1980–81 BYU Cougars men's basketball team

The 1980–81 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 1980–81 college basketball season. This was head coach Frank Arnold's sixth season at BYU. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center and reached the Elite Eight, where they fell to Virginia.[2]

1980–81 BYU Cougars men's basketball
NCAA Tournament 3-Seed, Elite Eight
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 16
1980–81 record257 (124 WAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMarriott Center
1980–81 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 14 Utah133 .813  255  .833
No. 17 Wyoming133 .813  246  .800
No. 16 BYU124 .750  257  .781
UTEP97 .563  1812  .600
San Diego State88 .500  1512  .556
Hawaii79 .438  1413  .519
New Mexico610 .375  1115  .423
Air Force313 .188  918  .333
Colorado State115 .063  324  .111
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Roster

Source[3]

# Name Height Weight (lbs.) Position Hometown
21 Craig Christensen 6'4" 185 G Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
21 Mike Maxwell 6'1" 160 G Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
22 Danny Ainge 6'5" 188 G Eugene, Oregon, United States
23 Steve Craig 6'3" 180 G Los Angeles, California, United States
23 Richie Webb 6'5" 180 G Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States
24 Greg Ballif 6'3" 190 G Provo, Utah, United States
25 Dave Challis 6'4" 170 G Walnut Creek, California, United States
31 John Bartholomew 6'6" 195 F Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
32 Keith Rice 6'5" 200 F Portland, Oregon, United States
33 Timo Saarelainen 6'6" 200 F Helsinki, Finland
34 Fred Roberts 6'10" 220 F Riverton, Utah, United States
42 Gary Furniss 6'8" 215 F Driggs, Idaho, United States
44 Steve Trumbo 6'8" 223 F Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
50 Greg Kite 6'11" 250 C Houston, Texas, United States
52 Dave McGuire 7'0" 225 C West Covina, California, United States

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
Nov 28, 1980*
No. 18 at Washington W 80–70  1–0
Bank of America Arena 
Seattle, Washington
Mar 7, 1981*
No. 18 No. 9 Utah W 95–76  22–6
(12–4)
Marriott Center 
Provo, Utah
NCAA Tournament
Mar 12, 1981*
(6 E) No. 16 vs. (11 E) Princeton
First Round
W 60–51  23–6
Providence Civic Center 
Providence, Rhode Island
Mar 14, 1981*
(6 E) No. 16 vs. (3 E) No. 10 UCLA
Second Round
W 78–55  24–6
Providence Civic Center 
Providence, Rhode Island
Mar 19, 1981*
(6 E) No. 16 vs. (2 E) No. 7 Notre Dame
East Regional Semifinal Sweet Sixteen
W 51–50  25–6
Omni Coliseum 
Atlanta, Georgia
Mar 21, 1981*
(6 E) No. 16 vs. (1 E) No. 5 Virginia
East Regional Final Elite Eight
L 60–74  25–7
Omni Coliseum 
Atlanta, Georgia
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.

Rankings

Awards and honors

NBA Draft

RoundPickPlayerNBA Club
231Danny AingeBoston Celtics
Source:[4]

References

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