Overall: 15-12, .556 W-L% (121st of 273)
Conference: 4-8, 5th in Metro (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Ed Badger (15-12)
PS/G: 68.6 (109th of 273) ▪ PA/G: 70.4 (183rd of 273)
SRS: 2.79 (98th of 273) ▪ SOS: 4.62 (70th of 273)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Dec 4, 1981 | REG | N | Pepperdine | WCC | W | 73 | 72 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Dec 5, 1981 | REG | @ | Wichita State | MVC | L | 67 | 87 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 3 | Sat, Dec 12, 1981 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 56 | 45 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 4 | Wed, Dec 16, 1981 | REG | Duquesne | EAA | W | 79 | 60 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Dec 19, 1981 | REG | Miami (OH) | MAC | W | 69 | 62 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 6 | Mon, Dec 21, 1981 | REG | @ | Bradley | MVC | W | 75 | 73 | 7OT | 5 | 1 | W 4 |
| 7 | Mon, Dec 28, 1981 | REG | Colorado | Big 8 | W | 87 | 76 | 6 | 1 | W 5 | ||
| 8 | Mon, Jan 4, 1982 | REG | Tulane | Metro | L | 58 | 60 | 6 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Wed, Jan 6, 1982 | REG | @ | Dayton | Ind | W | 77 | 73 | 7 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Jan 9, 1982 | REG | Cleveland State | Ind | W | 68 | 64 | 8 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 11 | Wed, Jan 13, 1982 | REG | @ | Memphis | Metro | L | 75 | 107 | 8 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 16, 1982 | REG | @ | Louisville | Metro | L | 56 | 74 | 8 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 13 | Mon, Jan 18, 1982 | REG | Loyola (IL) | MW City | W | 83 | 72 | 9 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 23, 1982 | REG | Memphis | Metro | L | 63 | 70 | 9 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 15 | Wed, Jan 27, 1982 | REG | N | Xavier | MW City | L | 51 | 53 | 9 | 6 | L 2 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 30, 1982 | REG | Saint Louis | Metro | L | 59 | 62 | 9 | 7 | L 3 | ||
| 17 | Sun, Jan 31, 1982 | REG | @ | Virginia Tech | Metro | L | 64 | 76 | 9 | 8 | L 4 | |
| 18 | Sat, Feb 6, 1982 | REG | @ | Boston University | ECACN | L | 50 | 52 | 9 | 9 | L 5 | |
| 19 | Mon, Feb 8, 1982 | REG | @ | Tulane | Metro | L | 39 | 53 | 9 | 10 | L 6 | |
| 20 | Sat, Feb 13, 1982 | REG | Louisville | Metro | L | 53 | 67 | 9 | 11 | L 7 | ||
| 21 | Mon, Feb 15, 1982 | REG | Virginia Tech | Metro | W | 87 | 81 | 10 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Feb 20, 1982 | REG | Florida State | Metro | W | 84 | 83 | 11 | 11 | W 2 | ||
| 23 | Thu, Feb 25, 1982 | REG | @ | Saint Louis | Metro | W | 76 | 61 | 12 | 11 | W 3 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 27, 1982 | REG | @ | Florida State | Metro | W | 73 | 71 | 13 | 11 | W 4 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 25 | Thu, Mar 4, 1982 | CTOURN | N | Virginia Tech | Metro | L | 92 | 106 | 13 | 12 | L 1 |