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1980-81 Minnesota Golden Gophers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 19-11 (9-9, 5th in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Jim Dutcher

PS/G: 75.1 (59th of 264)

PA/G: 68.6 (115th of 264)

SRS: 14.70 (16th of 264)

SOS: 9.21 (11th of 264)

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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
Minnesota	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	20	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Tue, Dec 2, 1980	REG		Florida State	Metro	4.29	W	79	66		1	0	W 1	Williams Arena
2	Fri, Dec 5, 1980	REG	N	Loyola (IL)	MW City	1.14	W	100	83		2	0	W 2
3	Wed, Dec 17, 1980	REG		Marquette	Ind	7.98	L	84	92		2	1	L 1	Williams Arena
4	Mon, Dec 22, 1980	REG	@	Louisville	Metro	14.21	W	62	56		3	1	W 1	Freedom Hall
5	Fri, Dec 26, 1980	REG		Yale	Ivy	-13.42	W	95	56		4	1	W 2	Williams Arena
6	Sat, Dec 27, 1980	REG		Texas Tech	SWC	4.17	W	72	56		5	1	W 3	Williams Arena
7	Mon, Dec 29, 1980	REG	@	Southern California	Pac-10	5.97	W	74	67		6	1	W 4	L.A. Sports Arena
8	Tue, Dec 30, 1980	REG	N	North Carolina (6)	ACC	18.30	W	76	60		7	1	W 5	L.A. Sports Arena
9	Thu, Jan 8, 1981	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	5.07	W	76	60		8	1	W 6	Williams Arena
10	Sat, Jan 10, 1981	REG		Michigan (10)	Big Ten	12.26	L	67	68		8	2	L 1	Williams Arena
11	Thu, Jan 15, 1981	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	6.43	W	86	77		9	2	W 1	Jenison Field House
12	Sat, Jan 17, 1981	REG	@	Illinois (18)	Big Ten	18.11	L	76	80		9	3	L 1	Assembly Hall
13	Thu, Jan 22, 1981	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	10.61	L	63	76		9	4	L 2	Williams Arena
14	Sat, Jan 24, 1981	REG	@	Iowa (9)	Big Ten	18.02	W	60	48		10	4	W 1	Iowa Field House
15	Thu, Jan 29, 1981	REG		Indiana	Big Ten	21.18	L	53	56	OT	10	5	L 1	Williams Arena
16	Sat, Jan 31, 1981	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	0.67	W	74	63		11	5	W 1	Williams Arena
17	Thu, Feb 5, 1981	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	10.50	L	59	74		11	6	L 1	Mackey Arena
18	Sat, Feb 7, 1981	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	0.67	W	68	62		12	6	W 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
19	Thu, Feb 12, 1981	REG		Iowa (14)	Big Ten	18.02	L	58	60		12	7	L 1	Williams Arena
20	Sat, Feb 14, 1981	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	10.50	W	92	72		13	7	W 1	Williams Arena
21	Thu, Feb 19, 1981	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	10.61	W	82	76		14	7	W 2	St. John Arena
22	Sat, Feb 21, 1981	REG	@	Indiana (16)	Big Ten	21.18	L	63	74		14	8	L 1	Assembly Hall
23	Thu, Feb 26, 1981	REG		Illinois (14)	Big Ten	18.11	W	76	59		15	8	W 1	Williams Arena
24	Sat, Feb 28, 1981	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	6.43	W	92	89		16	8	W 2	Williams Arena
25	Thu, Mar 5, 1981	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	12.26	L	67	83		16	9	L 1	Crisler Arena
26	Sat, Mar 7, 1981	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5.07	L	58	60		16	10	L 2	Wisconsin Field House
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Wed, Mar 11, 1981	NIT		Drake	MVC	6.92	W	90	77		17	10	W 1	Williams Arena
28	Mon, Mar 16, 1981	NIT	@	Connecticut	Big East	5.90	W	84	66		18	10	W 2	Hartford Civic Center
29	Thu, Mar 19, 1981	NIT		West Virginia	EAA	6.05	L	69	80		18	11	L 1	Williams Arena