Overall: 30-7, .811 W-L% (12th of 273)
Conference: 10-4, 2nd in Big East (Schedule and Results)
Coach: John Thompson (30-7)
PS/G: 66.8 (141st of 273) ▪ PA/G: 54.0 (8th of 273)
SRS: 19.29 (4th of 273) ▪ SOS: 6.34 (28th of 273)
NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in West)
Won West Second Round (51-43) versus #8 Wyoming
Won West Regional Semifinal (58-40) versus #4 Fresno State
Won West Regional Final (69-45) versus #2 Oregon State
Won National Semifinal (50-46) versus #3 Louisville
Lost National Final (63-62) versus #1 North Carolina
| Pre | 12/1 | 12/8 | 12/15 | 12/22 | 12/29 | 1/5 | 1/12 | 1/19 | 1/26 | 2/2 | 2/9 | 2/16 | 2/23 | 3/2 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 6 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Nov 25, 1981 | REG | N | Louisiana-Lafayette | Southland | L | 61 | 70 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Thu, Nov 26, 1981 | REG | @ | Alaska-Anchorage | W | 77 | 67 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Nov 27, 1981 | REG | N | Ohio State | Big Ten | L | 46 | 47 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 5, 1981 | REG | San Diego State | WAC | W | 71 | 53 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Dec 12, 1981 | REG | N | American | ECC | W | 75 | 63 | 3 | 2 | W 2 | |
| 6 | Wed, Dec 16, 1981 | REG | George Washington | EAA | W | 61 | 48 | 4 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 19, 1981 | REG | Nevada-Las Vegas | Ind | W | 76 | 52 | 5 | 2 | W 4 | ||
| 8 | Tue, Dec 22, 1981 | REG | Western Kentucky | OVC | W | 64 | 45 | 6 | 2 | W 5 | ||
| 9 | Tue, Dec 29, 1981 | REG | N | Columbia | Ivy | W | 38 | 26 | 7 | 2 | W 6 | |
| 10 | Wed, Dec 30, 1981 | REG | N | Niagara | ECACN | W | 77 | 49 | 8 | 2 | W 7 | |
| 11 | Sat, Jan 2, 1982 | REG | Robert Morris | ECACM | W | 75 | 58 | 9 | 2 | W 8 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Jan 6, 1982 | REG | N | St. John's (NY) | Big East | W | 72 | 42 | 10 | 2 | W 9 | |
| 13 | Sun, Jan 10, 1982 | REG | Boston College | Big East | W | 67 | 51 | 11 | 2 | W 10 | ||
| 14 | Wed, Jan 13, 1982 | REG | @ | Seton Hall | Big East | W | 62 | 60 | 12 | 2 | W 11 | |
| 15 | Sun, Jan 17, 1982 | REG | @ | Syracuse | Big East | L | 70 | 75 | 12 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 16 | Wed, Jan 20, 1982 | REG | Connecticut | Big East | L | 52 | 63 | 12 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Jan 23, 1982 | REG | @ | Providence | Big East | L | 49 | 50 | 12 | 5 | L 3 | |
| 18 | Mon, Jan 25, 1982 | REG | Villanova | Big East | W | 72 | 56 | 13 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Sun, Jan 31, 1982 | REG | St. John's (NY) | Big East | W | 63 | 46 | 14 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Wed, Feb 3, 1982 | REG | @ | Villanova | Big East | W | 83 | 72 | 15 | 5 | W 3 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 6, 1982 | REG | Seton Hall | Big East | W | 113 | 73 | 16 | 5 | W 4 | ||
| 22 | Mon, Feb 8, 1982 | REG | Syracuse | Big East | W | 96 | 79 | 17 | 5 | W 5 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 13, 1982 | REG | Southern | SWAC | W | 84 | 48 | 18 | 5 | W 6 | ||
| 24 | Wed, Feb 17, 1982 | REG | @ | Boston College | Big East | L | 71 | 80 | 18 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 20, 1982 | REG | Missouri | Big 8 | W | 63 | 51 | 19 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Wed, Feb 24, 1982 | REG | Providence | Big East | W | 60 | 42 | 20 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Feb 27, 1982 | REG | @ | Connecticut | Big East | W | 60 | 42 | 21 | 6 | W 3 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Fri, Mar 5, 1982 | CTOURN | N | Providence | Big East | W | 62 | 48 | 22 | 6 | W 4 | |
| 29 | Sat, Mar 6, 1982 | CTOURN | N | St. John's (NY) | Big East | W | 57 | 42 | 23 | 6 | W 5 | |
| 30 | Sun, Mar 7, 1982 | CTOURN | N | Villanova | Big East | W | 72 | 54 | 24 | 6 | W 6 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Sat, Mar 13, 1982 | NCAA | N | Wyoming | WAC | W | 51 | 43 | 25 | 6 | W 7 | |
| 32 | Thu, Mar 18, 1982 | NCAA | N | Fresno State | PCAA | W | 58 | 40 | 26 | 6 | W 8 | |
| 33 | Sat, Mar 20, 1982 | NCAA | N | Oregon State | Pac-10 | W | 69 | 45 | 27 | 6 | W 9 | |
| 34 | Sat, Mar 27, 1982 | NCAA | N | Louisville | Metro | W | 50 | 46 | 28 | 6 | W 10 | |
| 35 | Mon, Mar 29, 1982 | NCAA | N | North Carolina | ACC | L | 62 | 63 | 28 | 7 | L 1 |