1980–81 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 April 2022 1980–81 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Basketball Eastern Athletic Association EAA 16–14 7–6 Tom Young 8th Louis Brown Athletic Center The 1980–81 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team represented Rutgers University in 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Schedule November 29 yes American 75–62 1–0 Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ December 2 yes Princeton 57–47 2–0 Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ December 5 yes Columbia 78–63 3–0 Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ December 6 yes Saint Peter's 56–51 4–0 Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ December 9 yes St. Bonaventure 67–77 4–1 0–1 Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY December 13 yes yes St. John's 70–71 4–2 0–1 Alumni Hall Queens, NY December 20 yes Penn State 76–78 4–3 0–1 Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ December 22 yes yes 6 North Carolina 64–71 4–4 0–1 Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC December 27 yes yes 15 Indiana 50–55 4–5 0–1 Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii December 28 yes yes Louisiana Tech 47–51 4–6 0–1 Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii December 29 yes yes Loyola Marymount 91–54 5–6 0–1 Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii January 8 UMass 92–58 6–6 1–1 Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ January 10 yes Pittsburgh 69–55 7–6 2–1 Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania January 14 George Washington 81–68 8–6 3–1 Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ January 17 St. Bonaventure 58–64 8–7 3–2 Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ January 20 yes Duquesne 60–62 8–8 3–3 Civic Arena Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania January 22 yes Fordham 77–63 9–8 3–3 Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ January 27 yes Duke 51–53 9–9 3–3 Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ January 31 Rhode Island 49–56 9–10 3–4 Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ February 3 yes yes Manhattan 90–57 10–10 3–4 Draddy Gymnasium The Bronx, NY February 5 West Virginia 73–71 11–10 4–4 Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ February 7 yes George Washington 76–71 12–10 5–4 Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D. C. February 10 yes UMass 74–53 13–10 6–4 Curry Hicks Cage Amherst, Massachusetts February 14 yes West Virginia 67–73 13–11 6–5 WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV February 16 yes Long Island 90–72 14–11 6–5 Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ February 19 yes yes Seton Hall 56–65 14–12 6–5 Madison Square Garden New York, NY February 21 yes Fairfield 87–57 15–12 6–5 Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ February 25 Duquesne 68–69 15–13 6–6 Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ February 28 Pittsburgh 61–60 16–13 7–6 Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ |- !colspan=12 style=Rutgers Scarlet Knights|Eastern 8 tournament March 5 yes Pittsburgh 62–67 16–14 7–6 Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/rutgers/1981-schedule.html 1980–81 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com References Rutgers Category:Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball seasons Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball