1980–81 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team
American college basketball season
1980–81 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball | |
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NIT tournament, Second round | |
Conference | East Coast Athletic Conference |
Record | 20–10 (18–8 ECAC-N) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Hart Center |
Seasons ← 1979–80 1981–82 → |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northeastern † | 21 | – | 5 | .808 | 24 | – | 6 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 18 | – | 8 | .692 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 15 | – | 11 | .577 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 13 | – | 13 | .500 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston University | 13 | – | 13 | .500 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Canisius | 11 | – | 15 | .423 | 11 | – | 15 | .423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Niagara | 11 | – | 15 | .423 | 11 | – | 15 | .423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colgate | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 7 | – | 19 | .269 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1981 ECAC North tournament winner |
The 1980–81 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by head coach George Blaney, played their home games at the Hart Center and were members of the East Coast Athletic Conference – North. They finished the season 20–10, 18–8 in ECAC-South play to finish in second place.
Roster
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Schedule
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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November 28* | Yale | W 99–69 | 1–0 | Hart Recreation Center Worcester, Massachusetts | |||||||
December 3* | Navy | W 82–71 | 2–0 | Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts | |||||||
December 5* | Assumption | W 93–78 | 3–0 | Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts | |||||||
December 6* | South Alabama Worcester County Classic | L 53–77 | 3–1 | Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts | |||||||
December 11* | at Harvard | W 72–46 | 4–1 | Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts | |||||||
December 20* | at Cincinnati | W 69–58 | 5–1 | Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
December 22* | Davidson | W 96–79 | 6–1 | Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||
December 29* | at UNLV | L 75–92 | 6–2 | Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, Nevada | |||||||
December 30* | vs. Portland | L 70–73 | 6–3 | Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, Nevada | |||||||
January 6* | Xavier | W 112–93 | 7–3 | Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts | |||||||
January 8* | at Connecticut | L 57–66 | 7–4 | Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
January 14* | Bentley | W 99–71 | 8–4 | Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts | |||||||
January 17* | at Iona | L 56–57 OT | 8–5 | Hynes Athletic Center New Rochelle, NY | |||||||
January 20* | St. Peter's | W 55–47 | 9–5 | Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts | |||||||
January 26* | at Dartmouth | W 70–58 | 10–5 | | |||||||
January 28* | Manhattan | W 82–70 | 11–5 | Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts | |||||||
January 30* | vs. Massachusetts | W 75–50 | 12–5 | | |||||||
January 31* | vs. Boston College | L 43–48 | 12–6 | | |||||||
February 3* | at Army | W 68–60 | 13–6 | | |||||||
February 7* | at Rhode Island | L 59–66 | 13–7 | | |||||||
Feb 12, 1981 | at New Hampshire | W 87–84 | 14–7 (1–0) | | |||||||
Feb 14, 1981* | Boston College | W 86–74 | 15–7 | Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts | |||||||
Feb 19, 1981* | vs. Fairfield | W 61–49 | 16–7 | | |||||||
Feb 21, 1981* | at Fordham | L 59–66 | 16–8 | | |||||||
Feb 25, 1981* | at Hofstra | W 73–63 | 17–8 | | |||||||
Feb 28, 1981* | Providence | W 67–58 | 18–8 | Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts | |||||||
ECAC North tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 5, 1981* | vs. Maine Semifinals | W 63–54 | 19–8 | | |||||||
Mar 7, 1981* | at Northeastern Championship game | L 79–81 OT | 19–9 | Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||
NIT tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 12, 1981* | at Southern Miss First round | W 56–54 | 20–9 | | |||||||
Mar 16, 1981* | at Syracuse Second round | L 57–77 | 20–10 | Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |
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