1980–81 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team

1980–81 Syracuse Orangemen basketball
1980–81 Syracuse Orangemen basketball
Big East Tournament Champions
NIT tournament, Runner-Up
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	22-12 (6-8 Big East)
Head coach	Jim Boeheim (5th season);
Home arena	Carrier Dome
	Seasons ← 1979–80 1981–82 →

1980–81 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Boston College	10	–	4	.714	23	–	7	.767
Georgetown	9	–	5	.643	20	–	12	.625
St. John's	8	–	6	.571	17	–	11	.607
Villanova	8	–	6	.571	20	–	11	.645
Connecticut	8	–	6	.571	20	–	9	.690
Syracuse †	6	–	8	.429	22	–	12	.647
Seton Hall	4	–	10	.286	11	–	16	.407
Providence	3	–	11	.214	10	–	18	.357

† 1981 Big East tournament winner Rankings from AP poll^[1]

The 1980–81 Syracuse Orangemen men's basketball team represented Syracuse University in NCAA Division I men's competition in the 1980–81 academic year. They finished with an overall record of 22–12 (6–8 Big East) Syracuse was invited to the 1981 National Invitation Tournament and made it all the way to the championship game. But in the final they dropped a close matchup to Tulsa 86–84 in overtime.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 29*		Columbia	W 108–81	1–0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
December 5*		Kent State	W 81–65	2–0	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
December 6*	No. 18	No. 4 Maryland Carrier Classic	L 73–83	2–1	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
December 10*		at Detroit	W 93–79	3–1	Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan
December 12* 8:30 p.m.	No. 20	at Illinois State	W 64–52	4–1	Horton Field House (6,086) Normal, Illinois
December 16*		Penn State	W 77–63	5–1	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
December 29*		Colgate	W 100–84	6–1	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
January 3*		at Canisius	W 88–72	7–1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY
January 5		at Connecticut Rivalry	L 59–78	7–2 (0–1)	New Haven Coliseum New Haven, Connecticut
January 7*		Niagara	W 107–84	8–2 (0–1)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
January 10		Villanova	L 65–69	8–3 (0–2)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
January 14		Providence	W 84–66	9–3 (1–2)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
January 17		at Georgetown	L 57–62	9–4 (1–3)	McDonough Gymnasium Washington, D. C.
January 21		at Boston College	L 63–66	9–5 (1–4)	Roberts Center Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
January 24		St. John's	W 79–71	10–5 (2–4)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
January 26*		at St. Bonaventure	L 71–74	10–6 (2–4)	Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY
January 30*		Old Dominion	W 71–58	11–6 (2–4)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
February 1*		at DePaul	L 69–91	11–7 (2–4)	Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, Illinois
February 4		Seton Hall	W 74–62	12–7 (3–4)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
February 7		at Providence	W 81–67	13–7 (4–4)	Providence Civic Center Providence, RI
February 9		Georgetown	W 66–64	14–7 (5–4)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
February 14		Connecticut Rivalry	L 63–65	14–8 (5–5)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
February 17		at Villanova	L 78–88	14–9 (5–6)	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 21		at Seton Hall	L 65–66	14–10 (5–7)	Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ
February 25		Boston College	W 90–86	15–10 (6–7)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
February 28		at St. John's	L 73–82	15–11 (6–8)	Carnesecca Arena New York, NY
Big East tournament
March 5	(6)	(3) St. John's Quarterfinals	W 71–66	16–11 (6–8)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
March 6	(6)	(2) Georgetown Semifinals	W 67–53	17–11 (6–8)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
March 7	(6)	(4) Villanova Championship game	W 83–80 ^3OT	18–11 (6–8)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
NIT
March 13*		Marquette First round	W 88–81	19–11 (6–8)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
March 16*		Holy Cross Second round	W 77–57	20–11 (6–8)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
March 19*		Michigan Quarterfinals	W 91–76	21–11 (6–8)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
March 23*		vs. Purdue Semifinals	W 70–63	22–11 (6–8)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
March 25*		vs. Tulsa Finals	L 84–86 ^OT	22–12 (6–8)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1980-81 Big East Conference Season Summary
^ "1980–81 Syracuse Oranges Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ "1980–81 Men's basketball Schedule". Cuse.com.

[1] sports-reference.com 1980-81 Big East Conference Season Summary

[2] "1980–81 Syracuse Oranges Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[3] "1980–81 Men's basketball Schedule". Cuse.com.

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v t e Syracuse Orange men's basketball
Venues	Archbold Gymnasium (1908–1947; 1952–1955) State Fair Coliseum (1947–1951) Onondaga County War Memorial (1951–1952; 1955–1962) Manley Field House (1962–1980) JMA Wireless Dome (1980–present) Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center (practice)
Rivalries	UConn
Culture & lore	"McNamara's Band" Otto the Orange Scandal 6-overtime game Syracuse Sports Network
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 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
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics