Overall: 26-4, .867 W-L% (5th of 274)
Conference: 15-1, 1st in Southern (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Murray Arnold (26-4)
PS/G: 70.3 (112th of 274) ▪ PA/G: 62.4 (38th of 274)
SRS: 5.81 (64th of 274) ▪ SOS: -2.03 (171st of 274)
NCAA Tournament: (#9 seed in Midwest)
Lost Midwest First Round (52-51) versus #8 Maryland
| Pre | 11/30 | 12/7 | 12/14 | 12/21 | 12/28 | 1/4 | 1/11 | 1/18 | 1/25 | 2/1 | 2/8 | 2/15 | 2/22 | 3/1 | 3/8 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 18 | 15 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 26, 1982 | REG | N | Austin Peay | OVC | W | 72 | 69 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Nov 27, 1982 | REG | N | Tennessee State | Ind | W | 68 | 51 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Wed, Dec 1, 1982 | REG | Tennessee | SEC | L | 49 | 55 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Dec 17, 1982 | REG | Navy | ECACS | W | 80 | 67 | 3 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Dec 18, 1982 | REG | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 62 | 54 | 4 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 6 | Tue, Dec 21, 1982 | REG | North Carolina | ACC | L | 66 | 73 | 4 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Jan 8, 1983 | REG | @ | East Tennessee State | Southern | W | 76 | 73 | 5 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 8 | Thu, Jan 13, 1983 | REG | Appalachian State | Southern | W | 85 | 53 | 6 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Jan 15, 1983 | REG | Davidson | Southern | W | 71 | 63 | 7 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 10 | Wed, Jan 19, 1983 | REG | @ | Citadel | Southern | W | 58 | 57 | 8 | 2 | W 4 | |
| 11 | Mon, Jan 24, 1983 | REG | East Tennessee State | Southern | W | 78 | 66 | 9 | 2 | W 5 | ||
| 12 | Thu, Jan 27, 1983 | REG | @ | Marshall | Southern | L | 67 | 73 | 9 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 29, 1983 | REG | @ | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | W | 82 | 68 | 10 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 14 | Wed, Feb 2, 1983 | REG | @ | Appalachian State | Southern | W | 50 | 48 | 11 | 3 | W 2 | |
| 15 | Sat, Feb 5, 1983 | REG | Marshall | Southern | W | 88 | 71 | 12 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 16 | Mon, Feb 7, 1983 | REG | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | W | 64 | 54 | 13 | 3 | W 4 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Feb 12, 1983 | REG | Furman | Southern | W | 82 | 56 | 14 | 3 | W 5 | ||
| 18 | Mon, Feb 14, 1983 | REG | Citadel | Southern | W | 85 | 68 | 15 | 3 | W 6 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 19, 1983 | REG | @ | Davidson | Southern | W | 73 | 71 | 16 | 3 | W 7 | |
| 20 | Mon, Feb 21, 1983 | REG | @ | Furman | Southern | W | 52 | 51 | 17 | 3 | W 8 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 26, 1983 | REG | @ | Western Carolina | Southern | W | 74 | 62 | 18 | 3 | W 9 | |
| 22 | Sat, Mar 5, 1983 | REG | Western Carolina | Southern | W | 76 | 73 | 19 | 3 | W 10 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 23 | Thu, Mar 10, 1983 | CTOURN | N | Appalachian State | Southern | W | 71 | 58 | 20 | 3 | W 11 | |
| 24 | Fri, Mar 11, 1983 | CTOURN | N | Western Carolina | Southern | W | 77 | 75 | OT | 21 | 3 | W 12 |
| 25 | Sat, Mar 12, 1983 | CTOURN | N | East Tennessee State | Southern | W | 70 | 62 | 22 | 3 | W 13 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 26 | Thu, Mar 17, 1983 | NCAA | N | Maryland | ACC | L | 51 | 52 | 22 | 4 | L 1 |