1980–81 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

1980–81 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
1980–81 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 8
Record	22–6 (15–3 SEC)
Head coach	Joe B. Hall (9th season);
Home arena	Rupp Arena
	Seasons ← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The 1980–81 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky in the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Joe B. Hall^[2] and the team finished the season with an overall record of 22–6.^[3]

1980–81 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 LSU	17	–	1	.944	31	–	5	.861
No. 8 Kentucky	15	–	3	.833	22	–	6	.786
No. 15 Tennessee	12	–	6	.667	21	–	8	.724
Alabama	10	–	8	.556	18	–	11	.621
Georgia	9	–	9	.500	19	–	12	.613
Ole Miss †	8	–	10	.444	16	–	14	.533
Vanderbilt	7	–	11	.389	15	–	14	.517
Florida	5	–	13	.278	12	–	16	.429
Auburn	4	–	14	.222	11	–	16	.407
Mississippi State	3	–	15	.167	8	–	19	.296

† 1981 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

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