High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1980–81 NCAA Division I men`s basketball season began on November 28, 1980, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1981 NCAA Men`s Division I Basketball Tournament Championship Game on March 30, 1981 at The Spectrum in Philadelphia. The Indiana Hoosiers won their fourth NCAA national championship with a 63–50 victory over the North Carolina Tar Heels.