1980–81 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team

1980–81 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball
1980–81 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball
NIT tournament, Second round
Conference	East Coast Athletic Conference
Record	20–10 (18–8 ECAC-N)
Head coach	George Blaney (9th season);
Home arena	Hart Center
	Seasons ← 1979–80 1981–82 →

1980–81 ECAC North men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northeastern †	21	–	5	.808	24	–	6	.800
Holy Cross	18	–	8	.692	20	–	10	.667
Vermont	15	–	11	.577	16	–	12	.571
Maine	13	–	13	.500	14	–	14	.500
Boston University	13	–	13	.500	13	–	14	.481
Canisius	11	–	15	.423	11	–	15	.423
Niagara	11	–	15	.423	11	–	15	.423
Colgate	11	–	17	.393	11	–	18	.379
New Hampshire	3	–	7	.300	7	–	19	.269

† 1981 ECAC North tournament winner

The 1980–81 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by head coach George Blaney, played their home games at the Hart Center and were members of the East Coast Athletic Conference – North. They finished the season 20–10, 18–8 in ECAC-South play to finish in second place.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
C	42	Charlie Browne	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Tolentino	The Bronx, New York
F	40	Ward FitzPatrick	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Scranton Prep	Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania
G	10	Richie Guerin	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	St. Mary's	Plandome Manor, New York
G	22	Kevin Greaney	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Nazareth	Brooklyn, New York
F	30	Chris Logan	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Bishop Ford	Brooklyn, New York
F	24	Dave Mulquin	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Georgetown Prep	Rockville, Maryland
G	21	Ed Thurman	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Lynn Classical	Lynn, Massachusetts
F	20	Garry Witts	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	St. Joseph	Metuchen, New Jersey
G	12	Chris Zikos	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Worcester Academy	Winthrop, Massachusetts

Head coach

George Blaney (Holy Cross)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 28*	Yale	W 99–69	1–0	Hart Recreation Center Worcester, Massachusetts
December 3*	Navy	W 82–71	2–0	Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts
December 5*	Assumption	W 93–78	3–0	Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts
December 6*	South Alabama Worcester County Classic	L 53–77	3–1	Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts
December 11*	at Harvard	W 72–46	4–1	Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts
December 20*	at Cincinnati	W 69–58	5–1	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
December 22*	Davidson	W 96–79	6–1	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
December 29*	at UNLV	L 75–92	6–2	Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, Nevada
December 30*	vs. Portland	L 70–73	6–3	Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, Nevada
January 6*	Xavier	W 112–93	7–3	Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts
January 8*	at Connecticut	L 57–66	7–4	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
January 14*	Bentley	W 99–71	8–4	Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts
January 17*	at Iona	L 56–57 ^OT	8–5	Hynes Athletic Center New Rochelle, NY
January 20*	St. Peter's	W 55–47	9–5	Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts
January 26*	at Dartmouth	W 70–58	10–5
January 28*	Manhattan	W 82–70	11–5	Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts
January 30*	vs. Massachusetts	W 75–50	12–5
January 31*	vs. Boston College	L 43–48	12–6
February 3*	at Army	W 68–60	13–6
February 7*	at Rhode Island	L 59–66	13–7
Feb 12, 1981	at New Hampshire	W 87–84	14–7 (1–0)
Feb 14, 1981*	Boston College	W 86–74	15–7	Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts
Feb 19, 1981*	vs. Fairfield	W 61–49	16–7
Feb 21, 1981*	at Fordham	L 59–66	16–8
Feb 25, 1981*	at Hofstra	W 73–63	17–8
Feb 28, 1981*	Providence	W 67–58	18–8	Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts
ECAC North tournament
Mar 5, 1981*	vs. Maine Semifinals	W 63–54	19–8
Mar 7, 1981*	at Northeastern Championship game	L 79–81 ^OT	19–9	Matthews Arena Boston, Massachusetts
NIT tournament
Mar 12, 1981*	at Southern Miss First round	W 56–54	20–9
Mar 16, 1981*	at Syracuse Second round	L 57–77	20–10	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

^ "1980–81 Holy Cross Crusaders Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/goholycross.com/documents/2019/12/12/results.pdf

[1] "1980–81 Holy Cross Crusaders Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[2] ttps://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/goholycross.com/documents/2019/12/12/results.pdf

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