1980–81 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team

1980–81 Chattanooga Mocs basketball
1980–81 Chattanooga Mocs basketball
SoCon regular season and tournament champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Southern Conference
	South
Record	21–9 (11–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Murray Arnold (2nd season);
Home arena	Maclellan Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1979–80 1981–82 →

1980–81 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Chattanooga †	11	–	5	.688	21	–	9	.700
Davidson	11	–	5	.688	13	–	14	.481
Appalachian State	11	–	5	.688	20	–	9	.690
East Tennessee State	9	–	7	.563	13	–	14	.481
Western Carolina	9	–	7	.563	18	–	10	.643
Furman	8	–	8	.500	11	–	16	.407
Marshall	8	–	8	.500	18	–	10	.643
VMI	3	–	13	.188	4	–	23	.148
The Citadel	2	–	14	.125	9	–	17	.346

† 1981 SoCon Tournament winner As of April 30, 1981 Rankings from AP poll

The 1980–81 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Murray Arnold and the team played their home games at Maclellan Gymnasium. The Mocs won the regular season and SoCon tournament titles, the latter earning the Mocs an automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA tournament. Participating in the Big Dance for the first time in program history, Chattanooga fell to No. 6 seed Maryland in the opening round.^[1]

Roster[edit]

1980–81 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	44	Willie White	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Memphis, Tennessee
F/C	52	Russ Schoene	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Trenton, Illinois

Source:^[2]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
SoCon tournament
Mar 5, 1981*		VMI Quarterfinals	W 89–63	19–8	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee
Mar 6, 1981*		vs. Western Carolina Semifinals	W 79–70	20–8	Roanoke Civic Center Roanoke, Virginia
Mar 7, 1981*		vs. Appalachian State Championship game	W 59–55	21–8	Roanoke Civic Center Roanoke, Virginia
NCAA tournament
Mar 12, 1981*	(11 ME)	vs. (6 ME) No. 18 Maryland First round	L 69–81	21–9	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ME=Mideast. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[3]

v t e Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball
Venues	Maclellan Gymnasium (1961–1982) McKenzie Arena (1982–present)
Culture & lore	Chief Moccanooga Scrappy Moc Marching Mocs Pep Band
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1915–16 1916–19 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 1942–45 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
NCAA national championship in bold