1980–81 Lamar Cardinals basketball team
Appearance
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1980–81 1981 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, Round of 32 | |
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Conference | Southland Conference |
Record | 25–5 (8–2 Southland) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | McDonald Gym |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar † | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | 25 | – | 5 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas-Arlington |
7 | – | 3 | .700 | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech |
7 | – | 3 | .700 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana-Lafayette |
6 | – | 4 | .600 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas State | 2 | – | 8 | .200 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McNeese State |
0 | – | 10 | .000 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† Southland Tournament winner As of April 30, 1981 Rankings from AP poll[1] |
The 1980–81 Lamar Cardinals basketball team represented
AP Poll for one week at number 19.[3]
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
December 1, 1980* |
Stephen F. Austin
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W 81–67 | 1–0 |
Beaumont Civic Center (3,400) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
December 3, 1980* |
Augsburg College
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W 101–60 | 2–0 |
Beaumont Civic Center (3,300) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
December 5, 1980* |
vs. Pittsburgh Showme Classic |
W 67–65 | 3–0 |
Hearnes Center (9,993) Columbia, MO | |||||||
December 6, 1980* |
at No. 17 Missouri Showme Classic |
L 70–92 | 3–1 |
Hearnes Center (10,048) Columbia, MO | |||||||
December 10, 1980* |
Texas Southern
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W 88–73 | 4–1 |
Beaumont Civic Center (3,450) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
December 13, 1980* |
Texas A&I | W 75–50 | 5–1 |
Beaumont Civic Center (3,100) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
December 17, 1980* |
at Oklahoma | W 80–79 | 6–1 |
Lloyd Noble Center (4,593) Norman, OK | |||||||
December 26, 1980* |
vs. Grambling State Copper State Classic |
W 88–82 | 7–1 |
McKale Center (8,308) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
December 27, 1980* |
at Arizona Copper State Classic |
W 63–61 | 8–1 |
McKale Center (8,675) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
January 2, 1981* |
at Stephen F. Austin | W 64–62 | 9–1 |
William R. Johnson Coliseum (1,750) Nacogdoches, TX | |||||||
January 7, 1981* |
Prairie View A&M
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W 102–61 | 10–1 |
Beaumont Civic Center (4,441) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
January 15, 1981* |
Pan American
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W 104–80 | 11–1 |
Beaumont Civic Center (3,559) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
January 17, 1981* |
at Houston | L 64–70 | 11–2 |
Houston, TX
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January 19, 1981* |
Southern
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W 85–67 | 12–2 |
Beaumont Civic Center (3,319) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
January 21, 1981* |
Texas Lutheran | W 121–71 | 13–2 |
Beaumont Civic Center (4,220) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
January 24, 1981* |
at Pan American | W 78–70 | 14–2 |
Pan American Fieldhouse (5,649) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
Southland Conference regular season | |||||||||||
January 26, 1981 |
Louisiana Tech
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W 66–64 | 15–2 (1–0) |
Beaumont Civic Center (4,953) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
January 31, 1981 |
Texas–Arlington
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W 89–84 OT | 16–2 (2–0) |
Texas Hall (4,316) Arlington, TX | |||||||
February 2, 1981* |
at Arkansas State | W 62–51 | 17–2 (3–0) |
Indian Fieldhouse (4,521) Jonesboro, AR | |||||||
February 7, 1981 |
Southwestern Louisiana
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W 87–74 | 18–2 (4–0) |
Beaumont Civic Center (5,831) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
February 9, 1981 |
at McNeese State
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W 90–87 OT | 19–2 (5–0) |
Lake Charles Civic Center (5,327)
Lake Charles, LA | |||||||
February 12, 1981 |
Texas–Arlington | W 79–75 | 20–2 (6–0) |
Beaumont Civic Center (5,772) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
February 16, 1981 |
No. 19[3] | at Louisiana Tech | L 71–77 | 20–3 (6–1) |
Memorial Gym (2,653) Ruston, LA | ||||||
February 21, 1981 |
No. 19 | Arkansas State | W 89–69 | 21–3 (7–1) |
Beaumont Civic Center (5,232) Beaumont, TX | ||||||
February 23, 1981 |
at Southwestern Louisiana | L 81–97 | 21–4 (7–2) |
Blackham Coliseum (7,956) Lafayette, LA | |||||||
February 28, 1981 |
McNeese State | W 87–76 | 22–4 (8–2) |
Beaumont Civic Center (5,711) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
Southland tournament | |||||||||||
March 4, 1981 |
(1) | (4) Southwestern Louisiana | W 83–68 | 23–4 |
Beaumont Civic Center (4,905) Beaumont, TX | ||||||
March 5, 1981 |
(1) | (2) Louisiana Tech | W 83–69 | 24–4 |
Beaumont Civic Center (5,052) Beaumont, TX | ||||||
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
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March 12, 1981 |
(8) | vs. (9) Missouri Round of 48 |
W 71–67 | 25–4 |
Frank Erwin Center (6,475) Austin, TX | ||||||
March 14, 1981 |
(8) | vs. (1) LSU Round of 32 |
L 78–100 | 25–5 |
Frank Erwin Center (8,523) Austin, TX | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. .All times are in Central Time |
References
- ^ "Men's Basketball 2018-19" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 105. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ a b "1980-81 Lamar Cardinals Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ a b "1980-81 College Basketball AP Polls". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ "Roster". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ "Final 1981 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report" (PDF). NCAA. p. 1. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ "Final 1981 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report" (PDF). NCAA. p. 2. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ "1980-81 Men's Basketball Schedule". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved December 20, 2021.