The 1980–81 Southern Jaguars basketball team represented Southern University during the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jaguars, led by head coach Carl Stewart, played their home games at the F. G. Clark Center and were members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 17–11, 8–4 in SWAC play to finish in first place. They were champions of the SWAC tournament to earn an automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA tournament where they lost in the opening round to No. 6 seed Wichita State.[1] This season marked the first appearance in the NCAA Tournament for the Southern men's basketball program.
| 1980–81 Southern Jaguars basketball | |
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SWAC tournament champions | |
| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 17–11 (8–4 SWAC) |
| Head coach | |
| Home arena | F. G. Clark Center |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern † | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alcorn State | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grambling | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jackson State | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 13 | – | 13 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 2 | – | 23 | .080 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1981 SWAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roster edit
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Schedule edit
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Regular season | |||||||||||
| Dec 4, 1980* |
Howard | W 69–61 | 3–1 |
F. G. Clark Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
| Jan 19, 1981* |
at Lamar | L 67–85 | 8–5 |
Beaumont Civic Center Beaumont, Texas | |||||||
| Feb 23, 1981 |
at Grambling State | L 69–76 | 15–10 (8–4) |
Tiger Memorial Gym Grambling, Louisiana | |||||||
| 1981 SWAC tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 7, 1981* |
Grambling State Semifinals |
W 69–65 | 16–10 |
F. G. Clark Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
| Mar 8, 1981* |
Jackson State Championship game |
W 69–63 | 17–10 |
F. G. Clark Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
| 1981 NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 13, 1981* |
(11 MW) | vs. (6 MW) Wichita State First round |
L 70–95 | 17–11 |
Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
MW=Midwest. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Northeastern Advances in West Regional". The New York Times. March 14, 1981. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- ^ "1980-81 Southern Jaguars Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 22, 2023.