Overall: 10-17, .370 W-L% (214th of 273)
Conference: 4-10, 6th in ACC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Mike Krzyzewski (10-17)
PS/G: 64.0 (188th of 273) ▪ PA/G: 70.0 (178th of 273)
SRS: 1.20 (114th of 273) ▪ SOS: 7.17 (13th of 273)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 28, 1981 | REG | Vanderbilt | SEC | L | 75 | 76 | 2OT | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Wed, Dec 2, 1981 | REG | La Salle | ECC | W | 61 | 55 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Dec 5, 1981 | REG | Appalachian State | Southern | L | 70 | 75 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Wed, Dec 9, 1981 | REG | @ | Virginia | ACC | L | 83 | 92 | 1 | 3 | L 2 | |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 12, 1981 | REG | @ | Princeton | Ivy | L | 55 | 72 | 1 | 4 | L 3 | |
| 6 | Tue, Dec 22, 1981 | REG | East Carolina | ECACS | W | 70 | 57 | 2 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Tue, Dec 29, 1981 | REG | Davidson | Southern | L | 73 | 75 | 2 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Wed, Dec 30, 1981 | REG | Auburn | SEC | W | 72 | 71 | 3 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Jan 2, 1982 | REG | @ | Louisville | Metro | L | 61 | 99 | 3 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Wed, Jan 6, 1982 | REG | Rutgers | EAA | W | 80 | 61 | 4 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 9, 1982 | REG | Maryland | ACC | L | 36 | 40 | 4 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Jan 13, 1982 | REG | N | Wake Forest | ACC | L | 48 | 58 | 4 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 16, 1982 | REG | North Carolina | ACC | L | 63 | 73 | 4 | 9 | L 3 | ||
| 14 | Wed, Jan 20, 1982 | REG | North Carolina State | ACC | W | 49 | 48 | 5 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 23, 1982 | REG | @ | Clemson | ACC | W | 50 | 44 | 6 | 9 | W 2 | |
| 16 | Wed, Jan 27, 1982 | REG | N | Holy Cross | ECACN | W | 66 | 60 | 7 | 9 | W 3 | |
| 17 | Sat, Jan 30, 1982 | REG | Virginia | ACC | L | 65 | 77 | 7 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Wed, Feb 3, 1982 | REG | Georgia Tech | ACC | W | 47 | 46 | 8 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 6, 1982 | REG | @ | Maryland | ACC | L | 60 | 77 | 8 | 11 | L 1 | |
| 20 | Mon, Feb 8, 1982 | REG | North Carolina-Wilmington | Ind | W | 67 | 57 | OT | 9 | 11 | W 1 | |
| 21 | Wed, Feb 10, 1982 | REG | @ | Stetson | Ind | L | 81 | 88 | 9 | 12 | L 1 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 13, 1982 | REG | Wake Forest | ACC | L | 71 | 86 | 9 | 13 | L 2 | ||
| 23 | Tue, Feb 16, 1982 | REG | @ | North Carolina State | ACC | L | 56 | 72 | 9 | 14 | L 3 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 20, 1982 | REG | @ | Georgia Tech | ACC | L | 78 | 87 | 9 | 15 | L 4 | |
| 25 | Wed, Feb 24, 1982 | REG | Clemson | ACC | W | 73 | 72 | 3OT | 10 | 15 | W 1 | |
| 26 | Sat, Feb 27, 1982 | REG | @ | North Carolina | ACC | L | 66 | 84 | 10 | 16 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Fri, Mar 5, 1982 | CTOURN | N | Wake Forest | ACC | L | 53 | 88 | 10 | 17 | L 2 |