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

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
	Seasons ← 1979–80 1981–82 →

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.

Roster[edit]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
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
C	45	Joe Kleine	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Fr	Slater, Missouri
G	23	John Paxson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Kettering, Ohio
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
C	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[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 29*		at UCLA	L 81–94	0–1	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
December 2	No. 13	Montana State	W 87–68	1–1	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 4	No. 13	TCU	W 79–63	2–1	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 6	No. 13	Cal Poly (Pomona)	W 76–50	3–1	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 9	No. 9	Indiana	W 68–64	4–1	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 22	No. 6	Valparaiso	W 69–56	5–1	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 27	No. 8	vs. Kentucky	W 67–61	6–1	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
January 4		at Davidson	W 87–67	7–1	Johnston Gym Davidson, NC
January 6		at Villanova	W 96–65	8–1	Villanova Field House Villanova, Pennsylvania
January 10		at Marquette	L 52–54	8–2	MECCA Arena Milwaukee, WI
January 13		at San Francisco	L 63–66	8–3	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, California
January 17		Hofstra	W 65–55	9–3	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
January 19		Fordham	W 67–61	10–3	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
January 21		San Francisco	W 80–75	11–3	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
January 24		at Maryland	W 73–70	12–3	Cole Field House College Park, Maryland
January 27		Cornell	W 80–58	13–3	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
January 31		South Carolina	W 94–84	14–3	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 2		Saint Mary's	W 94–63	15–3	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 4		La Salle	W 60–59	16–3	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 8		UCLA	L 50–51	16–4	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 10		Boston	W 89–63	17–4	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 14		at N. C. State	W 71–55	18–4	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
February 16		Fairfield	W 57–55	19–4	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 22		Virginia	W 56–55	20–4	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 26		Saint Francis	W 87–71	21–4	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 28		Dayton	W 70–57	22–4	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
March 8		at DePaul	L 64–74	22–5	Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
March 14		vs. James Madison NCAA Tournament • Second Round	W 54–45	23–5	Providence Civic Center Providence, RI
March 19		vs. BYU NCAA Tournament • Sweet Sixteen	L 50–51	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[edit]

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1981	1	6	Orlando Woolridge	Chicago Bulls
1981	1	12	Kelly Tripucka	Detroit Pistons
1981	2	25	Tracy Jackson	Boston Celtics
1981	8	167	Gilbert Salinas	Atlanta Hawks

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References[edit]

↑ "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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