1980–81 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball independents standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
1980–81 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Independent
1980–81 record	23–6
Head coach	Digger Phelps (10th season);
Captain	Kelly Tripucka
Home arena	Joyce Center

The 1980–81 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Digger Phelps and was ranked in the Associated Press poll for the entirety of the season. As a 2 seed, the Fighting Irish defeated the 10 seed James Madison in the second round, 54–45. Notre Dame would fall to BYU in the 1981 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament.

Roster

1980–81 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
C	53	Tim Andree	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	Farmington, Michigan
F	22	Kevin Hawkins	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Los Angeles, California
F	30	Tracy Jackson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Silver Spring, Maryland
G	25	Marc Kelly	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jr	La Crescenta, California
C	45	Joe Kleine	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Fr	Slater, Missouri
G	15	Mike Mitchell	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	San Bruno, California
G	23	John Paxson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Kettering, Ohio
C	55	Gilbert Salinas	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	San Antonio, Texas
G	33	Tom Sluby	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Washington, DC
F	44	Kelly Tripucka	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Essex Fells, New Jersey
G	24	Stan Wilcox	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	North Babylon, New York
F	32	Orlando Woolridge	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Mansfield, Louisiana

Head coach

Digger Phelps

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
November 29*	No. 23	UCLA	L 81-94 [1]	0-1 [2]	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
December 2	No. 37	Montana State	W 89-68 [2]	1-1	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 4	No. 28	TCU	W 79-63 [2]	2-1	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 6	No. 45	Cal Poly (Pomona)	W 76-50 [2]	3-1	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 9	No. 64	at Indiana	W 68-64[2]	4-1	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 22	No. 34	Valparaiso	W 69-56	5-1[2]	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 27	No. 32	Kentucky[2]	W 67-61	6-1	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
January 4	No. 55	at Davidson	W 87-67	7-1[2]	Johnston Gym Davidson, NC
January 6	No. 41	at Villanova	W 94-65	8-1[2]	Villanova Field House Villanova, Pennsylvania
January 10	No. 47	Marquette	L 52-54	8-2[2]	MECCA Arena Milwaukee, WI
January 13	No. 35	San Francisco	L 63-66	8-3[1]	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, California
January 17	No. 16	Hofstra	W 65-55	9-3[1]	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
January 19	No. 11	Fordham	W 67-61	10-3[1]	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
January 21	No. 8	at San Francisco	W 80-75	11-3[1]	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
January 24	No. 10	at Maryland	W 73-70	12-3[2]	Cole Field House College Park, Maryland
January 27	No. 20	Cornell	W 80-58	13-3[1]	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
January 31	No. 18	at South Carolina	W 94-84	14-3[2]	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 2	No. 13	Saint Mary's	W 94-63	15-3[2]	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 4	No. 9	at La Salle	W 60-59	16-3[2]	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 8	No. 14	at UCLA	L 50-51	16-4	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 10	No. 11	at Boston	W 89-63	17-4[2]	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 14	No. 15	N. C. State	W 71-55	18-4[2]	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
February 16		Fairfield	W 57-55	19-4	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 22	No. 1 [1][2]	Virginia	W 57-56	20-4	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 26	No. 10	Saint Francis	W 87-71 [2]	21-4	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 28	No. 13	at vs. Dayton	W 70-57 [2]	22-4 [2]	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
March 8	No. 2 [1]	at DePaul	L 64-74 [2]	22-5	Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
March 14	No. 13	James Madison NCAA Tournament • Second Round	W 54-45 [2]	23-5	Providence Civic Center Providence, RI
March 19	No. 13	at BYU NCAA Tournament • Sweet Sixteen	L 50-51 [2]	23-6	Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Players selected in NBA drafts

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	6	Orlando Woolridge	Chicago Bulls
1	12	Kelly Tripucka	Detroit Pistons
2	25	Tracy Jackson	Boston Celtics
8	167	Gilbert Salinas	Atlanta Hawks

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References

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/notre-dame/1981-schedule.html
https://und.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1980-81-Box-Scores.pdf
"1980-81 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule". sports-reference.com. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
"Notre Dame draft history at basketball-reference.com". Retrieved July 10, 2019.

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[3] "1980-81 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule". sports-reference.com. Retrieved March 26, 2019.

[4] "Notre Dame draft history at basketball-reference.com". Retrieved July 10, 2019.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
Venues	Notre Dame Fieldhouse (1898–1968) Joyce Center (1968–present)
Rivalries	UCLA
Culture & lore	Notre Dame Leprechaun Crossroads Classic
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
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Helms national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball independents standings
	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