Overall: 26-10, .722 W-L% (38th of 273)
Conference: 13-3, 1st in MVC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Dick Versace (26-10)
PS/G: 69.6 (90th of 273) ▪ PA/G: 63.0 (63rd of 273)
SRS: 9.49 (40th of 273) ▪ SOS: 2.89 (105th of 273)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 28, 1981 | REG | @ | Oregon State | Pac-10 | L | 55 | 81 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Thu, Dec 3, 1981 | REG | Howard | MEAC | W | 77 | 53 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Dec 5, 1981 | REG | Valparaiso | Ind | W | 79 | 58 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 4 | Mon, Dec 7, 1981 | REG | @ | Saint Francis (PA) | ECACM | W | 94 | 63 | 3 | 1 | W 3 | |
| 5 | Wed, Dec 9, 1981 | REG | @ | Saint Joseph's | ECC | W | 58 | 45 | 4 | 1 | W 4 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 19, 1981 | REG | Murray State | OVC | L | 56 | 58 | 4 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Mon, Dec 21, 1981 | REG | Cincinnati | Metro | L | 73 | 75 | 7OT | 4 | 3 | L 2 | |
| 8 | Wed, Dec 23, 1981 | REG | @ | Loyola (IL) | MW City | W | 74 | 61 | 5 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 9 | Sun, Dec 27, 1981 | REG | N | San Francisco | WCC | L | 82 | 87 | 5 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Mon, Dec 28, 1981 | REG | @ | Hawaii | WAC | L | 73 | 84 | 5 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 11 | Tue, Dec 29, 1981 | REG | N | Cal State Fullerton | PCAA | L | 62 | 64 | 5 | 6 | L 3 | |
| 12 | Mon, Jan 4, 1982 | REG | @ | Indiana State | MVC | W | 79 | 77 | 6 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 9, 1982 | REG | Wichita State | MVC | W | 55 | 47 | 7 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 14 | Mon, Jan 11, 1982 | REG | @ | Southern Illinois | MVC | W | 63 | 61 | 8 | 6 | W 3 | |
| 15 | Thu, Jan 14, 1982 | REG | New Mexico State | MVC | W | 68 | 62 | 9 | 6 | W 4 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 16, 1982 | REG | West Texas A&M | MVC | W | 92 | 69 | 10 | 6 | W 5 | ||
| 17 | Thu, Jan 21, 1982 | REG | @ | Drake | MVC | L | 49 | 61 | 10 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 18 | Sat, Jan 23, 1982 | REG | @ | Creighton | MVC | W | 65 | 54 | 11 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 19 | Thu, Jan 28, 1982 | REG | Illinois State | MVC | W | 72 | 58 | 12 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Jan 30, 1982 | REG | @ | Wichita State | MVC | L | 42 | 47 | 12 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Mon, Feb 1, 1982 | REG | @ | Penn State | Ind | W | 59 | 42 | 13 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 6, 1982 | REG | Indiana State | MVC | W | 68 | 57 | 14 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 23 | Thu, Feb 11, 1982 | REG | Southern Illinois | MVC | W | 68 | 58 | 15 | 8 | W 3 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Feb 13, 1982 | REG | @ | Illinois State | MVC | W | 48 | 47 | 16 | 8 | W 4 | |
| 25 | Thu, Feb 18, 1982 | REG | @ | West Texas A&M | MVC | W | 81 | 75 | 17 | 8 | W 5 | |
| 26 | Sat, Feb 20, 1982 | REG | @ | New Mexico State | MVC | W | 74 | 61 | 18 | 8 | W 6 | |
| 27 | Thu, Feb 25, 1982 | REG | Creighton | MVC | L | 52 | 71 | 18 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Feb 27, 1982 | REG | Tulsa | MVC | W | 82 | 79 | 19 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 29 | Fri, Mar 5, 1982 | CTOURN | Indiana State | MVC | W | 86 | 61 | 20 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 30 | Sat, Mar 6, 1982 | CTOURN | Illinois State | MVC | L | 50 | 55 | 2OT | 20 | 10 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Thu, Mar 11, 1982 | NIT | American | ECC | W | 76 | 65 | 21 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 32 | Mon, Mar 15, 1982 | NIT | @ | Syracuse | Big East | W | 95 | 81 | 22 | 10 | W 2 | |
| 33 | Thu, Mar 18, 1982 | NIT | Tulane | Metro | W | 77 | 61 | 23 | 10 | W 3 | ||
| 34 | Mon, Mar 22, 1982 | NIT | N | Oklahoma | Big 8 | W | 84 | 68 | 24 | 10 | W 4 | |
| 35 | Wed, Mar 24, 1982 | NIT | N | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 67 | 58 | 25 | 10 | W 5 |