1980–81 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

The 1980–81 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by head coach Lute Olson, coaching in his 7th season at the school, and played their home games at the Iowa Field House. They finished the season 21–7 overall and 13–5 in Big Ten play. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as #3 seed in the Midwest Regional, but fell 60–56 to #6 seed Wichita State in the Round of 32 – a game played on the Shockers' home floor.

1980–81 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 13
Record21–7 (13–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
MVPVince Brookins
Home arenaIowa Field House
(Capacity: 13,365)
Seasons
1980–81 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 9 Indiana 14 4   .778 26 9   .743
No. 13 Iowa 13 5   .722 21 7   .750
No. 19 Illinois 12 6   .667 21 8   .724
Purdue 10 8   .556 21 11   .656
Minnesota 9 9   .500 19 11   .633
Ohio State 9 9   .500 14 13   .519
Michigan 8 10   .444 19 11   .633
Michigan State 7 11   .389 13 14   .481
Wisconsin 5 13   .278 11 16   .407
Northwestern 3 15   .167 9 18   .333
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

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1980–81 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G 15 Steve Carfino 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Fr Los Angeles, CA
G 24 Bob Hansen 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
So Des Moines, IA
G 30 Kenny Arnold 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Jr Chicago, IL
F 32 Vince Brookins 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Sr Cleveland, OH
F 40 Kevin Boyle 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Jr Chicago, IL
F 44 Mark Gannon 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
So Iowa City, IA
F/C 52 Steve Waite 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Sr
C 54 Steve Krafcisin 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Sr
G Waymond King 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Fr Kansas City, MO
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Schedule/results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
Nov 29, 1980*
No. 14 at Northern Illinois W 61–47  1–0
Chick Evans Field House 
DeKalb, Illinois
Dec 1, 1980*
No. 12 Detroit W 98–55  2–0
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 5, 1980*
No. 12 vs. Cincinnati W 69–64  3–0
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
Dec 6, 1980*
No. 12 at Arizona State L 88–96  3–1
ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
Dec 9, 1980*
No. 16 Nevada W 112–71  4–1
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 13, 1980*
No. 16 at Drake
"Big Four"
W 90–68  5–1
Veterans Memorial Auditorium 
Des Moines, Iowa
Dec 20, 1980*
No. 16 Iowa State
Rivalry
W 85–59  6–1
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, IA
Dec 30, 1980*
No. 14 Northern Iowa
"Big Four"
W 86–52  7–1
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, Iowa
Big Ten Regular Season
Jan 8, 1981
No. 11 Ohio State L 56–58  7–2
(0–1)
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 10, 1981
No. 11 Michigan State W 65–57  8–2
(1–1)
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 15, 1981
No. 14 at Wisconsin W 76–66  9–2
(2–1)
Wisconsin Field House 
Madison, Wisconsin
Jan 17, 1981
No. 14 at No. 9 Michigan W 73–58[1]  10–2
(3–1)
Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, MI
Jan 22, 1981
No. 9 at Indiana W 56–53[2]  11–2
(4–1)
Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
Jan 24, 1981*
No. 9 Minnesota L 48–60  11–3
(4–2)
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 29, 1981
No. 13 Purdue W 84–67  12–3
(5–2)
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 31, 1981
No. 13 at Illinois
Rivalry
L 66–79  13–4
(5–3)
Assembly Hall 
Champaign, Illinois
Feb 5, 1981
No. 15 at Northwestern W 76–65  14–4
(6–3)
Welsh-Ryan Arena 
Evanston, Illinois
Feb 7, 1981
No. 15 No. 18 Illinois
Rivalry
W 72–66  15–4
(7–3)
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 12, 1981
No. 14 at Minnesota W 60–58  16–4
(8–3)
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Feb 14, 1981
No. 14 Northwestern W 82–64  17–4
(9–3)
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 19, 1981
No. 12 No. 16 Indiana W 78–65[3]  18–4
(10–3)
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, IA
Feb 21, 1981
No. 12 at Purdue W 67–62  19–4
(11–3)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 26, 1981
No. 8 Michigan W 69–66  20–4
(12–3)
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 28, 1981
No. 8 Wisconsin W 96–75[4]  21–4
(13–3)
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, Iowa
Mar 5, 1981
No. 8 at Michigan State L 70–71  21–5
(13–4)
Jenison Field House 
East Lansing, Michigan
Mar 7, 1981
No. 8 at Ohio State L 70–78  21–6
(13–5)
St. John Arena 
Columbus, Ohio
NCAA Tournament
3/15/1981*
(3 MW) No. 13 at (6 MW) Wichita State
Second Round
L 56–60[5]  21–7
Levitt Arena 
Wichita, KS
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

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References

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  1. ^ "Team hustle powers Iowa past Wolves" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 19, 1981. p. 13. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  2. ^ "Iowa ends the jinx with win over Indiana". Chicago Tribune. January 23, 1981. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  3. ^ "Hawkeyes electrify, 78-65" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 20, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  4. ^ "Badgers buried under Iowa's 21st win" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 2, 1981. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  5. ^ "Wichita St. ends Iowa's title dream". Chicago Tribune. March 16, 1981. Retrieved February 2, 2016.