1980–81 WBL season
| 1980–801 WBL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Women's Professional Basketball League |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | 1980 – 1981 |
| Number of teams | 9 |
| Draft | |
| Top draft pick | Nancy Lieberman |
| Picked by | Dallas Diamonds |
| Regular season | |
| Top seed | Nebraska Wranglers |
| Season MVP | Rosie Walker (Nebraska Wranglers) |
| Top scorer | Carol Blazejowski (New Jersey Gems |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Nebraska Wranglers |
| Runners-up | Dallas Diamonds |
The 1980–81 WBL season was the 3rd and final season of the Women's Professional Basketball League. The season ended with the Nebraska Wranglers winning the WBL Championship, beating the Dallas Diamonds 3 games to 2 in the WBL Finals.
The league was divided into two divisions, with the Dallas Diamonds, New Jersey Gems, New Orleans Pride, San Francisco Pioneers and the New England Gulls in the Coastal Division and the Nebraska Wranglers, Chicago Hustle, St. Louis Streak and the Minnesota Fillies in the Central.
Prior to the season, Tampa Bay Sun was announced as a planned expansion team. However, before the start of the season the franchise was sold to business men from Boston and rebranded as the New England Gulls. Struggling financially, the Gulls where disqualified after 12 games in January 1981 after refusing to play a game on January 15 and subsequently folded.
Rosie Walker of the Nebraska Wranglers was named the league's MVP while Greg Williams and Michael Stavers of the Dallas Diamonds where named the Coach of the Year and the Owner of the Year.