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1980-81 Mercer Bears Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 18-12 (7-4, 3rd in TAAC MBB)

Coach: Bill Bibb

PS/G: 72.6 (104th of 264)

PA/G: 67.3 (96th of 264)

SRS: -3.30 (160th of 264)

SOS: -6.81 (230th of 264)

NCAA Tournament: (#12 seed in Midwest)
Lost Midwest First Round (73-67) versus #5 Arkansas

TAAC Tourney Champ

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
Mercer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 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	Tue, Dec 2, 1980	REG	@	North Carolina (10)	ACC	18.30	L	74	89		0	1	L 1	Carmichael Auditorium
2	Sat, Dec 6, 1980	REG	@	Arkansas State	Southland	-7.02	L	52	67		0	2	L 2	Indian Field House
3	Wed, Dec 10, 1980	REG		Mississippi	SEC	9.54	L	58	70		0	3	L 3	Porter Gym
4	Mon, Dec 15, 1980	REG	@	Georgia State	Sun Belt	-15.92	W	64	61		1	3	W 1	GSU Sports Arena
5	Mon, Dec 29, 1980	REG	N	Southeastern Louisiana	Ind	-10.25	W	74	67		2	3	W 2	Maclellan Gym
6	Tue, Dec 30, 1980	REG	@	Chattanooga	Southern	2.87	L	58	60		2	4	L 1	Maclellan Gym
7	Thu, Jan 8, 1981	REG		Centenary (LA)	TAAC	-5.73	L	72	77		2	5	L 2	Porter Gym
8	Sat, Jan 10, 1981	REG		Little Rock	TAAC	-10.83	W	71	57		3	5	W 1	Porter Gym
9	Tue, Jan 13, 1981	REG	@	Tulane	Metro	-1.90	L	57	67		3	6	L 1	Avron B. Fogelman Arena
10	Sat, Jan 17, 1981	REG		Georgia State	Sun Belt	-15.92	W	84	69		4	6	W 1	Porter Gym
11	Tue, Jan 20, 1981	REG	@	Little Rock	TAAC	-10.83	L	58	68		4	7	L 1	Barton Coliseum
12	Sat, Jan 24, 1981	REG	@	Samford	TAAC	-13.88	W	80	79		5	7	W 1	Seibert Hall
13	Wed, Jan 28, 1981	REG		Arkansas State	Southland	-7.02	W	91	69		6	7	W 2	Porter Gym
14	Sat, Jan 31, 1981	REG		Stetson	Ind	-1.57	L	62	63		6	8	L 1	Porter Gym
15	Thu, Feb 5, 1981	REG		Charleston Southern	Ind	-16.53	W	74	64		7	8	W 1	Porter Gym
16	Sat, Feb 7, 1981	REG		Georgia Southern	TAAC	-18.29	W	105	70		8	8	W 2	Porter Gym
17	Thu, Feb 12, 1981	REG	@	Stetson	Ind	-1.57	L	71	76		8	9	L 1	Edmunds Center
18	Sat, Feb 14, 1981	REG	@	Georgia Southern	TAAC	-18.29	W	60	58		9	9	W 1	Hanner Fieldhouse
19	Mon, Feb 16, 1981	REG		Samford	TAAC	-13.88	L	60	61		9	10	L 1	Porter Gym
20	Thu, Feb 19, 1981	REG		Northwestern State	TAAC	-8.27	W	94	66		10	10	W 1	Porter Gym
21	Sat, Feb 21, 1981	REG		Hardin-Simmons	TAAC	-12.57	W	93	78		11	10	W 2	Porter Gym
22	Thu, Feb 26, 1981	REG	@	Louisiana-Monroe	TAAC	-4.44	W	75	66		12	10	W 3	Fant-Ewing Coliseum
23	Fri, Feb 27, 1981	REG	@	Houston Christian	TAAC	-8.40	L	67	69		12	11	L 1	Frank and Lucille Sharp Gymnasium
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
24	Thu, Mar 5, 1981	CTOURN	N	Little Rock	TAAC	-10.83	W	78	69		13	11	W 1	Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
25	Fri, Mar 6, 1981	CTOURN	N	Louisiana-Monroe	TAAC	-4.44	W	59	55		14	11	W 2	Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
26	Sun, Mar 8, 1981	CTOURN	N	Houston Christian	TAAC	-8.40	W	72	67		15	11	W 3	Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Thu, Mar 12, 1981	NCAA	N	Arkansas (20)	SWC	12.05	L	67	73		15	12	L 1	Frank Erwin Center