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1980–81 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
1980–81 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
ACC regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 5
Record	29–5 (13–1 ACC)
Head coach	Terry Holland (7th season);
Assistant coaches	Jim Larranaga (2nd season); Craig Littlepage (5th season);
Home arena	University Hall
	Seasons ← 1979–80 1981–82 →

1980–81 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Virginia	13	–	1	.929	29	–	4	.879
No. 6 North Carolina †	10	–	4	.714	29	–	8	.784
No. 11 Wake Forest	9	–	5	.643	22	–	7	.759
No. 18 Maryland	8	–	6	.571	21	–	10	.677
Duke	6	–	8	.429	17	–	13	.567
Clemson	6	–	8	.429	20	–	11	.645
NC State	4	–	10	.286	14	–	13	.519
Georgia Tech	0	–	14	.000	4	–	23	.148

† 1981 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980–81 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented University of Virginia and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Roster

1980–81 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F/C	12	Dean Carpenter	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Metairie, Louisiana
G	5	Louis Collins	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Richmond, Virginia
G	21	Darren Cross	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	So	Queens, New York
F	44	Terry Gates	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	219 lb (99 kg)	Sr	Ridgewood, New Jersey
G	24	Jeff Jones	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Owensboro, Kentucky
G	23	Jeff Klein	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Akron, Ohio
G	3	Jeff Lamp (C)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Prior Lake, Minnesota
F/C	55	Lewis Lattimore	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Dayton, Ohio
F	42	Peter MacBeth	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	Marietta, Georgia
G	32	Doug Newburg	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	McLean, Virginia
F	25	Lee Raker (C)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Louisville, Kentucky
F	10	Craig Robinson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Montclair, New Jersey
C	50	Ralph Sampson	7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)	221 lb (100 kg)	So	Harrisonburg, Virginia
G	14	Ricky Stokes	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	Fr	Richmond, Virginia
G	11	Othell Wilson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Woodbridge, Virginia

Head coach

Terry Holland (Davidson)

Assistant coach(es)

Craig Littlepage (Penn)
Jim Larrañaga (Providence)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Source^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov. 28*	No. 8	Bucknell	W 64–45	1–0	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Nov. 29*	No. 8	VCU	W 77–62	2–0	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec. 3*	No. 7	Randolph–Macon	W 83–52	3–0	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec. 6*	No. 7	at William & Mary	W 88–68	4–0	William & Mary Hall (9,000) Williamsburg, Virginia
Dec. 12	No. 6	at Duke	W 91–79	5–0 (1–0)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,000) Durham, North Carolina
Dec. 22*	No. 5	Baltimore	W 103–62	6–0	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec. 30*	No. 3	at James Madison	W 53–52	7–0	Godwin Hall (10,000) Harrisonburg, Virginia
Jan. 3*	No. 3	vs. Virginia Tech	W 64–51	8–0	Roanoke Civic Center (8,564) Roanoke, Virginia
Jan. 5*	No. 3	at Delaware	W 88–69	9–0	Delaware Field House (9,000) Newark, Delaware
Jan. 7	No. 3	NC State	W 63–55	10–0 (2–0)	University Hall (5,100) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 10	No. 3	No. 16 North Carolina	W 63–57	11–0 (3–0)	University Hall (10,056) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 14	No. 2	at No. 10 Maryland	W 66–64	12–0 (4–0)	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
Jan. 17	No. 2	at Georgia Tech	W 85–48	13–0 (5–0)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (6,591) Atlanta
Jan. 19	No. 2	at No. 19 Clemson	W 74–59	14–0 (6–0)	Littlejohn Coliseum (12,500) Clemson, South Carolina
Jan. 21*	No. 2	George Washington	W 86–56	15–0	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 25*	No. 2	Ohio State	W 89–73	16–0	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 28	No. 1	No. 6 Wake Forest	W 83–73	17–0 (7–0)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 31	No. 1	Duke	W 68–47	18–0 (8–0)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 3	No. 1	at No. 11 North Carolina	W 80–79 ^OT	19–0 (9–0)	Carmichael Arena (10,000) Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Feb. 5*	No. 1	at Wagner	W 76–69	20–0	Madison Square Garden (11,997) New York City
Feb. 11	No. 1	at NC State	W 51–46	21–0 (10–0)	Reynolds Coliseum (12,400) Raleigh, North Carolina
Feb. 14	No. 1	Clemson	W 73–58	22–0 (11–0)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 16	No. 1	Georgia Tech	W 83–42	23–0 (12–0)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 22*	No. 1	vs. No. 11 Notre Dame	L 56–57	23–1	Rosemont Horizon (16,546) Rosemont, Illinois
Feb. 25	No. 3	at No. 12 Wake Forest	L 66–73 ^OT	23–2 (12–1)	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum (8,200) Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Feb. 28	No. 3	No. 17 Maryland	W 74–63	24–2 (13–1)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
ACC Tournament
Mar. 5	(1) No. 4	vs. (8) Georgia Tech ACC Quarterfinals	W 76–47	25–2	Capital Centre (19,035) Landover, Maryland
Mar. 6	(1) No. 4	vs. (4) No. 20 Maryland ACC Semifinals	L 62–85	25–3	Capital Centre (19,035) Landover, Maryland
NCAA Tournament
Mar. 15*	(1 E) No. 5	vs. (9 E) Villanova Second round	W 54–50^[3]	26–3	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
Mar. 19*	(1 E) No. 5	vs. (4 E) No. 15 Tennessee Sweet Sixteen	W 62–48^[4]	27–3	Omni Coliseum Atlanta
Mar. 21*	(1 E) No. 5	vs. (6 E) No. 16 BYU Elite Eight	W 74–60^[5]	28–3	Omni Coliseum (15,461) Atlanta
Mar. 28	(1 E) No. 5	vs. (2 W) No. 6 North Carolina National Semifinal	L 65–78	28–4	The Spectrum (18,276) Philadelphia
Mar. 30* 6:00 p.m.	(1 E) No. 5	vs. (1 MW) No. 4 LSU Third-place game	W 78–74	29–4	The Spectrum (18,276) Philadelphia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern time.

Source:^[6]^[7]

Awards and honors

Ralph Sampson, Adolph Rupp Trophy^[8]
Ralph Sampson, AP Player of the Year
Ralph Sampson, Naismith College Player of the Year^[9]
Ralph Sampson, USBWA College Player of the Year^[10]
Ralph Sampson, UPI Player of the Year
Ralph Sampson, Consensus 1st Team All-American
Ralph Sampson, ACC Player of the Year
Ralph Sampson, 1st Team All-ACC
Jeff Lamp, Consensus 2nd Team All-American
Jeff Lamp, 1st Team All-ACC

NBA draft

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1981	1	15	Jeff Lamp	Portland Trail Blazers
1981	4	77	Lee Raker	San Diego Clippers
1981	7	159	Lewis Latimore	Milwaukee Bucks
1982	4	77	Jeff Jones	Indiana Pacers
1983	1	1	Ralph Sampson	Houston Rockets
1983	3	68	Craig Robinson	Boston Celtics
1984	2	35	Othell Wilson	Golden State Warriors

Source:^[11]

References

^ Morris, Ron (1988). ACC Basketball: An Illustrated History. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Four Corners Press. p. 305.
^ 1981 NCAA Final Four program, NCAA, March 1981
^ "Virginia Defeats Villanova, Will Face Tennessee". The Washington Post. March 16, 1981. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
^ "Virginia Routs Tennessee". The Washington Post. March 20, 1981. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
^ "Virginia and North Carolina Reach N.C.A.A Final Four". The New York Times. March 22, 1981. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
^ "All-Time Results". VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
^ "1982-83 Box Scores" (PDF). VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
^ "About Us". Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2009.
^ "Naismith Awards - Naismith Trophy". Archived from the original on March 2, 2009. Retrieved March 13, 2009.
^ "The Oscar Robertson Trophy - Past Oscar Robertson Trophy Winners". Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2008.
^ "1981 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com". Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2012.

[roster-1] Morris, Ron (1988). ACC Basketball: An Illustrated History. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Four Corners Press. p. 305.

[2] 1981 NCAA Final Four program, NCAA, March 1981

[3] "Virginia Defeats Villanova, Will Face Tennessee". The Washington Post. March 16, 1981. Retrieved February 24, 2023.

[4] "Virginia Routs Tennessee". The Washington Post. March 20, 1981. Retrieved February 24, 2023.

[5] "Virginia and North Carolina Reach N.C.A.A Final Four". The New York Times. March 22, 1981. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

[UVaSchedule-6] "All-Time Results". VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2015.

[boxscores-7] "1982-83 Box Scores" (PDF). VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2015.

[8] "About Us". Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2009.

[9] "Naismith Awards - Naismith Trophy". Archived from the original on March 2, 2009. Retrieved March 13, 2009.

[10] "The Oscar Robertson Trophy - Past Oscar Robertson Trophy Winners". Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2008.

[11] "1981 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com". Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2012.

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