1980–81 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1980–81 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball

Big Ten Regular Season Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#7
AP	#9
1980–81 record	26–9 (14–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bobby Knight (10th year)
Assistant coach	Jim Crews
Assistant coach	Jene Davis
Assistant coach	Gerry Gimelstob
Captain	Ray Tolbert Glen Grunwald
Home arena	Assembly Hall

1980–81 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#9 Indiana	14	–	4	.778	26	–	9	.743
#13 Iowa	13	–	5	.722	21	–	7	.750
#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)

The 1980–81 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 10th year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 26-9 and a conference record of 14-4, finishing 1st in the Big Ten Conference. As Big Ten Conference Champions, IU was invited to participate in the 1981 NCAA Tournament as a 3-seed; the Hoosiers advanced to the championship game where Bobby Knight and the Hoosiers won their fourth national title.^[1]

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
11	Isiah Thomas	G	6–1	So.	Chicago, Illinois
20	Jim Thomas	G	6–3	So.	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
23	Chuck Franz	G	6–2	So.	Clarksville, Indiana
24	Randy Wittman	G/F	6–6	So.	Indianapolis, Indiana
30	Ted Kitchel	F	6–8	So.	Galveston, Indiana
31	Tony Brown	G	6–2	So.	Chicago, Illinois
32	Landon Turner	F/C	6–10	Jr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
33	Eric Kirchner	F	6–8	Sr.	Edelstein, Illinois
34	Steve Risley	F	6–8	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
40	Glen Grunwald	F	6–9	Sr.	Franklin Park, Illinois
42	Craig Bardo	G	6–5	Fr.	Carbondale, Illinois
43	Mike LaFave	F	6–9	Fr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
44	Phil Isenbarger	F	6–8	Sr.	Muncie, Indiana
45	Ray Tolbert	F/C	6–9	Sr.	Anderson, Indiana
54	Steve Bouchie	F	6–8	So.	Washington, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular Season

11/29/1980*	#5	Ball State	W 75-69	1-0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/1/1980*	#5	Murray State	W 59-41	2-0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/6/1980*	#5	#2 Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	L 66-68	2-1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/9/1980*	#7	at #9 Notre Dame	L 64-68	2-2	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
12/12/1980*	#7	California Indiana Classic	W 94-58	3-2	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/13/1980*	#7	Baylor Indiana Classic	W 83-47	4-2	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/15/1980*	#7	vs. Oral Roberts	W 65-56	5-2	Market Square Arena Indianapolis, IN
12/20/1980*	#11	at #8 North Carolina	L 56-65	5-3	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
12/23/1980*	#15	at Kansas State	W 51-44	6-3	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
12/28/1980*	#15	vs. Rutgers Rainbow Classic Quarterfinals	W 55-50	7-3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI
12/29/1980*	#15	vs. Clemson Rainbow Classic Semifinals	L 57-58	7-4	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI
12/30/1980*	#15	vs. Texas-Pan American Rainbow Classic Consolation Round	L 60-66	7-5	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI
1/8/1981		Michigan State	W 55-43	8-5 (1-0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/10/1981		#12 Illinois Rivalry	W 78-61	9-5 (2-0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/15/1981		at #9 Michigan	L 52-55	9-6 (2-1)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
1/18/1981		at Ohio State	W 67-60	10-6 (3-1)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
1/22/1981		#14 Iowa	L 53-56	10-7 (3-2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/24/1981		at Northwestern	W 93-56	11-7 (4-2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
1/29/1981		at #19 Minnesota	W 56-53	12-7 (5-2)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
1/31/1981		Purdue Rivalry	W 69-61	13-7 (6-2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/5/1981	#17	Wisconsin	W 89-64	14-7 (7-2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/7/1981	#17	at Purdue Rivalry	L 66-68	14-8 (7-3)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
2/12/1981		Northwestern	W 86-52	15-8 (8-3)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/14/1981	#20	at Wisconsin	W 59-52	16-8 (9-3)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
2/19/1981	#16	at #12 Iowa	L 65-78	16-9 (9-4)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/21/1981	#16	Minnesota	W 74-63	17-9 (10-4)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/26/1981	#16	Ohio State	W 74-58	18-9 (11-4)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/28/1981	#16	Michigan	W 98-83	19-9 (12-4)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
3/5/1981	#14	at #16 Illinois Rivalry	W 69-66	20-9 (13-4)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
3/7/1981	#14	at Michigan State	W 69-48	21-9 (14-4)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
NCAA Tournament
3/14/1981*	#9 (3)	vs. #18 (6) Maryland Second Round	W 99-64	22-9 (14-4)	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, OH
3/20/1981*	#9 (3)	#(7) UAB Sweet Sixteen	W 87-72	23-9 (14-4)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
3/22/1981*	#9 (3)	#(9) St. Joseph's (Pa.) Elite Eight	W 78-46	24-9 (14-4)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
3/28/1981*	#9 (3)	#4 (1) LSU Final Four	W 67-49	25-9 (14-4)	The Spectrum Philadelphia, PA
3/30/1981*	#9 (3)	#6 (2) North Carolina Championship	W 63-50	26-9 (14-4)	The Spectrum Philadelphia, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Bob Knight, Big Ten Coach of the Year
Isiah Thomas, NCAA Men's MOP Award^[2]
Ray Tolbert, Big Ten Player of the Year

Team players drafted into the NBA

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1981	1	2	Isiah Thomas	Detroit Pistons
1981	1	18	Ray Tolbert	New Jersey Nets
1981	5	115	Glen Grunwald	Boston Celtics
1981	8	180	Steve Risley	Phoenix Suns
1982	10	225	Landon Turner	Boston Celtics
1983	1	22	Randy Wittman	Washington Bullets
1983	2	40	Jim Thomas	Indiana Pacers
1983	2	41	Ted Kitchel	Milwaukee Bucks
1983	4	78	Steve Bouchie	Detroit Pistons
1983	7	141	Tony Brown	Indiana Pacers

^[3]

Notes

This was guard Isiah Thomas' sophomore season. Fresh off a national championship and the 1981 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament MVP, Thomas declared early for the 1981 NBA Draft and was selected #2 overall by the Detroit Pistons.
On July 25, 1981, forward Landon Turner was injured in a car crash and suffered a fractured spine and paralysis in both legs.^[4]

References

↑ "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
↑ "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
↑ http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1981
↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/26/sports/turner-indiana-u-star-seriously-hurt-in-crash.html

Indiana Hoosiers Men's Basketball 1980–81 NCAA Champions

11 Isiah Thomas (MOP) 20 Jim Thomas 24 Randy Wittman 30 Ted Kitchel 31 Tony Brown 32 Landon Turner 40 Glen Grunwald 45 Ray Tolbert Head Coach Bob Knight Assistant Coaches Jim Crews Gerry Gimelstob

Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball

Venues	Old Assembly Hall (1900–1917) Men's Gymnasium (1917–1928) The Fieldhouse (1928–1960) New Fieldhouse (1960–1971) Assembly Hall (1971–present) Cook Hall (Practice)

Rivalries	Illinois Kentucky Purdue

Culture & lore	History Traditions Crossroads Classic A Season on the Brink (film) Crimson Guard "Indiana, Our Indiana" 2011 Kentucky upset

People	Head coaches NBA draftees

Seasons	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

NCAA Division I Men's Basketball champions

1939: Oregon
1940: Indiana
1941: Wisconsin
1942: Stanford
1943: Wyoming
1944: Utah
1945: Oklahoma A&M
1946: Oklahoma A&M
1947: Holy Cross
1948: Kentucky
1949: Kentucky
1950: CCNY
1951: Kentucky
1952: Kansas
1953: Indiana
1954: La Salle
1955: San Francisco
1956: San Francisco
1957: North Carolina
1958: Kentucky
1959: California
1960: Ohio State
1961: Cincinnati
1962: Cincinnati
1963: Loyola (IL)
1964: UCLA
1965: UCLA
1966: Texas Western
1967: UCLA
1968: UCLA
1969: UCLA
1970: UCLA
1971: UCLA
1972: UCLA
1973: UCLA
1974: NC State
1975: UCLA
1976: Indiana
1977: Marquette
1978: Kentucky
1979: Michigan State
1980: Louisville
1981: Indiana
1982: North Carolina
1983: NC State
1984: Georgetown
1985: Villanova
1986: Louisville
1987: Indiana
1988: Kansas
1989: Michigan
1990: UNLV
1991: Duke
1992: Duke
1993: North Carolina
1994: Arkansas
1995: UCLA
1996: Kentucky
1997: Arizona
1998: Kentucky
1999: Connecticut
2000: Michigan State
2001: Duke
2002: Maryland
2003: Syracuse
2004: Connecticut
2005: North Carolina
2006: Florida
2007: Florida
2008: Kansas
2009: North Carolina
2010: Duke
2011: Connecticut
2012: Kentucky
2013: Louisville
2014: Connecticut
2015: Duke

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