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| Date | Opponent | Result/Prediction | Record | Conf | Rating | ||||
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| Nov 29, 1980 | 85 | Ball St. | W | 75-69 | 96% | 1 - 0 | +5.6 | ||
| Dec 01, 1980 | 179 | Murray St. | W | 59-41 | 99% | 2 - 0 | +10.4 | ||
| Dec 06, 1980 | 9 | Kentucky | L | 66-68 | 78% | 2 - 1 | +9.4 | ||
| Dec 09, 1980 | 23 | @ Notre Dame | L | 64-68 | 65% | 2 - 2 | +11.4 | ||
| Dec 12, 1980 | 145 | California | W | 94-58 | 98% | 3 - 2 | +31.4 | ||
| Dec 13, 1980 | 110 | Baylor | W | 83-47 | 97% | 4 - 2 | +33.8 | ||
| Dec 15, 1980 | 144 | Oral Roberts | W | 65-56 | 96% | 5 - 2 | +8.2 | ||
| Dec 20, 1980 | 3 | @ North Carolina | L | 56-65 | 47% | 5 - 3 | +11.3 | ||
| Dec 23, 1980 | 22 | @ Kansas St. | W | 51-44 | 65% | 6 - 3 | +22.4 | ||
| Dec 28, 1980 | 36 | Clemson | L | 57-58 | 84% | 6 - 4 | +7.8 | ||
| Dec 28, 1980 | 67 | @ Rutgers | W | 55-50 | 84% | 7 - 4 | +13.7 | ||
| Dec 30, 1980 | 80 | UT Rio Grande Valley | L | 60-66 | 92% | 7 - 5 | -2.4 | ||
| Jan 08, 1981 | 56 | Michigan St. | W | 55-43 | 93% | 8 - 5 | 1 - 0 | +14.6 | |
| Jan 10, 1981 | 6 | Illinois | W | 78-61 | 77% | 9 - 5 | 2 - 0 | +28.5 | |
| Jan 15, 1981 | 30 | @ Michigan | L | 52-55 OT | 71% | 9 - 6 | 2 - 1 | +10.6 | |
| Jan 18, 1981 | 37 | @ Ohio St. | W | 67-60 | 75% | 10 - 6 | 3 - 1 | +19.3 | |
| Jan 22, 1981 | 7 | Iowa | L | 53-56 | 78% | 10 - 7 | 3 - 2 | +8.5 | |
| Jan 24, 1981 | 126 | @ Northwestern | W | 93-56 | 92% | 11 - 7 | 4 - 2 | +40.8 | |
| Jan 29, 1981 | 16 | @ Minnesota | W | 56-53 OT | 63% | 12 - 7 | 5 - 2 | +19.0 | |
| Jan 31, 1981 | 33 | Purdue | W | 69-61 | 90% | 13 - 7 | 6 - 2 | +13.7 | |
| Feb 05, 1981 | 78 | Wisconsin | W | 89-64 | 95% | 14 - 7 | 7 - 2 | +25.4 | |
| Feb 07, 1981 | 33 | @ Purdue | L | 66-68 | 73% | 14 - 8 | 7 - 3 | +10.9 | |
| Feb 12, 1981 | 126 | Northwestern | W | 86-52 | 97% | 15 - 8 | 8 - 3 | +30.6 | |
| Feb 14, 1981 | 78 | @ Wisconsin | W | 59-52 | 86% | 16 - 8 | 9 - 3 | +14.6 | |
| Feb 19, 1981 | 7 | @ Iowa | L | 65-78 | 53% | 16 - 9 | 9 - 4 | +5.8 | |
| Feb 21, 1981 | 16 | Minnesota | W | 74-63 | 84% | 17 - 9 | 10 - 4 | +19.8 | |
| Feb 26, 1981 | 37 | Ohio St. | W | 74-58 | 90% | 18 - 9 | 11 - 4 | +21.1 | |
| Feb 28, 1981 | 30 | Michigan | W | 98-83 | 89% | 19 - 9 | 12 - 4 | +21.3 | |
| Mar 05, 1981 | 6 | @ Illinois | W | 69-66 | 53% | 20 - 9 | 13 - 4 | +21.8 | |
| Mar 07, 1981 | 56 | @ Michigan St. | W | 69-48 | 82% | 21 - 9 | 14 - 4 | +30.9 | |
| Mar 14, 1981 | 19 | Maryland | W | 99-64 | 76% | 22 - 9 | +47.1 | ||
| Mar 20, 1981 | 24 | UAB | W | 87-72 | 78% | 23 - 9 | +26.3 | ||
| Mar 22, 1981 | 63 | Saint Joseph's | W | 78-46 | 90% | 24 - 9 | +37.5 | ||
| Mar 28, 1981 | 4 | LSU | W | 67-49 | 62% | 25 - 9 | +34.2 | ||
| Mar 30, 1981 | 3 | North Carolina | W | 63-50 | 61% | 26 - 9 | +29.6 | ||
| Projected Record | 26 - 9 | 14 - 4 | |||||||
