1980–81 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1980–81 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1980–81 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	11–16 (5–13 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bill Cofield (5th season);
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1979–80 1981–82 →

1980–81 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 Indiana	14	–	4	.778	26	–	9	.743
No. 13 Iowa	13	–	5	.722	21	–	7	.750
No. 19 Illinois	12	–	6	.667	21	–	8	.724
Purdue	10	–	8	.556	21	–	11	.656
Minnesota	9	–	9	.500	19	–	11	.633
Ohio State	9	–	9	.500	14	–	13	.519
Michigan	8	–	10	.444	19	–	11	.633
Michigan State	7	–	11	.389	13	–	14	.481
Wisconsin	5	–	13	.278	11	–	16	.407
Northwestern	3	–	15	.167	9	–	18	.333

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980–81 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Bill Cofield, coaching his 5th season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Forward Claude Gregory was the team's leading scorer with 20.4 points and 9.2 rebounds in 27 games. Other statistical leaders included guard Danny Hastings with 3.1 assists.^[1]

Roster

1980–81 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	5	Greg Dandridge	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
F	35	Claude Gregory	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Washington, D. C.
G	21	Dan Hastings	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Drexel Hill, PA
G	14	Steve Jacobson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Pardeeville, Wisconsin
F	30	Mike Kreklow	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Neenah, Wisconsin
C	00	Larry Petty	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Sr	New York, NY
F	44	Gary Zinkgraf	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Bethesda, Maryland

Head coach

Bill Cofield

Assistant coach(es)

Bo Ryan

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1*	at Alabama	L 75–90	0–1	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
December 5*	Kentucky State	W 77–65	1–1	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
December 6*	UW Green Bay	W 68–66 ^2OT	2–1	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
December 9*	Ball State	W 85–72	3–1	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
December 12*	at Davidson	L 63–67	3–2	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
December 13*	at Charlotte	W 71–63	4–2	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
December 22*	Texas Southern	W 58–49	5–2	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
December 31*	Central Michigan	W 69–62	6–2	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
January 8	at Minnesota	L 60–76	6–3 (0—1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
January 10	at Northwestern	L 48–50	6–4 (0—2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
January 15	Iowa	L 66–76	6–5 (0—3)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
January 17	Purdue	L 69–71	6–6 (0—4)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
January 22	Michigan State	W 63–62	7–6 (1—4)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
January 24	at Illinois	W 54–45	8–6 (2—4)	Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois
January 27	at Ohio State	L 67–71	8–7 (2—5)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
January 31	Michigan	L 67–74	8–8 (2—6)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
February 5	at Indiana	L 64–89	8–9 (2—7)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
February 7	at Michigan	L 64–71	8–10 (2—8)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
February 12	Illinois	L 65–84	8–11 (2—9)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
February 14	Indiana	L 52–59	8–12 (2—10)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
February 19	at Michigan State	L 65–74	8–13 (2—11)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, Michigan
February 21	Ohio State	W 77–63	9–13 (3—11)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
February 26	at Purdue	L 61–72	9–14 (3—12)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
February 28	at Iowa	L 75–96	9–15 (3—13)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, Iowa
March 5	Northwestern	W 60–57	10–15 (4—13)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
March 7	Minnesota	W 60–58	11–15 (6—13)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
March 10*	Marquette	L 53–64	11–16 (6—13)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	41	Claude Gregory	Washington Bullets
7	157	Larry Petty	Los Angeles Lakers

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References

^ "1980-81 Wisconsin Badgers Roster and Stats". SR/CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
^ "1980–81 Wisconsin Badgers Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
^ 1981 NBA Draft Archived 2007-08-24 at the Wayback Machine, basketballreference.com

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[1] "1980-81 Wisconsin Badgers Roster and Stats". SR/CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 19, 2019.

[2] "1980–81 Wisconsin Badgers Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[3] "Wisconsin Record Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2020.

[4] 1981 NBA Draft Archived 2007-08-24 at the Wayback Machine, basketballreference.com

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