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1980–81 Temple Owls men's basketball team

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1980–81 Temple Owls men's basketball
NIT, Second Round
ConferenceEast Coast Conference
Record20–8 (9–2 ECC)
Head coach
Home arenaMcGonigle Hall
Seasons
← 1979–80
1980–81 ECC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
American 11 0   1.000 24 6   .800
Saint Joseph's 9 2   .818 25 8   .758
Temple 9 2   .818 20 8   .714
La Salle 8 3   .727 14 13   .519
Drexel 6 5   .545 14 13   .519
Hofstra 5 6   .455 12 15   .444
West
Lafayette 8 8   .500 15 13   .536
Rider 8 8   .500 14 14   .500
Bucknell 6 10   .375 12 16   .429
Lehigh 6 10   .375 14 12   .538
Delaware 3 13   .188 6 19   .240
West Chester 2 14   .125 7 20   .259
1981 ECC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 1980–81 Temple Owls men's basketball team represented Temple University as a member of the East Coast Conference during the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Roster

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1980–81 Temple Owls men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G 43 Terence Stansbury 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Newark, Delaware
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
Regular Season
Dec 1, 1980
at West Chester W 92–77  1–0
(1–0)
Hollinger Field House 
 
Dec 4, 1980
Lehigh W 97–62  2–0
(2–0)
McGonigle Hall 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 6, 1980
at Delaware W 61–60  3–0
(3–0)
Delaware Field House 
 
Dec 11, 1980
Point Park W 105–75  4–0
McGonigle Hall 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 13, 1980*
Cincinnati W 63–48  5–0
McGonigle Hall 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 21, 1980*
vs. No. 3 UCLA L 49–73  5–1
Yoyogi National Gymnasium (5,000)
Tokyo, Japan
Dec 26, 1980*
vs. Charlotte L 65–68  5–2
 
 
Dec 27, 1980*
vs. Maine W 70–64  6–2
 
 
Jan 6, 1981*
Penn State W 43–39  7–2
Palestra 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 9, 1981*
at Fordham L 59–62  7–3
Rose Hill Gymnasium 
Bronx, New York
Jan 14, 1981*
at Penn L 49–51  7–4
Palestra 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 17, 1981
at Lafayette W 56–50  8–4
(4–0)
Hersheypark Arena 
Hershey, Pennsylvania
Jan 21, 1981*
at South Carolina W 68–64  9–4
 
 
Jan 24, 1981*
at Manhattan W 59–53  10–4
 
 
Jan 28, 1981*
William & Mary W 80–68  11–4
McGonigle Hall 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 31, 1981*
vs. Villanova W 71–68  12–4
Palestra 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 4, 1981
Hofstra W 80–56  13–4
(5–0)
McGonigle Hall 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 7, 1981
Drexel W 84–63  14–4
(6–0)
McGonigle Hall (1,500)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 9, 1981
at Rider W 69–61  15–4
(7–0)
 
 
Feb 14, 1981
vs. Saint Joseph's L 58–61  15–5
(7–1)
Palestra (7,151)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 16, 1981
Bucknell W 77–59  16–5
(8–1)
McGonigle Hall 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 21, 1981
vs. La Salle W 84–62  17–5
(9–1)
 
 
Feb 25, 1981*
Maine W 53–51  18–5
(9–1)
McGonigle Hall 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 28, 1981
American L 62–70  18–6
(9–2)
McGonigle Hall 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ECC Tournament
Mar 5, 1981*
(3 E) at (6 E) Hofstra
First round
W 68–63 OT 19–6
 
 
Mar 6, 1981*
(3 E) at (2 E) Saint Joseph's
Quarterfinals
L 55–60  19–7
Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NIT Tournament
Mar 12, 1981*
at Clemson
First round
W 90–82  20–7
Littlejohn Coliseum 
Clemson, South Carolina
Mar 16, 1981*
at West Virginia
Second round
L 76–77 OT 20–8
WVU Coliseum 
Morgantown, West Virginia
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
E=Eastern.
All times are in Eastern Standard Time.

Source[1]

References

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  1. ^ "1980-81 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". CBBRef. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 November 2023.