1980–81 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team

The 1980–81 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by head coach George Blaney, played their home games at the Hart Center and were members of the East Coast Athletic Conference – North. They finished the season 20–10, 18–8 in ECAC-South play to finish in second place.

1980–81 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball
NIT tournament, Second round
Conference	East Coast Athletic Conference
Record	20–10 (18–8 ECAC-N)
Head coach	George Blaney (9th season)
Home arena	Hart Center

1980–81 ECAC North men's basketball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northeastern †	21	–	5		.808			24	–	6		.800
Holy Cross	18	–	8		.692			20	–	10		.667
Vermont	15	–	11		.577			16	–	12		.571
Maine	13	–	13		.500			14	–	14		.500
Boston University	13	–	13		.500			13	–	14		.481
Canisius	11	–	15		.423			11	–	15		.423
Niagara	11	–	15		.423			11	–	15		.423
Colgate	11	–	17		.393			11	–	18		.379
New Hampshire	3	–	7		.300			7	–	19		.269
† 1981 ECAC North tournament winner

Roster

1980–81 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown C 42 Charlie Browne 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Tolentine The Bronx, New York F 40 Ward FitzPatrick 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Scranton Prep Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania G 10 Richie Guerin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr St. Mary's Plandome Manor, New York G 22 Kevin Greaney 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Nazareth Brooklyn, New York F 30 Chris Logan 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Bishop Ford Brooklyn, New York F 24 Dave Mulquin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Georgetown Prep Rockville, Maryland G 21 Ed Thurman 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Lynn Classical Lynn, Massachusetts F 20 Garry Witts 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr St. Joseph Metuchen, New Jersey G 12 Chris Zikos 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Worcester Academy Winthrop, Massachusetts	Head coach George Blaney (Holy Cross) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 28*		Yale	W 99–69	1–0	Hart Recreation Center  Worcester, Massachusetts
December 3*		Navy	W 82–71	2–0	Hart Center  Worcester, Massachusetts
December 5*		Assumption	W 93–78	3–0	Hart Center  Worcester, Massachusetts
December 6*		South Alabama Worcester County Classic	L 53–77	3–1	Hart Center  Worcester, Massachusetts
December 11*		at Harvard	W 72–46	4–1	Lavietes Pavilion  Cambridge, Massachusetts
December 20*		at Cincinnati	W 69–58	5–1	Riverfront Coliseum  Cincinnati, Ohio
December 22*		Davidson	W 96–79	6–1	Riverfront Coliseum  Cincinnati, Ohio
December 29*		at UNLV	L 75–92	6–2	Las Vegas Convention Center  Las Vegas, Nevada
December 30*		vs. Portland	L 70–73	6–3	Las Vegas Convention Center  Las Vegas, Nevada
January 6*		Xavier	W 112–93	7–3	Hart Center  Worcester, Massachusetts
January 8*		at Connecticut	L 57–66	7–4	Hugh S. Greer Field House  Storrs, CT
January 14*		Bentley	W 99–71	8–4	Hart Center  Worcester, Massachusetts
January 17*		at Iona	L 56–57 OT	8–5	Hynes Athletic Center  New Rochelle, NY
January 20*		St. Peter's	W 55–47	9–5	Hart Center  Worcester, Massachusetts
January 26*		at Dartmouth	W 70–58	10–5
January 28*		Manhattan	W 82–70	11–5	Hart Center  Worcester, Massachusetts
January 30*		vs. Massachusetts	W 75–50	12–5
January 31*		vs. Boston College	L 43–48	12–6
February 3*		at Army	W 68–60	13–6
February 7*		at Rhode Island	L 59–66	13–7
Feb 12, 1981		at New Hampshire	W 87–84	14–7 (1–0)
Feb 14, 1981*		Boston College	W 86–74	15–7	Hart Center  Worcester, Massachusetts
Feb 19, 1981*		vs. Fairfield	W 61–49	16–7
Feb 21, 1981*		at Fordham	L 59–66	16–8
Feb 25, 1981*		at Hofstra	W 73–63	17–8
Feb 28, 1981*		Providence	W 67–58	18–8	Hart Center  Worcester, Massachusetts
ECAC North tournament
Mar 5, 1981*		vs. Maine Semifinals	W 63–54	19–8
Mar 7, 1981*		at Northeastern Championship game	L 79–81 OT	19–9	Matthews Arena  Boston, Massachusetts
NIT tournament
Mar 12, 1981*		at Southern Miss First round	W 56–54	20–9	Reed Green Coliseum  Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Mar 16, 1981*		at Syracuse Second round	L 57–77	20–10	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, New York
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.