1980–81 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
1980–81 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
ACC Regular Season Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Third Place
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 5
1980–81 record	29–5 (13–1 ACC)
Head coach	Terry Holland (7th season)
Assistant coach	Jim Larranaga (2nd season)
Assistant coach	Craig Littlepage (5th season)
Home arena	University Hall

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

Roster

Players

Coaches

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

Head coach

Terry Holland (Davidson)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

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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 (1–0)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec. 30*	No. 3	at James Madison	W 53–52	7–0 (1–0)	Godwin Hall (10,000) Harrisonburg, Virginia
Jan. 3*	No. 3	vs. Virginia Tech	W 64–51	8–0 (1–0)	Roanoke Civic Center (8,564) Roanoke, Virginia
Jan. 5*	No. 3	at Delaware	W 88–69	9–0 (1–0)	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 (6–0)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 25*	No. 2	Ohio State	W 89–73	16–0 (6–0)	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 (9–0)	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 (12–0)	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	No. 4	vs. Georgia Tech ACC Quarterfinals	W 76–47	25–2	Capital Centre (19,035) Landover, Maryland
Mar. 6	No. 4	vs. No. 20 Maryland ACC Semifinals	L 62–85	25–3	Capital Centre (19,035) Landover, Maryland
NCAA Tournament
Mar. 15*	No. 5	vs. Villanova NCAA First Round	W 54–50	26–3	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
Mar. 19*	No. 5	vs. No. 15 Tennessee NCAA Sweet Sixteen	W 62–48	27–3	Omni Coliseum Atlanta
Mar. 21*	No. 5	vs. No. 16 BYU NCAA Elite Eight	W 74–60	28–3	Omni Coliseum (15,461) Atlanta
Mar. 28	No. 5	vs. No. 6 North Carolina NCAA Final Four	L 65–78	28–4	The Spectrum (18,276) Philadelphia
Mar. 30*	No. 5	vs. No. 4 LSU NCAA 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.

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Awards and honors

Ralph Sampson, Adolph Rupp Trophy^[4]
Ralph Sampson, AP Player of the Year
Ralph Sampson, Naismith College Player of the Year ^[5]
Ralph Sampson, USBWA College Player of the Year^[6]
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

Team players drafted into the NBA

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

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References

↑ Morris, Ron (1988). ACC Basketball: An Illustrated History. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Four Corners Press. p. 305.
↑ "All-Time Results". VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
↑ "1982-83 Box Scores" (PDF). VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2012-11-05.

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

[UVaSchedule-2] "All-Time Results". VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

[boxscores-3] "1982-83 Box Scores" (PDF). VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2009-04-17.

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2009-03-13.

[6] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-06-11.

[7] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2012-11-05.

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