Battle of Old Fort Wayne

1980–81 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Missouri	10	–	4	.714	22	–	10	.688
Kansas State	9	–	5	.643	24	–	9	.727
Nebraska	9	–	5	.643	15	–	12	.556
Kansas †	9	–	5	.643	24	–	8	.750
Oklahoma State	8	–	6	.571	18	–	9	.667
Colorado	5	–	9	.357	16	–	12	.571
Oklahoma	4	–	10	.286	9	–	18	.333
Iowa State	2	–	12	.143	9	–	18	.333

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

The 1980–81 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Roster

1980–81 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	40	John Crawford	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	Sr	Kansas City, Missouri
G	34	Tony Guy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Towson, Maryland
C	54	Art Housey	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	Sr	Bronx, New York
C	24	Kelly Knight	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	231 lb (105 kg)	So	Wichita, Kansas
F	35	Dave Magley	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	Jr	South Bend, Indiana
C	55	Victor Mitchell	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Jr	Amarillo, Texas
G	31	Booty Neal	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	Sr	Oxon Hill, Maryland
G	15	Rickey Ross	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	167 lb (76 kg)	So	Wichita, Kansas
G	14	Darnell Valentine	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	Sr	Wichita, Kansas
G	22	Mark Welch	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Gardner, Kansas
G	33	Rick Worrell	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Salina, Kansas

Head coach

Ted Owens

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 29*		at Nevada	W 91-73	1-0	Centennial Coliseum Reno, NV
December 1*		Pepperdine	W 81-67	2-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 3*		Michigan	L 52-64	2-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 6*		Oral Roberts	W 90-66	3-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 9*		Morehead State	W 90-56	4-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 13*		at No. 2 Kentucky	L 73-87	4-2	Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
December 20*		USC	W 91-68	5-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 22*		at SMU	W 73-62	6-2	Moody Coliseum University Park, TX
December 30*		Rollins	W 102-47	7-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 3*		No. 6 North Carolina	W 56-55	8-2	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
January 6*		at Memphis	W 59-49	9-2	Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, TN
January 10		Iona	W 94-64	10-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 14		Iowa State	W 70-58	11-2 (1-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 17		at Oklahoma	W 82-78	12-2 (2-0)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
January 21		No. 18 Missouri Border War	W 63-55	13-2 (3-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 24*		Colorado	W 66-59	14-2 (4-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 28	No. 18	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 43-54	14-3 (4-1)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
January 31	No. 18	at Nebraska	L 54-57	14-4 (4-2)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
February 4		at Oklahoma State	L 73-76	14-5 (4-3)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 7		Oklahoma	W 96-67	15-5 (5-3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 9		at Missouri Border War	L 65-79	15-6 (5-4)	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
February 14		at Iowa State	W 51-49	16-6 (6-4)	James H. Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
February 18		Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 51-49	17-6 (7-4)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 21		at Colorado	L 50-53	17-7 (7-5)	Coors Events/Conference Center Boulder, CO
February 25		Nebraska	W 75-49	18-7 (8-5)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 28		Oklahoma State	W 80-65	19-7 (9-5)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 3		Oklahoma State Big Eight Tournament quarterfinals	W 96-69	20-7	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 4		vs. Missouri Big Eight tournament semifinals Border War	W 75-70	21-7	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
March 5		vs. Kansas State Big Eight tournament championship Game Sunflower Showdown	W 80-68	22-7	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
March 13*	(7 MW)	vs. (10 MW) Ole Miss NCAA Tournament first round	W 69-66	23-7	Levitt Arena Wichita, KS
March 15*	(7 MW)	vs. (2 MW) No. 3 Arizona State NCAA Tournament second round	W 88-71	24-7	Levitt Arena Wichita, KS
March 20*	(7 MW)	vs. (6 MW) Wichita State NCAA Tournament Elite Eight	L 65-66	24-8	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. Midwest=MW.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1980-81 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
^ ^a ^b 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

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

[KU_Media_Guide-2] 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

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Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Venues	Robinson Gymnasium (1907–1927) Hoch Auditorium (1927–1955) Allen Fieldhouse (1955–present)
Rivalries	Kansas State (results) Missouri
Culture & lore	Big Jay Baby Jay Blue blood status Champions Classic "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" Jayhawkers
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1898–99 1899–1900 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 NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics