Overall: 10-17, .370 W-L% (214th of 273)
Conference: 6-6, 5th in MW City (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Willie McCarter (10-17)
PS/G: 68.4 (111th of 273) ▪ PA/G: 70.7 (187th of 273)
SRS: -1.24 (146th of 273) ▪ SOS: 0.99 (129th of 273)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 27, 1981 | REG | N | Fordham | MAAC | L | 59 | 60 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Nov 28, 1981 | REG | N | Xavier | MW City | W | 72 | 68 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 3 | Wed, Dec 2, 1981 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 62 | 65 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 5, 1981 | REG | @ | Long Island University | ECACM | W | 73 | 72 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 5 | Wed, Dec 9, 1981 | REG | @ | Saint Louis | Metro | L | 61 | 72 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Sun, Dec 13, 1981 | REG | Toledo | MAC | L | 81 | 85 | 2 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 19, 1981 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 55 | 51 | 3 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 8 | Wed, Dec 23, 1981 | REG | Wichita State | MVC | L | 70 | 79 | 3 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Mon, Dec 28, 1981 | REG | Duquesne | EAA | W | 65 | 61 | 4 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Wed, Dec 30, 1981 | REG | @ | Middle Tennessee | OVC | L | 62 | 64 | 4 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 11 | Mon, Jan 4, 1982 | REG | @ | Nevada | Big Sky | L | 79 | 82 | 4 | 7 | L 2 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 9, 1982 | REG | Oklahoma City | MW City | L | 53 | 58 | 4 | 8 | L 3 | ||
| 13 | Mon, Jan 11, 1982 | REG | Oral Roberts | MW City | W | 91 | 72 | 5 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 16, 1982 | REG | @ | Xavier | MW City | W | 73 | 64 | 6 | 8 | W 2 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 23, 1982 | REG | @ | Butler | MW City | L | 61 | 68 | 6 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 16 | Mon, Jan 25, 1982 | REG | Evansville | MW City | L | 69 | 86 | 6 | 10 | L 2 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Jan 30, 1982 | REG | @ | Dayton | Ind | L | 62 | 68 | 6 | 11 | L 3 | |
| 18 | Mon, Feb 1, 1982 | REG | @ | Loyola (IL) | MW City | L | 81 | 86 | 6 | 12 | L 4 | |
| 19 | Mon, Feb 8, 1982 | REG | @ | Oral Roberts | MW City | L | 64 | 81 | 6 | 13 | L 5 | |
| 20 | Wed, Feb 10, 1982 | REG | @ | Oklahoma City | MW City | W | 57 | 55 | 7 | 13 | W 1 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 13, 1982 | REG | Xavier | MW City | W | 82 | 78 | 8 | 13 | W 2 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Feb 17, 1982 | REG | DePaul | Ind | L | 70 | 74 | 8 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 20, 1982 | REG | Butler | MW City | W | 81 | 67 | 9 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Mon, Feb 22, 1982 | REG | @ | Evansville | MW City | W | 69 | 65 | 10 | 14 | W 2 | |
| 25 | Wed, Feb 24, 1982 | REG | Marquette | Ind | L | 61 | 78 | 10 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Feb 27, 1982 | REG | Loyola (IL) | MW City | L | 74 | 80 | 10 | 16 | L 2 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Tue, Mar 2, 1982 | CTOURN | N | Oklahoma City | MW City | L | 61 | 69 | 10 | 17 | L 3 |