1980–81 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

1980–81 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferencePacific-10
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 10
Record20–7 (13–5, 3rd Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaPauley Pavilion
1980–81 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Oregon State 17 1   .944 26 2   .929
No. 3 Arizona State 16 2   .889 24 4   .857
No. 10 UCLA 13 5   .722 20 7   .741
USC 9 9   .500 14 13   .519
Washington 8 10   .444 14 13   .519
Arizona 8 10   .444 13 14   .481
Oregon 6 12   .333 13 14   .481
California 5 13   .278 13 14   .481
Stanford 5 13   .278 9 18   .333
Washington State 3 15   .167 10 17   .370
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980–81 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Larry Brown was the head coach, and the Bruins started the season ranked 6th in the nation (AP Poll). The Bruins started the season 6–0 and were ranked a season high #3 in the A.P. Poll. The Bruins then lost at #1 ranked DePaul 93–77 on December 27. UCLA's team finished 3rd in the Pac-10 regular season. UCLA participated the NCAA Tournament but were upset by BYU in the first round, finishing 10th in the AP poll. Larry Brown coached his second and final year at UCLA.