1980–81 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

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1980–81 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
NCAA Round of 64, BYU, L 55-78
ConferencePacific-10
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 10
1980–81 record20–7 (13–5, 3rd Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaPauley Pavilion
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
As of April 15, 1980[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980–81 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Larry Brown was the head coach, and the Bruins started the season ranked 6th in the nation (AP Poll). The Bruins started the season 6-0 and was ranked a season high #3 (AP Poll). They then lost at #1 ranked Depaul, 93–77, on December 27. UCLA's team finished 3rd in the Pac-10 regular season. UCLA participated the NCAA Tournament but was upset by BYU in the first round, finishing 10th in the AP poll. Larry Brown coached his second and final year at UCLA.[2]

Starting lineup[]

Position Player Class
F Mike Sanders Jr.
F Darren Daye So.
C Kenny Fields Fr.
G Michael Holton So.
G Rod Foster So.

Roster[]

1980–81 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
F 45 Tony Anderson (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Jr
F 30 Darren Daye 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
So Des Moines, Iowa
C 35 Mark Eaton 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)
Jr Inglewood, California
C 54 Kenny Fields 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Fr Iowa City, Iowa
G 10 Rod Foster 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
So Birmingham, Alabama
G 14 Michael Holton 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
So Seattle, Washington
G 3 Ralph Jackson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Fr
F 11 Curtis Knight 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
So
F 34 Cliff Pruitt 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
So
F 52 Mike Sanders (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Jr Vidalia, Louisiana
F 44 Dean Sears 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Jr
Head coach

Larry Brown (North Carolina)

Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule[]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
November 28, 1980
No. 6 VMI W 99–61  1–0
Pauley Pavilion (9,872)
Los Angeles, CA
November 29, 1980
No. 6 No. 10 Notre Dame W 94–81  2–0
Pauley Pavilion (12,321)
Los Angeles, CA
December 6, 1980
No. 3 St. Mary's W 113–70  3–0
Pauley Pavilion (10,127)
Los Angeles, CA
December 13, 1980
No. 3 Pepperdine W 81–63  4–0
Pauley Pavilion (12,273)
Los Angeles, CA
December 15, 1980
No. 3 Evansville W 69–62  5–0
Pauley Pavilion (8,637)
Los Angeles, CA
December 21, 1980
No. 3 vs. Temple W 73–49  6–0
Yoyogi National Gymnasium (5,000)
Tokyo, Japan
December 27, 1980
No. 3 at No. 1 DePaul L 77–93  6–1
Alumni Hall (16,702)
Chicago, IL
January 3, 1981
No. 7 Washington W 96–74  7–1
(1–0)
Pauley Pavilion (12,295)
Los Angeles, CA
January 5, 1981
No. 7 Washington State W 87–61  8–1
(2–0)
Pauley Pavilion (11,321)
Los Angeles, CA
January 10, 1981
No. 7 USC L 66–68  8–2
(2–1)
Pauley Pavilion (11,825)
Los Angeles, CA
January 16, 1981
No. 8 at No. 12 Arizona State L 74–78 3OT 8–3
(2–2)
ASU Activity Center (14,384)
Tempe, AZ
January 17, 1981
No. 8 at Arizona W 79–76  9–3
(3–2)
McKale Center (14,182)
Tucson, AZ
January 23, 1981
No. 12 Stanford W 85–58  10–3
(4–2)
Pauley Pavilion (12,038)
Los Angeles, CA
January 24, 1981
No. 12 California W 75–61  11–3
(5–2)
Pauley Pavilion (12,314)
Los Angeles, CA
January 29, 1981
No. 10 at No. 1 Oregon State L 67–81  11–4
(5–3)
Gill Coliseum (10,000)
Corvallis, OR
January 31, 1981
No. 10 at Oregon W 75–69  12–4
(6–3)
McArthur Court (10,000)
Eugene, OR
February 6, 1981
No. 12 at USC W 76–62  13–4
(7–3)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (13,277)
Los Angeles, CA
February 8, 1981
No. 12 at No. 9 Notre Dame W 51–50  14–4
Athletic & Convocation Center (11,345)
Notre Dame, IN
February 12, 1981
No. 8 Arizona W 90–79  15–4
(8–3)
Pauley Pavilion (11,910)
Los Angeles, CA
February 14, 1981
No. 8 No. 5 Arizona State W 64–61  16–4
(9–3)
Pauley Pavilion (12,428)
Los Angeles, CA
February 19, 1981
No. 6 at California W 72–66  17–4
(10–3)
Harmon Gym (6,700)
Berkeley, CA
February 21, 1981
No. 6 at Stanford L 72–74  17–5
(10–4)
Maples Pavilion (6,917)
Stanford, CA
February 27, 1981
No. 13 Oregon W 98–75  18–5
(11–4)
Pauley Pavilion (12,074)
Los Angeles, CA
March 1, 1981
No. 13 No. 1 Oregon State L 76–82  18–6
(11–5)
Pauley Pavilion (12,582)
Los Angeles, CA
March 5, 1981
No. 13 at Washington State W 59–50  19–6
(12–5)
Washington State University Performing Arts Coliseum (8,132)
Pullman, WA
March 7, 1981
No. 13 at Washington W 91–72  20–6
(13–5)
Hec Edmundson Pavilion (6,228)
Seattle, WA
NCAA Tournament
March 14, 1981
No. 10 vs. No. 16 BYU
Second Round
L 55–78  20–7
Providence Civic Center (12,823)
Providence, RI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Source[3] [4]

Notes[]

  • Larry Brown was only at UCLA two years, but made the NCAA Tournament both times. He was 5–2 in NCAA Tournament games while at UCLA.

References[]

  1. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. ^ 2012–13 UCLA Men's Basketball Media Guide
  3. ^ "Season by Season Records" (PDF). UCLA Athletics.
  4. ^ "Final 1980 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report" (PDF).
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