1980–81 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

The 1980–81 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1980–81 college basketball season. The Boilermakers were led by first-year head coach Gene Keady and finished with an overall record of 21–11 (10–8 Big Ten).

1980–81 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
National Invitation Tournament, Third place
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	21–11 (10–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gene Keady (1st season)
Assistant coach	Bruce Weber (1st season)
Home arena	Mackey Arena

1980–81 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 9 Indiana	14	–	4		.778			26	–	9		.743
No. 13 Iowa	13	–	5		.722			21	–	7		.750
No. 19 Illinois	12	–	6		.667			21	–	8		.724
Purdue	10	–	8		.556			21	–	11		.656
Minnesota	9	–	9		.500			19	–	11		.633
Ohio State	9	–	9		.500			14	–	13		.519
Michigan	8	–	10		.444			19	–	11		.633
Michigan State	7	–	11		.389			13	–	14		.481
Wisconsin	5	–	13		.278			11	–	16		.407
Northwestern	3	–	15		.167			9	–	18		.333
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1980–81 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 44 Roosevelt Barnes 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Fort Wayne, Indiana C 35 Ted Benson 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Atlanta, Georgia C 40 Russell Cross 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Chicago, Illinois G 24 Lee Cummings 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Chicago, Illinois G 11 Keith Edmonson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr San Antonio, Texas G 41 Jon Kitchell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Galveston, Indiana G/F 33 Drake Morris 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr East Chicago, Indiana C 41 Jim Rowinski 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr Long Island, New York F 23 Michael Scearce 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Lexington, Kentucky G 32 Kevin Stallings 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Collinsville, Illinois G 20 Brian Walker 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Lebanon, Indiana	Head coach Gene Keady (Kansas State) Assistant coach(es) Bruce Weber (Milwaukee) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
Nov 29, 1980*		Colorado State	W 72–59	1–0	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 1, 1980*		Loyola Marymount	W 104–75	2–0	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 6, 1980*		at Tennessee	L 69–78	2–1	Stokely Athletic Center  Knoxville, Tennessee
Dec 8, 1980*		at Butler	W 82–61	3–1	Hinkle Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, Indiana
Dec 11, 1980*		Oklahoma	W 101–86	4–1	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 13, 1980*		at Providence	W 64–59	5–1	Providence Civic Center  Providence, Rhode Island
Dec 22, 1980*		at Tulsa	L 76–90	5–2	Tulsa Convention Center  Tulsa, Oklahoma
Dec 26, 1980*		vs. Georgia Tech	W 53–45	6–2	Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum  Jacksonville, Florida
Dec 27, 1980*		vs. Florida	W 95–87	7–2	Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum  Jacksonville, Florida
Big Ten Regular Season
Jan 5, 1981		No. 12 Michigan	W 81–74	8–2 (1–0)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 10, 1981		Ohio State	W 75–65	9–2 (2–0)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 15, 1981		at No. 18 Illinois	L 65–87	9–3 (2–1)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, Illinois
Jan 17, 1981*		at Wisconsin	W 71–69	10–3 (3–1)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, Wisconsin
Jan 22, 1981		Northwestern	W 55–50	11–3 (4–1)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 24, 1981		Michigan State	L 68–74	11–4 (4–2)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 29, 1981		at No. 13 Iowa	L 67–84	11–5 (4–3)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, Iowa
Jan 31, 1981		at Indiana	L 61–69	11–6 (4–4)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
Feb 5, 1981		Minnesota	W 74–59	12–6 (5–4)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 7, 1981		No. 17 Indiana	W 68–66	13–6 (6–4)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 12, 1981		at Michigan State	W 63–48	14–6 (7–4)	Jenison Field House  East Lansing, Michigan
Feb 14, 1981		at Minnesota	L 72–92	14–7 (7–5)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Feb 19, 1981		at Northwestern	W 82–69	15–7 (8–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
Feb 21, 1981		No. 12 Iowa	L 62–67	15–8 (8–6)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 26, 1981		Wisconsin	W 72–61	16–8 (9–6)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 28, 1981		No. 14 Illinois	L 70–81	16–9 (9–7)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Mar 5, 1981		at Ohio State	L 92–93	16–10 (9–8)	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Mar 7, 1981		at Michigan	W 67–61	17–10 (10–8)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, Michigan
National Invitation Tournament
Mar 12, 1981*		Rhode Island First Round	W 84–58	18–10	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Mar 16, 1981*		Dayton Second Round	W 50–46	19–10	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Mar 20, 1981*		Duke Quarterfinal	W 81–69	20–10	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Mar 23, 1981*		vs. Syracuse Semifinal	L 63–70	20–11	Madison Square Garden  New York, New York
Mar 25, 1981*		vs. West Virginia Third Place Game	W 75–72 OT	21–11	Madison Square Garden  New York, New York
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.