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1980–81 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team

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1980–81 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball
NCAA tournament, First round
Conference	Pac-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 3
Record	24–4 (16–2 Pac-10)
Head coach	Ned Wulk (24th season)
Home arena	ASU Activity Center
Seasons ← 1979–80 1981–82 →

1980–81 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No.2Oregon State	17	–	1	.944	26	–	2	.929
No.3Arizona State	16	–	2	.889	24	–	4	.857
No.10UCLA	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, 1981^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980–81 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team represented the Arizona State University during the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Roster[edit]

1980–81 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	12	Fat Lever	6ft2in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	Tucson, Arizona
C	53	Alton Lister	7ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	Dallas, Texas
G	11	Byron Scott	6ft5in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Inglewood, California
F	30	Sam Williams	6ft8in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Los Angeles, California

Head coach

Ned Wulk

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
December 2*		U. S. International	W 91–65	1–0	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
December 5*		Montana State	W 92–71	2–0	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
December 6*	No. 12	Iowa	W 96–88	3–0	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
December 8*	No. 15	Kansas State	W 84–61	4–0	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
December 13*		at New Mexico	W 86–83	5–0	The Pit Albuquerque, NM
December 20*		Ohio State	W 71–58	6–0	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
December 22*		Illinois Wesleyan	W 88–65	7–0	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
December 28*	No. 11	vs. Tennessee Sugar Bowl Tournament	L 53–69	7–1	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana
December 30*		at New Orleans	W 75–63	8–1	Human Performance Center New Orleans, Louisiana
January 3	No. 13	No. 2 Oregon State	L 67–71	8–2 (0–1)	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
January 5		Oregon	W 104–64	9–2 (1–1)	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
January 8		at Washington State	W 62–59	10–2 (2–1)	Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington
January 10		at Washington	W 90–62	11–2 (3–1)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington
January 16	No. 12	No. 8 UCLA	W 78–74 ^3OT	12–2 (4–1)	ASU Activity Center (14,384) Tempe, Arizona
January 17		USC	W 69–55	13–2 (5–1)	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
January 24		Arizona	W 83–65	14–2 (6–1)	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
January 31		at Stanford	W 84–66	15–2 (7–1)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
February 2		at California	W 84–81	16–2 (8–1)	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
February 7		Washington State	W 77–63	17–2 (9–1)	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
February 9		Washington	W 78–76	18–2 (10–1)	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
February 12		at USC	W 77–61	19–2 (11–1)	Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
February 14	No. 5	at No. 8 UCLA	L 61–64	19–3 (11–2)	Pauley Pavilion (12,428) Los Angeles, California
February 21		at Arizona	W 71–66	20–3 (12–2)	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
February 26		Stanford	W 79–54	21–3 (13–2)	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
February 28		California	W 81–68	22–3 (14–2)	ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona
March 5		at Oregon	W 78–77	23–3 (15–2)	McArthur Court Eugene, Oregon
March 7	No. 5	at No. 2 Oregon State	W 87–67	24–3 (16–2)	Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon
NCAA Tournament
March 15*	(2 MW) No. 3	vs. (7 MW) Kansas Second round	L 71–88	24–4	Levitt Arena Wichita, Kansas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

^[2]

References[edit]

^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.

^ "1980-81 Arizona State Sun Devils Schedule". sports-reference.com.

v t e Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball
Venues	College Gym Mesa Civic Center Sun Devil Gym (1953–1974) Desert Financial Arena (1974–present)
Rivalries	Arizona
Culture & lore	Sparky the Sun Devil "Maroon & Gold" Marching Band
People	Head coaches NBA draftees NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

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