1980β81 Chattanooga Mocs basketball | |
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SoCon regular season and
tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, First round | |
Conference | Southern Conference |
South | |
Record | 21β9 (11β5 SoCon) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Maclellan Gymnasium |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga β | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 21 | – | 9 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Davidson | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appalachian State | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 4 | – | 23 | .148 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 9 | – | 17 | .346 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1981 SoCon Tournament winner As of April 30, 1981 Rankings from AP poll |
The 1980β81 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1980β81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Murray Arnold and the team played their home games at Maclellan Gymnasium. The Mocs won the regular season and SoCon tournament titles, the latter earning the Mocs an automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA tournament. Participating in the Big Dance for the first time in program history, Chattanooga fell to No. 6 seed Maryland in the opening round. [1]
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Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 29, 1980* |
Maryville | W 82β53 | 1β0 |
Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 1, 1980* |
at Middle Tennessee | L 67β73 | 1β1 |
Murphy Center Murfreesboro, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 6, 1980 |
VMI | W 63β53 | 2β1 (1β0) |
Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 13, 1980* |
Tennessee Temple | W 101β78 | 3β1 |
Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 15, 1980* |
Tennessee State | W 83β62 | 4β1 |
Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 17, 1980 |
at Davidson | L 84β93 | 4β2 (1β1) |
Johnston Gym Davidson, North Carolina | |||||||
Dec 19, 1980* |
vs. Georgia | L 68β77 | 4β3 |
Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia | |||||||
Dec 20, 1980* |
vs. Missouri | L 62β64 | 4β4 |
Omni Coliseum (4,075) Atlanta, Georgia | |||||||
Dec 29, 1980* |
Georgia Southern | W 75β57 | 5β4 |
Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 30, 1980* |
Mercer | W 60β58 OT | 6β4 |
Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 2, 1981 |
Furman | W 81β72 | 7β4 (2β1) |
Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 5, 1981 |
The Citadel | W 65β64 | 8β4 (3β1) |
Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 10, 1981 |
Appalachian State | W 86β58 | 9β4 (4β1) |
Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 12, 1981 |
Marshall | W 95β79 | 10β4 (5β1) |
Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 14, 1981* |
at Tennessee State | W 71β58 | 11β4 |
Gentry Complex Nashville, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 19, 1981 |
at The Citadel | W 85β76 | 12β4 (6β1) |
McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina | |||||||
Jan 24, 1981 |
at Furman | L 90β96 | 12β5 (6β2) |
Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, South Carolina | |||||||
Jan 27, 1981 |
at Western Carolina | L 70β76 | 12β6 (6β3) |
Reid Gymnasium Cullowhee, North Carolina | |||||||
Jan 31, 1981 |
East Tennessee State | L 75β77 | 12β7 (6β4) |
Memorial Center Johnson City, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 2, 1981 |
at Appalachian State | W 61β56 | 13β7 (7β4) |
Varsity Gymnasium Boone, North Carolina | |||||||
Feb 7, 1981 |
Davidson | W 99β75 | 14β7 (8β4) |
Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 9, 1981 |
East Tennessee State | L 81β88 | 14β8 (8β5) |
Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 12, 1981 |
Western Carolina | W 90β74 | 15β8 (9β5) |
Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 14, 1981 |
at Marshall | W 89β77 | 16β8 (10β5) |
Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse Huntington, West Virginia | |||||||
Feb 16, 1981 |
at VMI | W 90β68 | 17β8 (11β5) |
Cormack Field House Lexington, Virginia | |||||||
Feb 21, 1981* |
Middle Tennessee State | W 72β70 | 18β8 |
Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
SoCon tournament | |||||||||||
Feb 28, 1981* |
(1) | (8) VMI Quarterfinals |
W 89β63 | 19β8 |
Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee | ||||||
Mar 6, 1981* |
(1) | vs. (5) Western Carolina Semifinals |
W 79β70 | 20β8 |
Roanoke Civic Center Roanoke, Virginia | ||||||
Mar 7, 1981* |
(1) | vs. (3) Appalachian State Championship game |
W 59β55 | 21β8 |
Roanoke Civic Center Roanoke, Virginia | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 12, 1981* |
(11 ME) | vs. (6 ME) No. 18
Maryland First round |
L 69β81 [1] | 21β9 |
University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
ME=Mideast. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Source: [3]