1980–81 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

1980–81 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball

NIT, Quarterfinals
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1980–81 record	18–11 (8–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bill Frieder
Assistant coach	Mike Boyd
Assistant coach	Tom Kempf
Assistant coach	Don Sicko
MVP	Mike McGee
Captain	Paul Heuerman
Captain	Thad Garner
Home arena	Crisler Arena

1980–81 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#9 Indiana	14	–	4	.778	26	–	9	.743
#13 Iowa	13	–	5	.722	21	–	7	.750
#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 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of first-year head coach Bill Frieder, the team finished tied for sixth in the Big Ten Conference.^[1] The team earned an invitation to the 1981 National Invitation Tournament.^[2] Although the team was ranked in the Associated Press Top Twenty Poll for eleven of the sixteen weeks reaching a peak at number nine, it began and finished the season unranked^[3] and it also ended the season unranked in the final UPI Coaches' Poll.^[4] The team was led by All-American Mike McGee.^[5] The team set the current Big Ten conference record by playing in six overtime games.^[6] That season McGee also set the current conference record for career field goals attempted (2077).^[7] McGee set several other records, which have since been broken: career points (2439, broken in 1989 by Glen Rice),^[7] career points (conference games only) (1503, broken in 1995),^[8] single-season field goals made (309, broken in 1986)^[7] and career field goals made (1010, broken in 1993).^[7] Mark Bodnar became the first Michigan Wolverines player on record to total 13 assists in a game on December 13, 1980 against the Dayton Flyers, eclipsing Mark Henry's 1970 total of 12. No Wolverine would surpass 13 assists in a game until Gary Grant twice recorded 14 in December 1987.^[9] The team's field goal percentage of 51.1 was a school record that lasted four years.^[10] McGee's 3941 minutes and 34.3 minutes per game stood as school records until 1987 and 1984 respectively.^[11] Marty Bodnar earned first team Academic All-American honors, while Mark Bodnar was a third team selection.^[12] Paul Heuerman and Thad Garner served as team captains, while McGee earned team MVP.^[13] McGee ended his career with a school record 112 starts. The record would last for six years.^[11]

In the 32-team National Invitation Tournament, Michigan advanced to the elite eight round by defeating the Duquesne Dukes 74–58 and Toledo Rockets 80–68 before losing to Syracuse Orange 91–76.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP Poll^[3]			18	15	13	12	10	9	16	17	14	13	18

Team players drafted into the NBA

Seven players from this team were selected in the NBA Draft.^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	NBA Club
1981	1	19	19	Mike McGee	Los Angeles Lakers
1981	3	23	69	John Johnson	Boston Celtics
1981	5	20	112	Paul Heuerman	Phoenix Suns
1982	7	3	141	Thad Gardner	Utah Jazz
1983	10	7	213	Ike Person	Detroit Pistons
1984	1	12	12	Tim McCormick	Cleveland Cavaliers
1984	10	19	225	Dan Pelekoudas	Detroit Pistons

References

↑ 2007-08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 198.
↑ 2007-08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 183.
1 2 "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. pp. 68–83. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
↑ "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 85. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
↑ "All-Time Accolades". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. pp. 4–7.
↑ "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 32. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
1 2 3 4 "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 26. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
↑ "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 39. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
↑ 2007-08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 176.
↑ "All-Time Records". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. p. 10. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
1 2 "All-Time Records". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. p. 20. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
↑ 2007-08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. pp. 144–7.
↑ "All-Time Accolades". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. pp. 9–10.
↑ "1981 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
↑ "1982 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
↑ "1983 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
↑ "1984 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-04-25.

Michigan Wolverines men's basketball

Venues	Waterman Gymnasium (1908–1923) Fielding H. Yost Fieldhouse (1923–1967) Crisler Center (1967–present)

Rivalries	Duke Michigan State

Culture & lore	Maize Rage Fab Five (film) Scandal WWJ Michigan IMG Sports Network Fox Sports Detroit

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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1980–81 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

Rankings

See also

Team players drafted into the NBA

References