1980–81 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1980–81 UCLA Bruins UCLA Logo 1964-1995.jpeg Pacific-10 Pac-10 11 10 20–7 13–5, 3rd Larry Brown 2nd Larry Farmer Keith Glass Kevin O’ Connor Pauley Pavilion NCAA tournament First Round The 1980–81 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Larry Brown was the head coach, and the Bruins started the season ranked 6th in the nation (AP Poll). The Bruins started the season 6–0 and were ranked a season high #3 in the A.P. Poll. The Bruins then lost at #1 ranked DePaul 93–77 on December 27. UCLA's team finished 3rd in the Pac-10 regular season. UCLA participated the NCAA Tournament but were upset by BYU in the first round, finishing 10th in the AP poll. Larry Brown coached his second and final year at UCLA.2012–13 UCLA Men's Basketball Media Guide Starting lineup PositionPlayerClassFMike SandersJr.FDarren DayeSo.CKenny FieldsFr.GMichael HoltonSo.GRod FosterSo. Roster 1980 UCLA Bruins men's y Tony Anderson 45 F 6 4 Jr C Darren Daye y 30 F 6 7 So Des Moines, Iowa Mark Eaton y 35 C 7 2 Jr Inglewood, California Kenny Fields y 54 C 6 7 Fr Iowa City, Iowa Rod Foster y 10 G 6 1 So Birmingham, Alabama Michael Holton y 14 G 6 3 So Seattle, Washington Ralph Jackson basketball y 3 G 6 2 Fr Curtis Knight 11 F 6 4 So Cliff Pruitt 34 F 6 7 So Mike Sanders basketball y 52 F 6 6 Jr Vidalia, Louisiana C Dean Sears 44 F 6 7 Jr http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/B/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20I_1981_110_University%20of%20California,%20Los%20Angeles.pdf Larry Brown (North Carolina) Larry Farmer (UCLA) Keith Glass Kevin O'Connor Schedule yes 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 1980 yes |- !colspan=9 style=UCLA Bruins|Regular Season November 28, 1980 y 6 VMI Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 9,872 99–61 1–0 November 29, 1980 y 6 Notre Dame 10 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 12,321 94–81 2–0 December 6, 1980 y 3 1980 men St. Mary's Gaels St. Mary's Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 10,127 113–70 3–0 December 13, 1980 y 3 1980 men Pepperdine Waves Pepperdine Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 12,273 81–63 4–0 December 15, 1980 y 3 1980 men Evansville Aces Evansville Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 8,637 69–62 5–0 December 21, 1980 y yes 3 Temple Yoyogi National Gymnasium Tokyo, Japan 5,000 73–49 6–0 December 27, 1980 y yes 3 DePaul 1 Alumni Hall Chicago, IL 16,702 77–93Aguirre and DePaul Savor Sweet Revenge After Routing UCLA https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1980/12/28/aguirre-and-depaul-savor-sweet-revenge-after-routing-ucla/088cf8b0-568e-4541-801d-2880d2ad1a92/ The New York Times December 28, 1980 February 13, 2022 6–1 January 3, 1981 7 Washington Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 12,295 96–74 7–1 1–0 January 5, 1981 7 Washington State Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 11,321 87–61 8–1 2–0 January 10, 1981 7 1980 men USC Trojans USC Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 11,825 66–68 8–2 2–1 January 16, 1981 yes 8 Arizona State 12 ASU Activity Center Tempe, AZ 14,384 74–78 3OT 8–3 2–2 January 17, 1981 yes 8 1980 men Arizona Wildcats Arizona McKale Center Tucson, AZ 14,182 79–76 9–3 3–2 January 23, 1981 12 1980 men Stanford Cardinal Stanford Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 12,038 85–58 10–3 4–2 January 24, 1981 12 1980 men California Golden Bears California Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 12,314 75–61 11–3 5–2 January 29, 1981 yes 10 Oregon State 1 Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR 10,000 67–81 11–4 5–3 January 31, 1981 yes 10 1980 men Oregon Ducks Oregon McArthur Court Eugene, OR 10,000 75–69 12–4 6–3 February 6, 1981 yes 12 USC Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA 13,277 76–62 13–4 7–3 February 8, 1981 y yes 12 Notre Dame 9 Athletic & Convocation Center Notre Dame, IN 11,345 51–50 14–4 February 12, 1981 8 1980 men Arizona Wildcats Arizona Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 11,910 90–79 15–4 8–3 February 14, 1981 8 Arizona State 5 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 12,428 64–61 16–4 9–3 February 19, 1981 yes 6 California Harmon Gym Berkeley, CA 6,700 72–66 17–4 10–3 February 21, 1981 yes 6 Stanford Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 6,917 72–74 17–5 10–4 February 27, 1981 13 Oregon Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 12,074 98–75 18–5 11–4 March 1, 1981 13 Oregon State 1 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 12,582 76–82 18–6 11–5 March 5, 1981 yes 13 Washington State Washington State University Performing Arts Coliseum Pullman, WA 8,132 59–50 19–6 12–5 March 7, 1981 yes 13 Washington Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, WA 6,228 91–72 20–6 13–5 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#UCLA Bruins 1;"| NCAA Tournament March 14, 1981 y yes 10 3 E BYU 16 6 E Providence Civic Center Providence, RI Second Round 12,823 55–78B.Y.U. Gains in East, As Does Notre Dame https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/15/sports/byu-gains-in-east-as-does-notre-dame.html The New York Times March 15, 1981 February 25, 2023 20–7 AP Poll Pacific Time SourceSeason by Season Records http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/uclabruins.com/documents/2016/10/17/MBKB_17MG_148_164.pdf#page=11 UCLA Athletics February 13, 2018 December 29, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201229080204/http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/uclabruins.com/documents/2016/10/17/MBKB_17MG_148_164.pdf#page=11 dead Final 1980 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/B/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20I_1981_110_University%20of%20California,%20Los%20Angeles.pdf#page=2 Notes Larry Brown was only at UCLA two years, but made the NCAA Tournament both times. He was 5–2 in NCAA Tournament games while at UCLA. References Category:UCLA Bruins men's basketball seasons Ucla UCLA UCLA Ucla