The Citadel Bulldogs basketball, 1980–1984

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 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 →

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 SoCon Tournament winner As of April 30, 1980 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 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 →

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 SoCon Tournament winner As of April 30, 1981 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 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 →

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)	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

1. 2012-13 The Citadel Basketball Fact Back (PDF). The Citadel. pp. 92–94. Retrieved May 31, 2014.