1980–81 Temple Owls men's basketball team

1980–81 Temple Owls men's basketball
1980–81 Temple Owls men's basketball
NIT, Second Round
Conference	East Coast Conference
Record	20–8 (9–2 ECC)
Head coach	Don Casey (8th season);
Home arena	McGonigle Hall
	Seasons ← 1979–80 1981–82 →

1980–81 ECC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
American	11	–	0	1.000	24	–	6	.800
Saint Joseph's †	9	–	2	.818	25	–	8	.758
Temple	9	–	2	.818	20	–	8	.714
La Salle	8	–	3	.727	14	–	13	.519
Drexel	6	–	5	.545	14	–	13	.519
Hofstra	5	–	6	.455	12	–	15	.444
West
Lafayette	8	–	8	.500	15	–	13	.536
Rider	8	–	8	.500	14	–	14	.500
Bucknell	6	–	10	.375	12	–	16	.429
Lehigh	6	–	10	.375	14	–	12	.538
Delaware	3	–	13	.188	6	–	19	.240
West Chester	2	–	14	.125	7	–	20	.259

† 1981 ECC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 1980–81 Temple Owls men's basketball team represented Temple University as a member of the East Coast Conference during the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Roster[edit]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	43	Terence Stansbury	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Newark, Delaware

Head coach

Don Casey

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Dec 1, 1980		at West Chester	W 92–77	1–0 (1–0)	Hollinger Field House
Dec 4, 1980		Lehigh	W 97–62	2–0 (2–0)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 6, 1980		at Delaware	W 61–60	3–0 (3–0)	Delaware Field House
Dec 11, 1980		Point Park	W 105–75	4–0	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 13, 1980*		Cincinnati	W 63–48	5–0	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 21, 1980*		vs. No. 3 UCLA	L 49–73	5–1	Yoyogi National Gymnasium (5,000) Tokyo, Japan
Dec 26, 1980*		vs. Charlotte	L 65–68	5–2
Dec 27, 1980*		vs. Maine	W 70–64	6–2
Jan 6, 1981*		Penn State	W 43–39	7–2	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 9, 1981*		at Fordham	L 59–62	7–3	Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, New York
Jan 14, 1981*		at Penn	L 49–51	7–4	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 17, 1981		at Lafayette	W 56–50	8–4 (4–0)	Hersheypark Arena Hershey, Pennsylvania
Jan 21, 1981*		at South Carolina	W 68–64	9–4
Jan 24, 1981*		at Manhattan	W 59–53	10–4
Jan 28, 1981*		William & Mary	W 80–68	11–4	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 31, 1981*		vs. Villanova	W 71–68	12–4	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 4, 1981		Hofstra	W 80–56	13–4 (5–0)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 7, 1981		Drexel	W 84–63	14–4 (6–0)	McGonigle Hall (1,500) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 9, 1981		at Rider	W 69–61	15–4 (7–0)
Feb 14, 1981		vs. Saint Joseph's	L 58–61	15–5 (7–1)
Feb 16, 1981		Bucknell	W 77–59	16–5 (8–1)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 21, 1981		vs. La Salle	W 84–62	17–5 (9–1)
Feb 25, 1981*		Maine	W 53–51	18–5 (9–1)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 28, 1981		American	L 62–70	18–6 (9–2)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ECC Tournament
Mar 5, 1981*	(3 E)	at (6 E) Hofstra First round	W 68–63 ^OT	19–6
Mar 6, 1981*	(3 E)	at (2 E) Saint Joseph's Quarterfinals	L 55–60	19–7	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NIT Tournament
Mar 12, 1981*		at Clemson First round	W 90–82	20–7	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina
Mar 16, 1981*		at West Virginia Second round	L 76–77 ^OT	20–8	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, West Virginia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=Eastern. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.

Source^[1]

References[edit]

^ "1980-81 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". CBBRef. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 November 2023.

[1] "1980-81 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". CBBRef. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 November 2023.

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v t e Temple Owls men's basketball
Venues	Mitten Hall South Hall Convention Hall (1938–1955) Palestra (1955–1984) McGonigle Hall (1969–1997) Liacouras Center (1997–present)
Rivalries	Saint Joseph's
Culture & lore	City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 (Robert V. Geasey Trophy)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 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 1999–2000 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 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics