1980–81 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1980–81 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Bill Cofield, coaching his 5th season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1980–81 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record11–16 (5–13 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home arenaUW Fieldhouse
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

Forward Claude Gregory was the team's leading scorer with 20.4 points and 9.2 rebounds in 27 games. Other statistical leaders included guard Danny Hastings with 3.1 assists.[1]

Roster

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1980–81 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G 5 Greg Dandridge 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Milwaukee, Wisconsin
F 35 Claude Gregory 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Washington, D. C.
G 21 Dan Hastings 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Drexel Hill, PA
G 14 Steve Jacobson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Pardeeville, Wisconsin
F 30 Mike Kreklow 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Neenah, Wisconsin
C 00 Larry Petty 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr New York, NY
F 44 Gary Zinkgraf 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Bethesda, Maryland
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
December 1*
at Alabama L 75–90  0–1
Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
December 5*
Kentucky State W 77–65  1–1
Wisconsin Field House 
Madison, WI
December 6*
UW Green Bay W 68–66 2OT 2–1
Wisconsin Field House 
Madison, WI
December 9*
Ball State W 85–72  3–1
Wisconsin Field House 
Madison, WI
December 12*
at Davidson L 63–67  3–2
Charlotte Coliseum 
Charlotte, NC
December 13*
at Charlotte W 71–63  4–2
Charlotte Coliseum 
Charlotte, NC
December 22*
Texas Southern W 58–49  5–2
Wisconsin Field House 
Madison, WI
December 31*
Central Michigan W 69–62  6–2
Wisconsin Field House 
Madison, WI
January 8
at Minnesota L 60–76  6–3
(0—1)
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis, Minnesota
January 10
at Northwestern L 48–50  6–4
(0—2)
Welsh-Ryan Arena 
Evanston, Illinois
January 15
Iowa L 66–76  6–5
(0—3)
Wisconsin Field House 
Madison, WI
January 17
Purdue L 69–71  6–6
(0—4)
Wisconsin Field House 
Madison, WI
January 22
Michigan State W 63–62  7–6
(1—4)
Wisconsin Field House 
Madison, WI
January 24
at Illinois W 54–45  8–6
(2—4)
Assembly Hall 
Champaign, Illinois
January 27
at Ohio State L 67–71  8–7
(2—5)
St. John Arena 
Columbus, Ohio
January 31
Michigan L 67–74  8–8
(2—6)
Wisconsin Field House 
Madison, WI
February 5
at Indiana L 64–89  8–9
(2—7)
Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, Indiana
February 7
at Michigan L 64–71  8–10
(2—8)
Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, Michigan
February 12
Illinois L 65–84  8–11
(2—9)
Wisconsin Field House 
Madison, WI
February 14
Indiana L 52–59  8–12
(2—10)
Wisconsin Field House 
Madison, WI
February 19
at Michigan State L 65–74  8–13
(2—11)
Jenison Field House 
East Lansing, Michigan
February 21
Ohio State W 77–63  9–13
(3—11)
Wisconsin Field House 
Madison, WI
February 26
at Purdue L 61–72  9–14
(3—12)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, Indiana
February 28
at Iowa L 75–96  9–15
(3—13)
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, Iowa
March 5
Northwestern W 60–57  10–15
(4—13)
Wisconsin Field House 
Madison, WI
March 7
Minnesota W 60–58  11–15
(6—13)
Wisconsin Field House 
Madison, WI
March 10*
Marquette L 53–64  11–16
(6—13)
Wisconsin Field House 
Madison, WI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Team players drafted into the NBA

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Round Pick Player NBA Club
2 41 Claude Gregory Washington Bullets
7 157 Larry Petty Los Angeles Lakers

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References

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  1. ^ "1980-81 Wisconsin Badgers Roster and Stats". SR/CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  2. ^ "1980–81 Wisconsin Badgers Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  3. ^ "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  4. ^ 1981 NBA Draft Archived 2007-08-24 at the Wayback Machine, basketballreference.com