1980–81_Kansas_Jayhawks_men's_basketball_team

1980–81 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1980–81 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
Record	24–8 (9–5 Big 8)
Head coach	Ted Owens (17th season);
Assistant coaches	Bob Hill (2nd season); Murray Knox (1st season); Lafayette Norwood (3rd season);
Captains	Tony Guy (1st year); Darnell Valentine;
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1979–80 1981–82 →

1980–81 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 1980–81 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

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sports-reference.com 1980-81 Big Eight Conference Season Summary

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2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Missouri	10	–	4	.714	22	–	10	.688
Kansas State	9	–	5	.643	24	–	9	.727
Nebraska	9	–	5	.643	15	–	12	.556
Kansas †	9	–	5	.643	24	–	8	.750
Oklahoma State	8	–	6	.571	18	–	9	.667
Colorado	5	–	9	.357	16	–	12	.571
Oklahoma	4	–	10	.286	9	–	18	.333
Iowa State	2	–	12	.143	9	–	18	.333

† 1981 Big Eight tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 29*		at Nevada	W 91-73	1-0	Centennial Coliseum Reno, NV
December 1*		Pepperdine	W 81-67	2-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 3*		Michigan	L 52-64	2-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 6*		Oral Roberts	W 90-66	3-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 9*		Morehead State	W 90-56	4-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 13*		at No. 2 Kentucky	L 73-87	4-2	Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
December 20*		USC	W 91-68	5-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 22*		at SMU	W 73-62	6-2	Moody Coliseum University Park, TX
December 30*		Rollins	W 102-47	7-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 3*		No. 6 North Carolina	W 56-55	8-2	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
January 6*		at Memphis	W 59-49	9-2	Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, TN
January 10		Iona	W 94-64	10-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 14		Iowa State	W 70-58	11-2 (1-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 17		at Oklahoma	W 82-78	12-2 (2-0)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
January 21		No. 18 Missouri Border War	W 63-55	13-2 (3-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 24*		Colorado	W 66-59	14-2 (4-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 28	No. 18	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 43-54	14-3 (4-1)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
January 31	No. 18	at Nebraska	L 54-57	14-4 (4-2)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
February 4		at Oklahoma State	L 73-76	14-5 (4-3)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 7		Oklahoma	W 96-67	15-5 (5-3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 9		at Missouri Border War	L 65-79	15-6 (5-4)	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
February 14		at Iowa State	W 51-49	16-6 (6-4)	James H. Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
February 18		Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 51-49	17-6 (7-4)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 21		at Colorado	L 50-53	17-7 (7-5)	Coors Events/Conference Center Boulder, CO
February 25		Nebraska	W 75-49	18-7 (8-5)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 28		Oklahoma State	W 80-65	19-7 (9-5)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 3		Oklahoma State Big Eight Tournament quarterfinals	W 96-69	20-7	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 4		vs. Missouri Big Eight tournament semifinals Border War	W 75-70	21-7	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
March 5		vs. Kansas State Big Eight tournament championship Game Sunflower Showdown	W 80-68	22-7	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
March 13*	(7 MW)	vs. (10 MW) Ole Miss NCAA Tournament first round	W 69-66	23-7	Levitt Arena Wichita, KS
March 15*	(7 MW)	vs. (2 MW) No. 3 Arizona State NCAA Tournament second round	W 88-71	24-7	Levitt Arena Wichita, KS
March 20*	(7 MW)	vs. (6 MW) Wichita State NCAA Tournament Elite Eight	L 65-66	24-8	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. Midwest=MW.

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1980–81 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

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