1980-81

Record: (20-11)
Postseason: National Invitation Tournament
Coach: Hank Raymonds
Captain: Michael Wilson
Leading Scorer: Oliver Lee (17.7 ppg)
Leading Rebounder: Oliver Lee (6.5 rpg)

Marquette made a school-record 953 field goals this year on an amazing 51% shooting from the floor.

Schedule and Results

Date	Opponent	Result
D 1	Charleston	W 106-58
D 6	Stanford	W 69-58
D 13	Illinois	L 68-69
D 17	at Minnesota	W 92-84
D 19	Cal State-Bakersfield	W 95-60	Milwaukee Classic	Marquette dished out a school-record 33 assists
D 20	Clemson	W 68-67	Milwaukee Classic
D 23	Western Michigan	W 79-74 OT
D 27	vs Pan American	L 70-71	Rainbow Classic
D 29	vs Loyola Marymount	W 91-80	Rainbow Classic
D 30	vs Louisiana Tech	W 80-66	Rainbow Classic
J 7	Southern Mississippi	L 72-84
J 10	#5 Notre Dame	W 54-52
J 13	Memphis State	W 86-67
J 15	at Creighton	W 76-66
J 17	South Carolina	L 89-91
J 24	at Dayton	L 73-85
J 26	at Xavier (OH)	W 78-59
J 29	at Cleveland State	W 58-54
J 31	at #6 Wake Forest	L 60-83
F 5	at Saint Bonaventure	W 75-65
F 7	Detroit	W 65-42
F 10	Xavier (OH)	W 78-62
F 14	Louisville	L 60-79
F 17	at UNC Charlotte	L 58-61
F 21	at #3 DePaul	L 71-78
F 24	Loyola (IL)	W 63-62
F 26	Valparaiso	W 73-58
M 1	Florida State	L 78-81	Sun Dome (Tampa, FL)	Florida State made an opponent-record 37 free throws
M 4	Stetson	W 91-58
M 10	at UW-Madison	W 64-53
M 13	at Syracuse	L 81-88	National Invitational Tournament (Syracuse, NY)

On February 14th, the defending National Champion Louisville Cardinals were keyed to victory by Derek Smith's perfect shooting from the floor. Smith's 12-12 outing was a Marquette opponent record (20th in NCAA History). Almost two years to the day later, Smith's teammate, Lancaster Gordon would shoot 11-12 from the floor against Marquette.
Michael Wilson set a MU high-mark for steals in an NIT game with six against Syracuse. Unfortunately, Syracuse's Leo Rautins snagged four of his own and 'Cuse snatched a total of 13 steals, which are both records for a MU opponent in an NIT game. Syracuse's Tony Ervin attempted 16 foul shots, which tied Pete Maravich's mark for an MU NIT opponent and the Orange shot 62.5% from the floor as a team, in their win over Marquette on March 13th. That is also a record for a Marquette opponent in the NIT.