1980–81 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1980–81 Virginia Cavaliers Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 3 5 29–5 13–1 Terry Holland 7th Jim Larranaga 2nd Craig Littlepage 5th University Hall ACC regular season champions NCAA tournament Final Four thumb | 220x124px | right | Scanned from the March 16, 1981 issue of The Cincinnati Enquirer The 1980–81 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented University of Virginia and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Roster 1980 Virginia Cavaliers y Dean Carpenter 12 FC 6 9 206 JR Metairie, Louisiana Louis Collins 5 G 6 5 205 SR Richmond, Virginia Darren Cross 21 G 6 4 181 SO Queens, New York Terry Gates 44 F 6 8 219 SR Ridgewood, New Jersey Jeff Jones y basketball 24 G 6 4 190 JR Owensboro, Kentucky Jeff Klein 23 G 6 5 185 SR Akron, Ohio Jeff Lamp y 3 G 6 6 200 SR Prior Lake, Minnesota C Lewis Lattimore 55 FC 6 9 217 SR Dayton, Ohio Peter MacBeth 42 F 6 8 230 SO yes Marietta, Georgia Doug Newburg 32 G 6 2 185 SO McLean, Virginia Lee Raker 25 F 6 5 201 SR Louisville, Kentucky C Craig Robinson 10 F 6 8 195 SO Montclair, New Jersey Ralph Sampson y 50 C 7 4 221 SO Harrisonburg, Virginia Ricky Stokes y 14 G 5 10 155 FR Richmond, Virginia Othell Wilson y 11 G 6 0 190 FR Woodbridge, Virginia Terry Holland (Davidson) Craig Littlepage (Penn) Jim Larrañaga (Providence) 14 December 2014 SourceRon Morris ACC Basketball: An Illustrated History Chapel Hill, North Carolina Four Corners Press 305 1988NCAA 1981 NCAA Final Four program March 1981 Schedule no no yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00214e; color:#f56d22;"| Regular season Nov. 28 yes 8 Bucknell University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 64–45 9,000 1–0 Nov. 29 yes 8 VCU University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 77–62 9,000 2–0 Dec. 3 yes 7 Randolph–Macon University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 83–52 9,000 3–0 Dec. 6 yes yes 7 William & Mary William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, Virginia 88–68 9,000 4–0 Dec. 12 yes 6 Duke Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina 91–79 9,000 5–0 1–0 Dec. 22 yes 5 Baltimore University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 103–62 9,000 6–0 Dec. 30 yes yes 3 James Madison Godwin Hall Harrisonburg, Virginia 53–52 10,000 7–0 Jan. 3 yes yes 3 Virginia Tech Roanoke Civic Center Roanoke, Virginia 64–51 8,564 8–0 Jan. 5 yes yes 3 Delaware Delaware Field House Newark, Delaware 88–69 9,000 9–0 Jan. 7 3 NC State University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 63–55 5,100 10–0 2–0 Jan. 10 3 North Carolina 16 University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 63–57 10,056 11–0 3–0 Jan. 14 yes 2 Maryland 10 Cole Field House College Park, Maryland 66–64 14,500 12–0 4–0 Jan. 17 yes 2 Georgia Tech Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta 85–48 6,591 13–0 5–0 Jan. 19 yes 2 Clemson 19 Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina 74–59 12,500 14–0 6–0 Jan. 21 yes 2 George Washington University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 86–56 9,000 15–0 Jan. 25 yes 2 Ohio State University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 89–73 9,000 16–0 Jan. 28 1 Wake Forest 6 University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 83–73 9,000 17–0 7–0 Jan. 31 1 Duke University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 68–47 9,000 18–0 8–0 Feb. 3 yes 1 North Carolina 11 Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, North Carolina 80–79 OT 10,000 19–0 9–0 Feb. 5 yes yes 1 Wagner Madison Square Garden New York City 76–69 11,997 20–0 Feb. 11 yes 1 NC State Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina 51–46 12,400 21–0 10–0 Feb. 14 1 Clemson University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 73–58 9,000 22–0 11–0 Feb. 16 1 Georgia Tech University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 83–42 9,000 23–0 12–0 Feb. 22 yes yes 1 Notre Dame 11 Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, Illinois 56–57 16,546 23–1 Feb. 25 yes 3 Wake Forest 12 Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina 66–73 OT 8,200 23–2 12–1 Feb. 28 3 Maryland 17 University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 74–63 9,000 24–2 13–1 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00214e; color:#f56d22;"| ACC Tournament Mar. 5 yes 4 1 Georgia Tech 8 Capital Centre Landover, Maryland ACC Quarterfinals 76–47 19,035 25–2 Mar. 6 yes 4 1 Maryland 20 4 Capital Centre Landover, Maryland ACC Semifinals 62–85 19,035 25–3 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00214e; color:#f56d22;"| NCAA Tournament Mar. 15 yes yes 5 1 E Villanova 9 E Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina Second round 54–50Virginia Defeats Villanova, Will Face Tennessee https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1981/03/16/virginia-defeats-villanova-will-face-tennessee/852fe9b2-4104-4d29-9460-3294af1b1cb4/ The Washington Post March 16, 1981 February 24, 2023   26–3 Mar. 19 yes yes 5 1 E Tennessee 15 4 E Omni Coliseum Atlanta Sweet Sixteen 62–48Virginia Routs Tennessee https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1981/03/20/virginia-routs-tennessee/3d7f3cc1-09f4-405c-a41e-762fd16abee5/ The Washington Post March 20, 1981 February 24, 2023   27–3 Mar. 21 yes yes 5 1 E BYU 16 6 E Omni Coliseum Atlanta Elite Eight 74–60Virginia and North Carolina Reach N.C.A.A Final Four https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/22/sports/virginia-and-north-carolina-reach-ncaa-final-four-cavaliers-down-byu-74-60.html The New York Times March 22, 1981 February 25, 2023 15,461 28–3 Mar. 28 yes 5 1 E North Carolina 6 2 W The Spectrum Philadelphia National Semifinal 65–78 18,276 28–4 Mar. 30 6:00 p.m. yes yes 5 1 E LSU 4 1 MW The Spectrum Philadelphia Third-place game 78–74 18,276 29–4 AP poll Eastern time Source: All-Time Results http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/va-m-baskbl-record-sched.html VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site 18 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141006112556/http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/va-m-baskbl-record-sched.html 2014-10-06 dead 1982-83 Box Scores http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/va/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/1982-box-scores.pdf VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site 1 January 2015 2 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150102021715/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/va/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/1982-box-scores.pdf dead Awards and honors Ralph Sampson, Adolph Rupp Trophyhttp://www.ruppawards.com/index_files/Page356.htm About Us 2009-04-17 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090107024610/http://www.ruppawards.com/index_files/Page356.htm 2009-01-07 Ralph Sampson, AP Player of the Year Ralph Sampson, Naismith College Player of the Yearhttp://www.naismithawards.com/History/NaismithTrophy/tabid/58/Default.aspx Naismith Awards - Naismith Trophy 2009-03-13 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090302160347/http://www.naismithawards.com/History/NaismithTrophy/tabid/58/Default.aspx 2009-03-02 Ralph Sampson, USBWA College Player of the Yearhttp://www.oscarrobertsontrophy.org/content/view/14/17/ The Oscar Robertson Trophy - Past Oscar Robertson Trophy Winners 2008-06-11 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080611112656/http://www.oscarrobertsontrophy.org/content/view/14/17/ 2008-06-11 Ralph Sampson, UPI Player of the Year Ralph Sampson, Consensus 1st Team All-American Ralph Sampson, ACC Player of the Year Ralph Sampson, 1st Team All-ACC Jeff Lamp, Consensus 2nd Team All-American Jeff Lamp, 1st Team All-ACC NBA draft Year Round Pick Player NBA club 1981 1 15 Jeff Lamp Portland Trail Blazers 1981 4 77 Lee Raker San Diego Clippers 1981 7 159 Lewis Latimore Milwaukee Bucks 1982 4 77 Jeff Jones Indiana Pacers 1983 1 1 Ralph Sampson Houston Rockets 1983 3 68 Craig Robinson Boston Celtics 1984 2 35 Othell Wilson Golden State Warriors Source:http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1981 1981 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com 2012-11-05 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20121103194520/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1981&lg=N 2012-11-03 References Category:Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball seasons Virginia Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons Virginia Virgin Virgin