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1980–81 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team

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1980–81 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball
NCAA tournament, First round
ConferencePac-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 3
Record24–4 (16–2 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home arenaASU Activity Center
Seasons
1980–81 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Oregon State 17 1   .944 26 2   .929
No. 3 Arizona State 16 2   .889 24 4   .857
No. 10 UCLA 13 5   .722 20 7   .741
USC 9 9   .500 14 13   .519
Washington 8 10   .444 14 13   .519
Arizona 8 10   .444 13 14   .481
Oregon 6 12   .333 13 14   .481
California 5 13   .278 13 14   .481
Stanford 5 13   .278 9 18   .333
Washington State 3 15   .167 10 17   .370
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1980–81 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team represented the Arizona State University during the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Roster

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1980–81 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G 12 Fat Lever 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Tucson, Arizona
C 53 Alton Lister 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr Dallas, Texas
G 11 Byron Scott 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Inglewood, California
F 30 Sam Williams 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Los Angeles, California
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular season
December 2*
U. S. International W 91–65  1–0
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
December 5*
Montana State W 92–71  2–0
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
December 6*
No. 12 Iowa W 96–88  3–0
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
December 8*
No. 15 Kansas State W 84–61  4–0
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
December 13*
at New Mexico W 86–83  5–0
The Pit 
Albuquerque, NM
December 20*
Ohio State W 71–58  6–0
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
December 22*
Illinois Wesleyan W 88–65  7–0
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
December 28*
No. 11 vs. Tennessee
Sugar Bowl Tournament
L 53–69  7–1
Louisiana Superdome 
New Orleans, Louisiana
December 30*
at New Orleans W 75–63  8–1
Human Performance Center 
New Orleans, Louisiana
January 3
No. 13 No. 2 Oregon State L 67–71  8–2
(0–1)
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
January 5
Oregon W 104–64  9–2
(1–1)
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
January 8
at Washington State W 62–59  10–2
(2–1)
Beasley Coliseum 
Pullman, Washington
January 10
at Washington W 90–62  11–2
(3–1)
Hec Edmundson Pavilion 
Seattle, Washington
January 16
No. 12 No. 8 UCLA W 78–74 3OT 12–2
(4–1)
ASU Activity Center (14,384)
Tempe, Arizona
January 17
USC W 69–55  13–2
(5–1)
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
January 24
Arizona W 83–65  14–2
(6–1)
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
January 31
at Stanford W 84–66  15–2
(7–1)
Maples Pavilion 
Stanford, California
February 2
at California W 84–81  16–2
(8–1)
Harmon Gym 
Berkeley, California
February 7
Washington State W 77–63  17–2
(9–1)
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
February 9
Washington W 78–76  18–2
(10–1)
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
February 12
at USC W 77–61  19–2
(11–1)
Los Angeles Sports Arena 
Los Angeles, California
February 14
No. 5 at No. 8 UCLA L 61–64  19–3
(11–2)
Pauley Pavilion (12,428)
Los Angeles, California
February 21
at Arizona W 71–66  20–3
(12–2)
McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
February 26
Stanford W 79–54  21–3
(13–2)
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
February 28
California W 81–68  22–3
(14–2)
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
March 5
at Oregon W 78–77  23–3
(15–2)
McArthur Court 
Eugene, Oregon
March 7
No. 5 at No. 2 Oregon State W 87–67  24–3
(16–2)
Gill Coliseum 
Corvallis, Oregon
NCAA Tournament
March 15*
(2 MW) No. 3 vs. (7 MW) Kansas
Second round
L 71–88  24–4
Levitt Arena 
Wichita, Kansas
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

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  1. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. ^ "1980-81 Arizona State Sun Devils Schedule". sports-reference.com.