1980–81 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team explained

Sport:	Basketball
Year:	1980–81
Team:	Virginia Cavaliers
Conference:	Atlantic Coast Conference
Short Conf:	ACC
Coachrank:	3
Aprank:	5
Record:	29–5
Conf Record:	13–1
Hc Year:	7th
Ac1 Year:	2nd
Ac2 Year:	5th
Champion:	ACC regular season champions
Bowl Result:	Final Four

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

Roster

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Schedule

|-!colspan=9 style="background:#00214e; color:#f56d22;"| Regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#00214e; color:#f56d22;"| ACC Tournament|-!colspan=9 style="background:#00214e; color:#f56d22;"| NCAA Tournament

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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

NBA draft

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
	1	15
1981	4	77	Lee Raker
1981	7	159	Lewis Latimore
	4	77
	1	1
1983	3	68	Craig Robinson
	2	35

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Notes and References

1. Book: Morris, Ron . ACC Basketball: An Illustrated History . . Four Corners Press . 305 . 1988.
2. Web site: All-Time Results . VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site . 18 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006112556/http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/va-m-baskbl-record-sched.html . 2014-10-06 . dead.
3. Web site: 1982-83 Box Scores. VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. 1 January 2015. 2 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150102021715/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/va/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/1982-box-scores.pdf. dead.
4. Web site: About Us . 2009-04-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090107024610/http://www.ruppawards.com/index_files/Page356.htm . 2009-01-07 .
5. Web site: Naismith Awards - Naismith Trophy . 2009-03-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090302160347/http://www.naismithawards.com/History/NaismithTrophy/tabid/58/Default.aspx . 2009-03-02 .
6. Web site: The Oscar Robertson Trophy - Past Oscar Robertson Trophy Winners . 2008-06-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080611112656/http://www.oscarrobertsontrophy.org/content/view/14/17/ . 2008-06-11 .
7. Web site: 1981 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com . 2012-11-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121103194520/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1981&lg=N . 2012-11-03 .