Overall: 21-9, .700 W-L% (46th of 273) (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Don Donoher (21-9)
PS/G: 73.3 (43rd of 273) ▪ PA/G: 69.8 (176th of 273)
SRS: 3.68 (91st of 273) ▪ SOS: 0.21 (135th of 273)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Dec 2, 1981 | REG | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 74 | 90 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Dec 5, 1981 | REG | @ | Toledo | MAC | W | 79 | 74 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 3 | Wed, Dec 9, 1981 | REG | @ | Miami (OH) | MAC | W | 82 | 65 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 12, 1981 | REG | Xavier | MW City | W | 62 | 61 | 3 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Dec 19, 1981 | REG | Old Dominion | ECACS | W | 78 | 77 | 4 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 6 | Tue, Dec 22, 1981 | REG | @ | Iona | MAAC | W | 83 | 78 | 5 | 1 | W 5 | |
| 7 | Tue, Dec 29, 1981 | REG | Hofstra | ECC | W | 77 | 54 | 6 | 1 | W 6 | ||
| 8 | Wed, Dec 30, 1981 | REG | Florida State | Metro | W | 93 | 79 | 7 | 1 | W 7 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Jan 2, 1982 | REG | Miami (OH) | MAC | W | 82 | 65 | 8 | 1 | W 8 | ||
| 10 | Wed, Jan 6, 1982 | REG | Cincinnati | Metro | L | 73 | 77 | 8 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 9, 1982 | REG | @ | DePaul | Ind | L | 69 | 71 | 8 | 3 | L 2 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 16, 1982 | REG | Loyola (IL) | MW City | W | 88 | 87 | 9 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Jan 21, 1982 | REG | Saint Louis | Metro | W | 66 | 63 | 10 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 14 | Mon, Jan 25, 1982 | REG | @ | Western Kentucky | OVC | L | 57 | 65 | 10 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Thu, Jan 28, 1982 | REG | Providence | Big East | W | 79 | 77 | 11 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 30, 1982 | REG | Detroit Mercy | MW City | W | 68 | 62 | 12 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 17 | Wed, Feb 3, 1982 | REG | @ | Butler | MW City | L | 58 | 70 | 12 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 18 | Sat, Feb 6, 1982 | REG | La Salle | ECC | W | 84 | 77 | 13 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Wed, Feb 10, 1982 | REG | Akron | OVC | W | 65 | 53 | 14 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Feb 13, 1982 | REG | New Orleans | Ind | L | 48 | 50 | 14 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 21 | Tue, Feb 16, 1982 | REG | Eastern Kentucky | OVC | W | 84 | 50 | 15 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Feb 20, 1982 | REG | @ | Marquette | Ind | L | 58 | 72 | 15 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 23 | Thu, Feb 25, 1982 | REG | @ | Duquesne | EAA | W | 71 | 61 | 16 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 27, 1982 | REG | @ | Canisius | ECACN | L | 76 | 81 | 16 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 25 | Sat, Mar 6, 1982 | REG | Notre Dame | Ind | W | 79 | 72 | 17 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 26 | Wed, Mar 10, 1982 | NIT | Connecticut | Big East | W | 76 | 75 | OT | 18 | 8 | W 2 | |
| 27 | Mon, Mar 15, 1982 | NIT | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 61 | 58 | 19 | 8 | W 3 | |
| 28 | Thu, Mar 18, 1982 | NIT | @ | Oklahoma | Big 8 | L | 82 | 91 | 19 | 9 | L 1 |