264)

SOS: 6.07 (38th of 264)

NCAA Tournament: (#7 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest First Round (69-66) versus #10 Mississippi
Won Midwest Second Round (88-71) versus #2 Arizona State
Lost Midwest Regional Semifinal (66-65) versus #6 Wichita State

Big 8 Tourney Champ

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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
Kansas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Sat, Nov 29, 1980	REG	@	Nevada	Big Sky	-4.43	W	91	73		1	0	W 1	Centennial Coliseum
2	Mon, Dec 1, 1980	REG		Pepperdine	WCAC	0.71	W	81	67		2	0	W 2	Allen Fieldhouse
3	Wed, Dec 3, 1980	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	12.26	L	52	64		2	1	L 1	Allen Fieldhouse
4	Sat, Dec 6, 1980	REG		Oral Roberts	MW City	-0.51	W	90	66		3	1	W 1	Allen Fieldhouse
5	Tue, Dec 9, 1980	REG		Morehead State	OVC	-9.11	W	90	56		4	1	W 2	Allen Fieldhouse
6	Sat, Dec 13, 1980	REG	@	Kentucky (2)	SEC	18.59	L	73	87		4	2	L 1	Rupp Arena
7	Sat, Dec 20, 1980	REG		Southern California	Pac-10	5.97	W	91	68		5	2	W 1	Allen Fieldhouse
8	Mon, Dec 22, 1980	REG	@	Southern Methodist	SWC	-5.99	W	73	62		6	2	W 2	Moody Coliseum
9	Sat, Jan 3, 1981	REG		North Carolina (6)	ACC	18.30	W	56	55		7	2	W 3	Kemper Arena
10	Tue, Jan 6, 1981	REG	@	Memphis	Metro	0.97	W	59	49		8	2	W 4	Mid-South Coliseum
11	Sat, Jan 10, 1981	REG		Iona	ECACM	-5.29	W	94	64		9	2	W 5	Allen Fieldhouse
12	Wed, Jan 14, 1981	REG		Iowa State	Big 8	-0.12	W	70	58		10	2	W 6	Allen Fieldhouse
13	Sat, Jan 17, 1981	REG	@	Oklahoma	Big 8	-1.84	W	82	78		11	2	W 7	Lloyd Noble Center
14	Wed, Jan 21, 1981	REG		Missouri	Big 8	10.94	W	63	55		12	2	W 8	Allen Fieldhouse
15	Sat, Jan 24, 1981	REG		Colorado	Big 8	7.84	W	66	59		13	2	W 9	Allen Fieldhouse
16	Wed, Jan 28, 1981	REG	@	Kansas State	Big 8	13.37	L	43	54		13	3	L 1	Ahearn Field House
17	Sat, Jan 31, 1981	REG	@	Nebraska	Big 8	7.78	L	54	57		13	4	L 2	Bob Devaney Sports Center
18	Wed, Feb 4, 1981	REG	@	Oklahoma State	Big 8	5.32	L	73	76		13	5	L 3	Gallagher-Iba Arena
19	Sat, Feb 7, 1981	REG		Oklahoma	Big 8	-1.84	W	96	67		14	5	W 1	Allen Fieldhouse
20	Mon, Feb 9, 1981	REG	@	Missouri	Big 8	10.94	L	65	79		14	6	L 1	Hearnes Center
21	Sat, Feb 14, 1981	REG	@	Iowa State	Big 8	-0.12	W	51	49		15	6	W 1	James H. Hilton Coliseum
22	Wed, Feb 18, 1981	REG		Kansas State	Big 8	13.37	W	51	49		16	6	W 2	Allen Fieldhouse
23	Sat, Feb 21, 1981	REG	@	Colorado	Big 8	7.84	L	50	53		16	7	L 1	Coors Events/Conference Center
24	Wed, Feb 25, 1981	REG		Nebraska	Big 8	7.78	W	75	49		17	7	W 1	Allen Fieldhouse
25	Sat, Feb 28, 1981	REG		Oklahoma State	Big 8	5.32	W	80	65		18	7	W 2	Allen Fieldhouse
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
26	Tue, Mar 3, 1981	CTOURN		Oklahoma State	Big 8	5.32	W	96	69		19	7	W 3	Allen Fieldhouse
27	Wed, Mar 4, 1981	CTOURN	N	Missouri	Big 8	10.94	W	75	70		20	7	W 4	Kemper Arena
28	Thu, Mar 5, 1981	CTOURN	N	Kansas State	Big 8	13.37	W	80	68		21	7	W 5	Kemper Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
29	Fri, Mar 13, 1981	NCAA	N	Mississippi	SEC	9.54	W	69	66		22	7	W 6	Levitt Arena
30	Sun, Mar 15, 1981	NCAA	N	Arizona State (3)	Pac-10	16.64	W	88	71		23	7	W 7	Levitt Arena
31	Fri, Mar 20, 1981	NCAA	N	Wichita State	MVC	14.41	L	65	66		23	8	L 1	Louisiana Superdome