1980–81 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1980–81 UC Irvine Anteaters Pacific Coast Athletic Association PCAA 17–10 9–5 Bill Mulligan 1st Bob Shermerhorn Crawford Hall KOA tournament champions The 1980–81 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by first year head coach Bill Mulligan and played their home games at the Crawford Hall. They were members of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. They finished the season 17–10 and 9–5 in PCAA play. Previous season The 1979–80 Anteaters finished the season with a record of 9–18 and 1–13 in PCAA play. They anteaters were invited to the PCAA tournament where they lost in the first round against the 1979 men Long Beach State 49ers Long Beach State 49ers. Coach Tim Tift announced his resignation as coach of the anteaters with 6 games remaining in the season.Weyler John 1980-02-09 UCI's Tim Tift Steps Down as Cage Coach: 13-Year Veteran at Irvine Cites 'the Best Interest of My Family' TIM TIFT QUITS Los Angeles Times Irvine, CA Saddleback College coach Bill Mulligan was announced as the new coach on March 1.Weyler John 1980-02-09 BILL MULLIGAN IS THE NEW COACH AT IRVINE--SO FAR: MULLIGAN NAMED IRVINE COACH Los Angeles Times Irvine, CA Off-season Incoming transfers Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Ray Donnelly F 6'6" N/A Jr. N/A Transfer from Arizona Kevin Fuller G 6'3" N/A Jr. N/A Junior College transfer from Long Beach City College(CA)Weyler John 1980-04-15 UCI's Mulligan on a Hot Streak Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, CA Leonard Johnson G 6'3" N/A Jr. N/A Transfer from Utah Kevin Magee F 6'8" N/A Jr. Gary, Indiana Junior college transfer from Saddleback College(CA)Weyler John 1980-07-15 Bill Mulligan Rates a '10' for His Recruiting Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, CA Grant Taylor F 6'8" N/A Jr. N/A Junior College transfer from Cypress College(CA) Randy Whieldon G 6'4" N/A Jr. N/A Junior College transfer from Saddleback College(CA) Jason Works G 5'10" N/A Jr. N/A Junior College transfer from Los Angeles City CollegeWeyler John 1980-06-19 Mulligan's Still in the Hunt Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, CA 1980 recruiting class Source: no yes 1980 Ben McDonald F N/A Long Beach Poly (CA) 6 8 Curtis Crossley F N/A Eastridge High School (IL) 6 7 Roster 1980 UC Irvine Anteaters men's y Don Barnes F 6 7 SO Robbie Beal G 6 3 JR Louis Bremond G 6 0 JR Kevin Fuller G 6 3 JR Scott Hartman F 6 8 JR Kevin Magee basketball y F 6 8 JR Gary, Indiana Ben McDonald basketball y F 6 8 FR Torrance, California Grant Taylor F 6 8 JR Randy Whieldon G 6 4 JR Jason Works G 5 10 JR Rainer Wulf F 6 6 JR http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/B/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20I_1981_109_University%20of%20California,%20Irvine.pdf July 24, 2017 Bill Mulligan Bob Shermerhorn Schedule yes 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 1981 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002244; color:#FFDE6C;"| Non-Conference Season November 28, 1980 yes VMI Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,348 125–96 1–0 December 6, 1980 yes yes 1980 men UNLV Rebels UNLV Las Vegas Convention Center Winchester, NV 6.380 95–124 1–1 December 11, 1980 yes 1980 men UIC Flames Chicago Circle Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,294 98–61 2–1 December 13, 1980 yes yes 1980 men Stanford Cardinal Stanford Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 2,393 84–98 2–2 December 15, 1980 yes 1980 men Western Washington Vikings Western Washington Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 831 110–82 3–2 December 19, 1980 yes yes San Francisco War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA Golden Gate Invitational 3,695 83–93 3–3 December 20, 1980 yes yes 1980 men Miami RedHawks Miami(OH) War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA Golden Gate Invitational 4,295 99–109 3–4 December 22, 1980 yes 1980 men UMKC Kangaroos UMKC Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 924 110–71 4–4 December 29, 1980 yes yes 1980 men Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M 11 MetraPark Arena Billings, MT KOA Classic 5,625 91–74 5–4 December 30, 1980 yes yes 1980 men Montana Grizzlies Montana MetraPark Arena Billings, MT KOA Classic 4,673 65–63 OT 6–4 January 3, 1981 yes 1980 men Portland State Vikings Portland State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,543 90–64 7–4 January 10, 1981 yes 1980 men San Diego Toreros San Diego Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,611 108–62 8–4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002244; color:#FFDE6C;"| Conference Season January 15, 1981 1980 men Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Fullerton Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,676 99–84 9–4 1–0 January 17, 1981 1980 men UC Santa Barbara Gauchos UC Santa Barbara Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,608 65–56 10–4 2–0 January 22, 1981 yes 1980 men Pacific Tigers Pacific Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium Stockton, CA 3,059 88–72 11–4 3–0 January 24, 1981 yes Fresno State Selland Arena Fresno, CA 6,530 51–64 11–5 3–1 January 29, 1981 yes 1980 men Long Beach State 49ers Long Beach State Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA 6,147 59–70 11–6 3–2 January 31, 1981 Long Beach State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,719 78–82 11–7 3–3 February 5, 1981 1980 men San Jose State Spartans San Jose State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,421 90–78 12–7 4–3 February 7, 1981 1980 men Utah State Aggies Utah State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,557 117–110 2OT 13–7 5–3 February 12, 1981 yes Utah State Smith Spectrum Logan, UT 6,477 101–99 14–7 6–3 February 14, 1981 yes San Jose State Spartan Gym San Jose, CA 2,412 50–49 15–7 7–3 February 19, 1981 Fresno State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,663 55–70 15–8 7–4 February 21, 1981 Pacific Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,472 90–82 16–8 8–4 February 26, 1981 yes UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Barbara Events Center Santa Barbara, CA 2,274 66–67 16–9 8–5 February 28, 1981 yes Cal State Fullerton Titan Gym Fullerton, CA 2,912 75–69 17–9 9–5 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002244; color:#FFDE6C;"| PCAA tournament March 5, 1981 yes Utah State Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA Quarterfinals 6,269 90–93 17–10 AP Poll Pacific Time Sourcehttps://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ucirvine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/6/6/All_TImeUCIrvineRecords.pdf UC Irvine Men's Basketball Record Book UC Irvine Athletics UC Irvine Sports July 22, 2017 January 22, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230122075118/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ucirvine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/6/6/All_TImeUCIrvineRecords.pdf dead http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/B/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20I_1981_109_University%20of%20California,%20Irvine.pdf Final 1981 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report NCAA July 22, 2017 Awards and honors Kevin Magee AP First Team All-Americanhttps://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_america.html NCAA College Basketball AP All-American Teams Basketball Reference July 24, 2017 PCAA Player of the Yearhttp://www.bigwest.org/sports/mbball/info/records12.pdf Big West Conference men's basketball record book Big West Conference bigwest.org July 24, 2017 October 7, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131007030909/http://www.bigwest.org/sports/mbball/info/records12.pdf dead PCAA First Team All-Conference Ben McDonald PCAA Freshman of the Year PCAA All-Freshman Team References Category:UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball seasons Category:1980s in Orange County, California Uc Irvine UC Irvine Anteaters UC Irvine Anteaters