Английская Википедия:1980–81 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox NCAA team season Шаблон:1980–81 Big Sky men's basketball standings The 1980–81 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Vandals were led by third-year head coach Don Monson and played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.

Idaho won its first eleven games (including road wins at Nebraska, Washington State, and Gonzaga), went Шаблон:Nowrap in the regular season, and won the Big Sky Conference regular season championship, their first conference title in 58 years.

The Vandals' Шаблон:Nowrap conference record earned them the host position for the conference tournament (top four teams of the eight), which Шаблон:Nowrap Seeded seventh in the West region of the 48-team NCAA tournament, they traveled to El Paso, Шаблон:Nowrap In the first round, Idaho lost by one point in overtime to Шаблон:Nowrap they ended at Шаблон:Winning percentage, with most of the key players returning.

Polls

Idaho was ranked for the first time in school history in February, for three weeks in the UPI coaches poll. Curiously, they entered its top twenty after a road loss, rose to 16th, then exited after completing the regular season with a nine-point road win. The Vandals received votes, but did not appear, in the AP writers poll (top twenty) until January 1982; they were ranked sixth in both polls at end of that regular Шаблон:Nowrap and eighth in both final polls.

Attendance

Prior to this season, the school attendance record for basketball was 6,449, set five years earlier at the Kibbie Dome's inaugural hoop game in January 1976 against Palouse neighbor Washington State. That was surpassed in 1981 with 6,800 for the conference opener with Weber State on Thursday, January 8.

The final two home regular season games both saw new records, as title-contending Montana State and Montana visited: 7,100 on Thursday, Шаблон:Nowrap which was shattered with 9,000 two days later for Idaho's nineteenth consecutive home Шаблон:Nowrap (Two years later, the record increased to 11,800.)

All-conference

Sophomore guard Brian Kellerman was the Big Sky's player of the year and a first team all-conference selection. Vandals on the second team were sophomore forward Phil Hopson, senior center Ron Maben, and junior point guard Ken Owens, the MVP of the conference tournament.

Notes

Center Jeff Brudie earned a degree in civil engineering, graduated from the UI law school, and is a district judge in Lewiston.

Roster

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Schedule and results

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External links

• Sports Reference – Idaho Vandals: 1980–81 basketball season
• Gem of the Mountains: 1981 University of Idaho yearbook – 1980–81 basketball season
• Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 1981 editions
• Team photo – 1980–81 Idaho Vandals