The Citadel Bulldogs basketball, 1980–1984

1981–82 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
1981–82 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	14–14 (7–9 SoCon)
Head coach	Les Robinson;
Home arena	McAlister Field House
	Seasons ← 1980–81 1982–83 →

1980–81 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
1980–81 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	9–17 (2–14 SoCon)
Head coach	Les Robinson;
Home arena	McAlister Field House
	Seasons ← 1979–80 1981–82 →

1979–80 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
1979–80 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	14–13 (6–10 SoCon)
Head coach	Les Robinson;
Home arena	McAlister Field House
	Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The Citadel Bulldogs basketball teams represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The program was established in 1900–01, and has continuously fielded a team since 1912–13. Their primary rivals are College of Charleston, Furman and VMI.

1979–80

1979–80 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Furman †	14	–	1	.933	23	–	7	.767
Marshall	10	–	6	.625	17	–	12	.586
Western Carolina	9	–	7	.563	17	–	10	.630
East Tennessee State	8	–	7	.533	15	–	13	.536
Chattanooga	7	–	9	.438	13	–	14	.481
Appalachian State	6	–	10	.375	12	–	16	.429
The Citadel	6	–	10	.375	14	–	13	.519
VMI	6	–	10	.375	11	–	16	.407
Davidson	4	–	11	.267	8	–	18	.308

† 1980 Southern Conference Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 30* no, no	Piedmont	W 69–56	1–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Dec 4* no, no	USC Aiken	W 98–84	2–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Dec 5* no, no	South Carolina State	W 73–67	3–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Dec 8 no, no	Furman	W 88–9	3–1 (0–1)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Dec 10* no, no	at Baptist	W 68–62	4–1	CSU Field House North Charleston, SC
Dec 15* no, no	Wofford	W 90–79	5–1	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 5* no, no	UNC Greensboro	W 81–63	6–1	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 7 no, no	at Chattanooga	L 51–68	6–2 (0–2)	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, TN
Jan 12 no, no	Western Carolina	W 85–73	7–2 (1–2)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 14 no, no	Appalachian State	W 54–53	8–2 (2–2)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 16 no, no	Davidson	W 77–72	9–2 (3–2)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 19 no, no	at Furman	L 55–82	9–3 (3–3)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
Jan 21 no, no	Chattanooga	W 52–51	10–3 (4–3)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 23 no, no	at Western Carolina	L 60–79	10–4 (4–4)	Cullowhee, NC
Jan 26 no, no	at Marshall	L 59–68	10–5 (4–5)	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse Huntington, WV
Jan 28 no, no	at VMI	L 71–72	10–6 (4–6)	Cormack Field House Lexington, VA
Jan 30 no, no	East Tennessee State	L 52–54	10–7 (4–7)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Feb 1* no, no	vs. No. 11 North Carolina North-South Doubleheader	L 40–51	10–8	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
Feb 2* no, no	vs. NC State North-South Doubleheader	L 35–57	10–9	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
Feb 4* no, no	Coastal Carolina	W 90–70	11–9	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Feb 6 no, no	Davidson	W 98–88 ^OT	12–9 (5–7)	Charlotte, NC
Feb 9 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 57–73	12–10 (5–8)	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, NC
Feb 11 no, no	at East Tennessee State	L 49–58	12–11 (5–9)	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN
Feb 13* no, no	Baptist	W 62–52	13–11	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Feb 16 no, no	VMI	W 79–77 ^OT	14–11 (6–9)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Feb 18 no, no	Marshall	L 74–78 ^OT	14–12 (6–10)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
1980 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Feb 23 no, no	at Marshall	L 66–100	14–13	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse Huntington, WV
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1980–81

1980–81 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Chattanooga †	11	–	5	.688	21	–	9	.700
Davidson	11	–	5	.688	13	–	14	.481
Appalachian State	11	–	5	.688	20	–	9	.690
East Tennessee State	9	–	7	.563	13	–	14	.481
Western Carolina	9	–	7	.563	18	–	10	.643
Furman	8	–	8	.500	11	–	16	.407
Marshall	8	–	8	.500	18	–	10	.643
VMI	3	–	13	.188	4	–	23	.148
The Citadel	2	–	14	.125	9	–	17	.346

† 1981 Southern Conference Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Dec 1* no, no	Piedmont	W 56–45	1–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Dec 3* no, no	Bethune-Cookman	W 67–57	2–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Dec 6* no, no	USC Upstate	W 75–70	3–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Dec 13* no, no	Coastal Carolina	W 71–66	4–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Dec 19* no, no	at South Carolina Palmetto Classic	L 81–83 ^3OT	4–1	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC
Dec 20* no, no	vs. South Carolina State Palmetto Classic	W 66–65	5–1	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC
Jan 6 no, no	at Chattanooga	L 64–65	5–2 (0–1)	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, TN
Jan 7 no, no	at Furman	L 65–75	5–3 (0–2)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
Jan 12 no, no	VMI	L 49–58	5–4 (0–3)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 14* no, no	at No. 19 Clemson	L 58–82	5–5	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
Jan 17 no, no	Western Carolina	W 61–59	6–5 (1–3)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 19 no, no	Chattanooga	L 76–85	6–6 (1–4)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 22* no, no	at Wofford	W 65–64	7–6	Spartanburg, SC
Jan 24 no, no	at East Tennessee State	L 66–91	7–7 (1–5)	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN
Jan 26 no, no	Furman	L 65–67	7–8 (1–6)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 28 no, no	Davidson	W 72–58	8–8 (2–6)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 31 no, no	at Marshall	L 60–76	8–9 (2–7)	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse Huntington, WV
Feb 2 no, no	at VMI	L 62–65	8–10 (2–8)	Cormack Field House Lexington, VA
Feb 4* no, no	Presbyterian	W 75–65	9–10	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Feb 7 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 41–48	9–11 (2–9)	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, NC
Feb 14 no, no	Appalachian State	L 54–66	9–12 (2–10)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Feb 16 no, no	East Tennessee State	L 66–70 ^OT	9–13 (2–11)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Feb 18 no, no	at Davidson	L 61–63	9–14 (2–12)	Johnston Gym Davidson, NC
Feb 21 no, no	at Western Carolina	L 62–70	9–15 (2–13)	Cullowhee, NC
Feb 23 no, no	Marshall	L 79–87	9–16 (2–14)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Feb 25 no, no	Baptist	L 62–67	9–17	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1981–82

1981–82 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Chattanooga †	15	–	1	.938	27	–	4	.871
Western Carolina	11	–	5	.688	19	–	8	.704
Davidson	9	–	7	.563	14	–	15	.483
East Tennessee State	8	–	8	.500	13	–	15	.464
Marshall	8	–	8	.500	16	–	11	.593
Furman	7	–	9	.438	11	–	16	.407
The Citadel	7	–	9	.438	14	–	14	.500
Appalachian State	6	–	10	.375	11	–	15	.423
VMI	1	–	15	.063	1	–	25	.038

† 1982 SoCon Tournament winner As of April 30, 1982 Rankings from AP poll

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Nov 30* no, no	Piedmont	W 66–54	1–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Dec 5* no, no	Newberry	W 101–88	2–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Dec 7* no, no	Presbyterian	W 68–50	3–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Dec 11* no, no	vs. Davidson First Union Invitational	L 55–63	3–1 (0–1)	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
Dec 12* no, no	vs. Holy Cross First Union Invitational	W 89–80	4–1	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
Dec 19 no, no	Davidson	W 49–47	5–1 (1–1)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 6* no, no	at Georgia State	W 70–62	6–1	GSU Sports Arena Atlanta, GA
Jan 9 no, no	at Chattanooga	L 72–79	6–2 (1–2)	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, TN
Jan 11 no, no	Appalachian State	W 83–64	7–2 (2–2)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 13 no, no	East Tennessee State	W 64–52	8–2 (3–2)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 16 no, no	at Marshall	L 61–74	8–3 (3–3)	Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
Jan 18 no, no	at VMI	W 72–61	9–3 (4–3)	Cameron Hall Lexington, VA
Jan 21 no, no	Furman	W 69–66	10–3 (5–3)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 23 no, no	at East Tennessee State	L 81–89	10–4 (5–4)	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN
Jan 25 no, no	Chattanooga	L 65–83	10–5 (5–5)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 29 no, no	Western Carolina	L 53–58	10–6 (5–6)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 30* no, no	Clemson	L 56–88	10–7	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Feb 1 no, no	Marshall	W 77–62	11–7 (6–6)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Feb 5* no, no	vs. No. 17 NC State North-South Doubleheader	L 44–54	11–8	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
Feb 6* no, no	vs. No. 2 North Carolina North-South Doubleheader	L 46–67	11–9	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
Feb 13 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 46–65	11–10 (6–7)	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, NC
Feb 15 no, no	VMI	W 91–74	12–10 (7–7)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Feb 17* no, no	USC Aiken	W 107–105 ^5OT	13–10	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Feb 20 no, no	at Furman	L 64–84	13–11 (7–8)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
Feb 22 no, no	at Western Carolina	L 75–83	13–12 (7–9)	Cullowhee, NC
Feb 24* no, no	at South Carolina	L 57–62	13–13	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC
1982 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Feb 27 no, no	at Western Carolina	W 66–62 ^OT	14–13	Cullowhee, NC
Feb 28 no, no	vs. Davidson	L 54–57	14–14	Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1982–83

1982–83 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	12–16 (7–9 SoCon)
Head coach	Les Robinson
Home arena	McAlister Field House
Seasons ← 1981–82 1983–84 →

1982–83 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 15 Chattanooga †	15	–	1	.938	26	–	4	.867
Marshall	13	–	3	.813	20	–	8	.714
East Tennessee State	12	–	4	.750	22	–	9	.710
Western Carolina	9	–	7	.563	17	–	12	.586
Davidson	8	–	8	.500	13	–	15	.464
The Citadel	7	–	9	.438	12	–	16	.429
Furman	4	–	12	.250	9	–	20	.310
Appalachian State	3	–	13	.188	6	–	21	.222
VMI	1	–	15	.063	2	–	25	.074

† 1983 Southern tournament winner As of April 30, 1983 Rankings from AP poll

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Nov 29* no, no	Piedmont	W 82–59	1–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Dec 1 no, no	at Appalachian State	W 60–55	2–0 (1–0)	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, NC
Dec 4* no, no	at College of Charleston	L 50–63	2–1	John Kresse Arena Charleston, SC
Dec 6* no, no	at Clemson	L 56–63	2–2	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
Dec 8* no, no	Presbyterian	W 80–74	3–2	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Dec 18 no, no	Davidson	L 66–77	3–3 (1–1)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Dec 20* no, no	Rider	L 59–64 ^OT	3–4	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 8* no, no	vs. Campbell	W 68–50	4–4	Winthrop Coliseum Rock Hill, NC
Jan 10 no, no	at East Tennessee State	L 54–57	4–5 (1–2)	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN
Jan 12* no, no	South Carolina	L 56–60	4–6	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 15 no, no	Marshall	L 70–71	4–7 (1–3)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 17 no, no	VMI	W 57–50	5–7 (2–3)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 19 no, no	Chattanooga	L 57–58	5–8 (2–4)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 22 no, no	Furman	W 60–49	6–8 (3–4)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 26 no, no	at Davidson	L 52–57	6–9 (3–5)	Johnston Gym Davidson, NC
Jan 29 no, no	Appalachian State	W 90–72	7–9 (4–5)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 31 no, no	East Tennessee State	W 79–64	8–9 (5–5)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Feb 4* no, no	vs. No. 1 North Carolina North-South Doubleheader	L 36–81	8–10	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
Feb 5* no, no	vs. NC State North-South Doubleheader	L 47–57	8–11	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
Feb 10* no, no	Georgia State	W 79–63	9–11	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Feb 12 no, no	at Western Carolina	L 76–87	9–12 (5–6)	Reid Gymnasium Cullowhee, NC
Feb 14 no, no	at Chattanooga	L 68–85	9–13 (5–7)	McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN
Feb 17 no, no	Western Carolina	W 83–80 ^OT	10–13 (6–7)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Feb 19 no, no	at Furman	W 76–68	11–13 (7–7)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
Feb 22* no, no	College of Charleston	W 66–52	12–13	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Feb 24 no, no	at Marshall	L 61–69	12–14 (7–8)	Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
Feb 26 no, no	at VMI	L 63–65	12–15 (7–9)	Cameron Hall Lexington, VA
1983 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Mar 10 no, no	vs. East Tennessee State	L 65–75	12–16	Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1983–84

1983–84 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	14–14 (8–8 SoCon)
Head coach	Les Robinson
Home arena	McAlister Field House
Seasons ← 1982–83 1984–85 →

1983–84 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Marshall†	13	–	3	.813	25	–	6	.806
Chattanooga	12	–	4	.750	24	–	7	.774
Western Carolina	9	–	7	.563	15	–	13	.536
Appalachian State	8	–	8	.500	13	–	16	.448
The Citadel	8	–	8	.500	14	–	14	.500
Furman	7	–	9	.438	12	–	17	.414
East Tennessee State	6	–	10	.375	9	–	19	.321
Davidson	5	–	11	.313	9	–	19	.321
VMI	4	–	12	.250	8	–	19	.296

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1984 Rankings from AP poll

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Nov 28* no, no	Piedmont	W 105–54	1–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Dec 3* no, no	Bapist	W 72–61	2–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Dec 7 no, no	Chattanooga	L 67–79	2–1 (0–1)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Dec 10* no, no	at Clemson	L 70–92	2–2	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
Dec 17 no, no	Davidson	W 69–63	3–2 (1–1)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Dec 18* no, no	at South Carolina	L 64–85	3–3	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC
Jan 5* no, no	vs. Francis Marion	L 64–78	3–4	Winthrop Coliseum Rock Hill, SC
Jan 7* no, no	at Georgia State	W 72–67	4–4	GSU Sports Arena Atlanta, GA
Jan 9 no, no	Marshall	W 84–76	5–4 (2–1)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 12* no, no	College of Charleston	W 71–62	6–4	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 14 no, no	at East Tennessee State	W 75–62	7–4 (3–1)	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN
Jan 16 no, no	at Western Carolina	L 72–84	7–5 (3–2)	Cullowhee, NC
Jan 19 no, no	Furman	W 89–83	8–5 (4–2)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Jan 21 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 60–66	8–6 (4–3)	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, NC
Jan 23 no, no	at Davidson	L 60–62	8–7 (4–4)	Johnston Gym Davidson, NC
Jan 25 no, no	at Furman	L 70–96	8–8 (4–5)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
Jan 28 no, no	Appalachian State	W 83–69	9–8 (5–5)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Feb 3* no, no	vs. NC State	L 49–50	9–9	Charlotte, NC Charlotte, NC
Feb 4* no, no	vs. No. 1 North Carolina	L 60–76	9–10	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
Feb 8 no, no	VMI	W 65–61	10–10 (6–5)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Feb 11 no, no	East Tennessee State	W 76–72	11–10 (7–5)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Feb 13 no, no	at Chattanooga	L 83–85	11–11 (7–6)	McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN
Feb 16* no, no	Newberry	W 108–77	12–11	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Feb 18 no, no	at Marshall	L 71–85	12–12 (7–7)	Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
Feb 20 no, no	at VMI	L 62–64	12–13 (7–8)	Cameron Hall Lexington, VA
Feb 23 no, no	South Carolina State	W 91–78	13–13	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
Feb 25 no, no	Western Carolina	W 106–101	14–13 (8–8)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
1984 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Mar 2 no, no	vs. Appalachian State	L 77–82	14–14	Asheville Civic Center Asheville, NC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

2012-13 The Citadel Basketball Fact Back (PDF). The Citadel. pp. 92–94. Retrieved May 31, 2014.

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