1980–81 BYU Cougars men's basketball team

1980–81 BYU Cougars men's basketball

NCAA Tournament 3-Seed, Elite Eight
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 16
1980–81 record	25–7 (12–4 WAC)
Head coach	Frank Arnold
Assistant coach	Roger Reid
Assistant coach	Harry Anderson
Home arena	Marriott Center

The 1980–81 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 1980–81 college basketball season. This was head coach Frank Arnold's sixth season at BYU. The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center and reached the Elite Eight, where they fell to Virginia.^[1]

Roster

Source^[2]

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Hometown
21	Craig Christensen	6'4"	185	G	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
21	Mike Maxwell	6'1"	160	G	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
22	Danny Ainge	6'5"	188	G	Eugene, Oregon, United States
23	Steve Craig	6'3"	180	G	Los Angeles, California, United States
23	Richie Webb	6'5"	180	G	Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States
24	Greg Ballif	6'3"	190	G	Provo, Utah, United States
25	Dave Challis	6'4"	170	G	Walnut Creek, California, United States
31	John Bartholomew	6'6"	195	F	Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
32	Keith Rice	6'5"	200	F	Portland, Oregon, United States
33	Timo Saarelainen	6'6"	200	F	Helsinki, Finland
34	Fred Roberts	6'10"	220	F	Riverton, Utah, United States
42	Gary Furniss	6'8"	215	F	Driggs, Idaho, United States
44	Steve Trumbo	6'8"	223	F	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
50	Greg Kite	6'11"	250	C	Houston, Texas, United States
52	Dave McGuire	7'0"	225	C	West Covina, California, United States

BYU Cougars men's basketball

Venues	Smith Fieldhouse (1951–1971) Marriott Center (1971–present)

Rivalries	Utah In-state Utah schools

Culture & lore	History Cosmo the Cougar "The Cougar Song" BYU Pep band

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 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

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