1980–81 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

1980–81 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll)

Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
1980–81 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	#13
1980–81 record	21–7 (13–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lute Olson (7th year)
Home arena	Iowa Field House; (Capacity: 13,365)
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The 1980–81 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by head coach Lute Olson, coaching in his 7th season at the school, and played their home games at the Iowa Field House. They finished the season 21-7 overall and 13–5 in Big Ten play. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as #3 seed in the Midwest Regional, but fell 60-56 to #6 seed Wichita State in the Round of 32.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
15	Steve Carfino	G	6–2	Fr.	Los Angeles, California
24	Bob Hansen	G	6–6	So.	Des Moines, Iowa
30	Kenny Arnold	G	6–2	Jr.
32	Jerry Dennard	F		So.
40	Kevin Boyle	F	6–7	Jr.	Chicago, Illinois
44	Mark Gannon	F	6–7	So.	Iowa City, Iowa
	Waymond King	F		Fr.

Schedule/results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular Season
12/20/1980*	#16	Iowa State Rivalry	W 85-59	6-1	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
1/17/1981	#14	at #9 Michigan	W 73-58^[1]	10-2 (3-1)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
1/22/1981	#9	at Indiana	W 56-53^[2]	11-2 (4-1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/19/1981	#12	#16 Indiana	W 78-65^[3]	18-4 (10-3)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/28/1981	#8	Wisconsin	W 96-75^[4]	21-4 (13-3)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
NCAA Tournament
3/15/1981*	#13 (3)	at #(6) Wichita State Second Round	L 56-60^[5]	21-7 (13-5)	Levitt Arena Wichita, KS
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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1980–81 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#9 Indiana	14	–	4	.778	26	–	9	.743
#13 Iowa	13	–	5	.722	21	–	7	.750
#19 Illinois	12	–	6	.667	21	–	8	.724
Purdue	10	–	8	.556	21	–	11	.656
Minnesota	9	–	9	.500	19	–	11	.633
Ohio State	9	–	9	.500	14	–	13	.519
Michigan	8	–	10	.444	19	–	11	.633
Michigan State	7	–	11	.389	13	–	14	.481
Wisconsin	5	–	13	.278	11	–	16	.407
Northwestern	3	–	15	.167	9	–	18	.333

Rankings from AP Poll)