1980–81 Temple Owls men's basketball team

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.

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

1980–81 ECC men's basketball standings

	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

Roster

1980–81 Temple Owls men's basketball team
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

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)	Palestra (7,151) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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.

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