1980–81 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team

1980–81 Chattanooga Mocs basketball
1980–81 Chattanooga Mocs basketball
SoCon regular season and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First round
Conference	Southern Conference
	South
Record	21–9 (11–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Murray Arnold (2nd season);
Home arena	Maclellan Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The 1980–81 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1980–81 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]

ConferenceSouthern Conference

South

Record21–9 (11–5 SoCon)

Headcoach

Murray Arnold (2nd season)

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1980–81 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Chattanooga †	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

† 1981 Southern Conference Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 29, 1980*		Maryville	W 82–53	1–0	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee
Dec 1, 1980*		at Middle Tennessee	L 67–73	1–1	Murphy Center Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Dec 6, 1980		VMI	W 63–53	2–1 (1–0)	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee
Dec 13, 1980*		Tennessee Temple	W 101–78	3–1	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee
Dec 15, 1980*		Tennessee State	W 83–62	4–1	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee
Dec 17, 1980		at Davidson	L 84–93	4–2 (1–1)	Johnston Gym Davidson, North Carolina
Dec 19, 1980*		vs. Georgia	L 68–77	4–3	Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
Dec 20, 1980*		vs. Missouri	L 62–64	4–4	Omni Coliseum (4,075) Atlanta, Georgia
Dec 29, 1980*		Georgia Southern	W 75–57	5–4	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee
Dec 30, 1980*		Mercer	W 60–58 ^OT	6–4	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee
Jan 2, 1981		Furman	W 81–72	7–4 (2–1)	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee
Jan 5, 1981		The Citadel	W 65–64	8–4 (3–1)	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee
Jan 10, 1981		Appalachian State	W 86–58	9–4 (4–1)	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee
Jan 12, 1981		Marshall	W 95–79	10–4 (5–1)	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee
Jan 14, 1981*		at Tennessee State	W 71–58	11–4	Gentry Complex Nashville, Tennessee
Jan 19, 1981		at The Citadel	W 85–76	12–4 (6–1)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
Jan 24, 1981		at Furman	L 90–96	12–5 (6–2)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, South Carolina
Jan 27, 1981		at Western Carolina	L 70–76	12–6 (6–3)	Reid Gymnasium Cullowhee, North Carolina
Jan 31, 1981		East Tennessee State	L 75–77	12–7 (6–4)	Memorial Center Johnson City, Tennessee
Feb 2, 1981		at Appalachian State	W 61–56	13–7 (7–4)	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, North Carolina
Feb 7, 1981		Davidson	W 99–75	14–7 (8–4)	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee
Feb 9, 1981		East Tennessee State	L 81–88	14–8 (8–5)	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee
Feb 12, 1981		Western Carolina	W 90–74	15–8 (9–5)	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee
Feb 14, 1981		at Marshall	W 89–77	16–8 (10–5)	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse Huntington, West Virginia
Feb 16, 1981		at VMI	W 90–68	17–8 (11–5)	Cormack Field House Lexington, Virginia
Feb 21, 1981*		Middle Tennessee State	W 72–70	18–8	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee
SoCon tournament
Feb 28, 1981*	(1)	(8) VMI Quarterfinals	W 89–63	19–8	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee
Mar 6, 1981*	(1)	vs. (5) Western Carolina Semifinals	W 79–70	20–8	Roanoke Civic Center Roanoke, Virginia
Mar 7, 1981*	(1)	vs. (3) Appalachian State Championship game	W 59–55	21–8	Roanoke Civic Center Roanoke, Virginia
NCAA tournament
Mar 12, 1981*	(11 ME)	vs. (6 ME) No. 18 Maryland First round	L 69–81^[1]	21–9	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.

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