1980–81 Marquette Warriors men's basketball team

1980–81 Marquette Warriors men's basketball
1980–81 Marquette Warriors men's basketball
NIT, First Round L 81–88 vs. Syracuse
Conference	Independent
Record	20–11
Head coach	Hank Raymonds (4th season);
Home arena	MECCA Arena
	Seasons ← 1979–80 1981–82 →

1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball independents standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 DePaul		–		–	27	–	2	.931
No. 7 Notre Dame		–		–	23	–	6	.793
Southern Mississippi		–		–	20	–	7	.741
Cleveland State		–		–	18	–	9	.667
Stetson		–		–	18	–	9	.667
Tennessee State		–		–	17	–	9	.654
Marquette		–		–	20	–	11	.645
Penn State		–		–	17	–	10	.630
South Carolina		–		–	17	–	10	.630
Dayton		–		–	18	–	11	.621
Pan American		–		–	18	–	11	.621
Illinois State		–		–	16	–	11	.593
UNLV		–		–	16	–	12	.571
North Texas State		–		–	15	–	12	.556
Southeastern Louisiana		–		–	14	–	13	.519
UNC Wilmington		–		–	13	–	13	.500
New Orleans		–		–	13	–	14	.481
East Carolina		–		–	12	–	14	.462
Valparaiso		–		–	12	–	15	.444
Campbell		–		–	11	–	16	.407
Charleston Southern		–		–	8	–	19	.296
Northern Iowa		–		–	8	–	19	.296
Portland State		–		–	7	–	20	.259
Nicholls State		–		–	6	–	22	.214

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980–81 Marquette Warriors men's basketball team represented Marquette University during the 1980–81 men's college basketball season. The Warriors finished the regular season with a record of 19–11.

Roster[edit]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	10	Tony Davis	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	RS Sr	Argo, Illinois
G	21	Artie Green	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Bronx, New York
G	22	Larry Hatchett	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	RS Sr	Aurora, Illinois
F	0	Oliver Lee	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	DeLand, Florida
F	52	Marc Marotta	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
C	45	Dean Marquardt	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
C	34	Brian Nyenhuis	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Jr	Oostburg, Wisconsin
G	31	Doc Rivers	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Maywood, Illinois
F	33	Terrell Schlundt	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Antigo, Wisconsin
F	30	Greg Shimon	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Jr	Brookfield, Wisconsin
F	42	Don Smolinski	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Menasha, Wisconsin
G	23	Mike Wilson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Memphis, Tennessee

Head coach

Hank Raymonds

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1	Charleston	W 106–58	1–0	MECCA Arena (11,052) Milwaukee, WI
December 6	Stanford	W 69–58	2–0	MECCA Arena (11,052) Milwaukee, WI
December 13	Illinois	L 68–69	2–1	MECCA Arena (11,052) Milwaukee, WI
December 17	at Minnesota	W 92–68	3–1	Williams Arena (16,715) Minneapolis, MN
December 19	Cal State Bakersfield Milwaukee Classic	W 95–60	4–1	MECCA Arena (10,034) Milwaukee, WI
December 20	Clemson Milwaukee Classic	W 68–67	5–1	MECCA Arena (10,599) Milwaukee, WI
December 23	Western Michigan	W 79–74	6–1	MECCA Arena (10,215) Milwaukee, WI
December 27*	vs. Pan American	L 70–71	6–2	Neal S. Blaisdell Center (6,520) Honolulu, Hawaii
December 28*	vs. Loyola Marymount	W 91–80	7–2	Neal S. Blaisdell Center (1,155) Honolulu, Hawaii
December 29*	vs. Louisiana Tech	W 80–66	8–2	Neal S. Blaisdell Center (1,238) Honolulu, Hawaii
January 7	Southern Mississippi	L 72–84	8–3	MECCA Arena (10,552) Milwaukee, WI
January 10	Notre Dame	W 54–52	9–3	MECCA Arena (11,052) Milwaukee, WI
January 13	Memphis	W 86–67	10–3	MECCA Arena (10,852) Milwaukee, WI
January 15	at Creighton	W 76–66	11–3	Omaha Civic Auditorium (8,908) Omaha, Nebraska
January 17	South Carolina	L 89–91	11–4	MECCA Arena (11,052) Milwaukee, WI
January 24	at Dayton	L 73–85	11–5	UD Arena (13,108) Dayton, OH
January 26	at Xavier	W 78–58	12–5	Riverfront Coliseum (4,109) Cincinnati, OH
January 29	at Cleveland State	W 58–54	13–5	Woodling Gym (7,441) Cleveland, OH
January 31	at Wake Forest	L 60–83	13–6	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum (8,400) Winston-Salem, NC
February 5	at St. Bonaventure	W 75–65	14–6	Reilly Center (4,150) St. Bonaventure, NY
February 7	Detroit	W 65–42	15–6	MECCA Arena (11,052) Milwaukee, WI
February 10	Xavier	W 78–62	16–6	MECCA Arena (10,106) Milwaukee, WI
February 14	Louisville	L 60–79	16–7	MECCA Arena (11,052) Milwaukee, WI
February 17	at Charlotte	L 58–61	16–8	Bojangles' Coliseum (3,517) Charlotte, NC
February 21	at DePaul	L 71–78	16–9	Allstate Arena (17,013) Rosemont, Illinois
February 24	Loyola	W 63–62	17–9	MECCA Arena (11,052) Milwaukee, WI
February 26	Valparaiso	W 73–58	18–9	MECCA Arena (11,052) Milwaukee, WI
March 1	at Florida State	L 78–81	18–10	Tully Gymnasium (1,512) Tallahassee, Florida
March 4	Stetson	W 91–58	19–10	MECCA Arena (11,052) Milwaukee, WI
March 10	at Wisconsin	W 64–53	20–10	Wisconsin Field House (12,204) Madison, WI
March 13	at Syracuse NIT First round	L 81–88	20–11	Carrier Dome (20,123) Syracuse, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

^[1]^[2]

^[3]

Team players drafted into the NBA[edit]

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
4	84	Oliver Lee	Chicago Bulls

External links[edit]

MUScoop's MUWiki

References[edit]

^ "1980–81 Marquette Warriors Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
^ 2008-09 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball media guide. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2013-Oct-21.
^ "1980–81 Marquette Warriors men's basketball stats" (PDF). NCAA Career Statistics.

[1] "1980–81 Marquette Warriors Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved March 1, 2019.

[2] 2008-09 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball media guide. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2013-Oct-21.

[3] "1980–81 Marquette Warriors men's basketball stats" (PDF). NCAA Career Statistics.

[1]

[2]

[3]

v t e Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball
Venues	Marquette Gymnasium (1922–1974) Milwaukee Arena (1974–1988) Bradley Center (1988–2018) Fiserv Forum (2018–present) Al McGuire Center (practice)
Rivalries	Wisconsin
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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 1999–2000 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 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics