1980–81 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team

1980–81 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball
1980–81 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	15–14 (7–11 SEC)
Head coach	Richard Schmidt;
Home arena	Memorial Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1979–80 1981–82 →

1980–81 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 LSU	17	–	1	.944	31	–	5	.861
No. 8 Kentucky	15	–	3	.833	22	–	6	.786
No. 15 Tennessee	12	–	6	.667	21	–	8	.724
Alabama	10	–	8	.556	18	–	11	.621
Georgia	9	–	9	.500	19	–	12	.613
Ole Miss †	8	–	10	.444	16	–	14	.533
Vanderbilt	7	–	11	.389	15	–	14	.517
Florida	5	–	13	.278	12	–	16	.429
Auburn	4	–	14	.222	11	–	16	.407
Mississippi State	3	–	15	.167	8	–	19	.296

† 1981 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1980–81 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team represented Vanderbilt University as a member of the Southeastern Conference during the 1980–81 college basketball season. The Commodores finished season with record of 15-14, 7-11.

Roster

The roster for the 80-81 team are as follows:^[2]

1. Al Miller

2. Charles Davis

3. Mike Rhodes

4. Hutch Jones

5. Ted Young

6. Jimmy Gray

7. Al McKinney

8. Brian Allsmiller

9. Jeff Turner

10. Jimmy Lenz

11. Kevin Linder

12. John Derenbecker

13. James Williams

14. Doug Weikert

Schedule

The 80-81 schedule is as follows:^[3]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 27*	vs. Western Kentucky	W 78–76	1–0	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky
November 28*	vs. Iona	W 92–59	2–0	E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky
December 1*	Iowa State	W 97–87	3–0	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
December 9*	Duke	L 69–72 ^OT	3–1	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
December 20*	North Alabama	W 111–79	4–1	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
December 23*	Memphis	W 111–96	5–1	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
December 27	Alabama	W 93–91	6–1 (1–0)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
December 29*	Tennessee Tech	W 97–64	7–1 (1–0)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
December 30*	Boston College	L 72–87	7–2 (1–0)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
January 3	Mississippi State	W 79–61	8–2 (2–0)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
January 7	at LSU	L 61–77	8–3 (2–1)	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
January 10	Georgia	W 70–55	9–3 (3–1)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
January 14	at Auburn	W 97–81	10–3 (4–1)	Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum Auburn, Alabama
January 17	No. 11 Tennessee	L 66–72	10–4 (4–2)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
January 21	at Ole Miss	L 44–46	10–5 (4–3)	Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, MS
January 24	Kentucky	L 64–78	10–6 (4–4)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
January 28	at Florida	W 72–70	11–6 (5–4)	Stephen C. O'Connell Center
January 31	at Mississippi State	L 68–69	11–7 (5–5)	Humphrey Coliseum
February 4	No. 4 LSU	L 81–86	11–8 (5–6)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
February 7	at Georgia	L 72–80	11–9 (5–7)	Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA
February 11	Auburn	L 55–69	11–10 (5–8)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
February 14	at No. 9 Tennessee	L 72–76	12–10 (6–8)	Stokely Athletic Center Knoxville, Tennessee
February 18	Ole Miss	W 52–50	13–10 (7–8)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
February 21	at No. 10 Kentucky	L 48–80	13–11 (7–9)	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
February 25	Florida	W 73–64	14–11 (8–9)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
February 28	at Alabama	L 68–82	14–12 (8–10)	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
SEC Tournament
March 4	vs. Mississippi State	W 71–58	15–12 (8–10)	Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama
March 5	vs. No. 7 Kentucky	W 60–55	16–12 (8–10)	Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama
March 6	vs. Ole Miss	L 51–71	16–13 (8–10)	Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1980-81 Southeastern Conference Season Summary
^ "1980-81 Vanderbilt Commodores Men 's Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ https://vucommodores.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/vand_m_baskbl_1980_19_stats__season_stats_final.pdf
^ "1980–81 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

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

[2] "1980-81 Vanderbilt Commodores Men 's Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[3] ttps://vucommodores.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/vand_m_baskbl_1980_19_stats__season_stats_final.pdf

[4] "1980–81 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

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