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1982-83 Houston Cougars Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 31-3 (16-0, 1st in SWC MBB)

Rank: 1st in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Guy Lewis

PS/G: 82.4 (6th of 274)

PA/G: 64.9 (73rd of 274)

SRS: 22.45 (1st of 274)

SOS: 4.97 (50th of 274)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest Second Round (60-50) versus #8 Maryland
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (70-63) versus #4 Memphis
Won Midwest Regional Final (89-71) versus #3 Villanova
Won National Semifinal (94-81) versus #1 Louisville
Lost National Final (54-52) versus #6 NC State

SWC Reg Season Champ
SWC Tourney Champ

AP Poll Summary

1982-83 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/29	12/6	12/13	12/20	12/27	1/3	1/10	1/17	1/24	1/31	2/7	2/14	2/21	2/28	3/7	Final
Houston	14	11	9	14	19	18	19	16	14	9	8	6	4	2	1	1	1

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Fri, Nov 26, 1982	REG		Arizona	Pac-10	-7.13	W	104	63		1	0	W 1	Hofheinz Pavilion
2	Sat, Nov 27, 1982	REG		Lamar	Southland	8.40	W	106	72		2	0	W 2	Hofheinz Pavilion
3	Wed, Dec 1, 1982	REG		Mississippi State	SEC	13.55	W	74	65		3	0	W 3	Hofheinz Pavilion
4	Wed, Dec 8, 1982	REG		Auburn	SEC	10.54	W	77	65		4	0	W 4	Hofheinz Pavilion
5	Sat, Dec 11, 1982	REG	@	Syracuse	Big East	14.69	L	87	92		4	1	L 1	Carrier Dome
6	Thu, Dec 16, 1982	REG	N	Virginia (1)	ACC	21.94	L	63	72		4	2	L 2	Aoyama Gakuin University Gym
7	Fri, Dec 17, 1982	REG	N	Utah	WAC	4.23	W	82	57		5	2	W 1
8	Mon, Dec 27, 1982	REG	@	Pepperdine	WCAC	5.28	W	93	92		6	2	W 2	Firestone Fieldhouse
9	Sun, Jan 2, 1983	REG		Pacific	PCAA	-5.39	W	112	58		7	2	W 3	Hofheinz Pavilion
10	Wed, Jan 5, 1983	REG		Texas A&M	SWC	3.15	W	84	61		8	2	W 4	Hofheinz Pavilion
11	Sat, Jan 8, 1983	REG		Southern Methodist	SWC	3.03	W	105	71		9	2	W 5	Hofheinz Pavilion
12	Mon, Jan 10, 1983	REG		Louisiana	Ind	6.19	W	79	78		10	2	W 6	Hofheinz Pavilion
13	Wed, Jan 12, 1983	REG	@	TCU	SWC	6.92	W	54	51		11	2	W 7	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum
14	Sat, Jan 15, 1983	REG	@	Texas	SWC	-12.03	W	77	52		12	2	W 8	Frank Erwin Center
15	Mon, Jan 17, 1983	REG		Texas Tech	SWC	-2.19	W	98	73		13	2	W 9	Hofheinz Pavilion
16	Sat, Jan 22, 1983	REG		Arkansas (4)	SWC	13.25	W	75	60		14	2	W 10	Hofheinz Pavilion
17	Wed, Jan 26, 1983	REG	@	Rice	SWC	-5.72	W	76	40		15	2	W 11	Rice Gymnasium
18	Wed, Feb 2, 1983	REG		Baylor	SWC	0.51	W	86	69		16	2	W 12	Hofheinz Pavilion
19	Sat, Feb 5, 1983	REG	@	Texas A&M	SWC	3.15	W	86	66		17	2	W 13	G. Rollie White Coliseum
20	Wed, Feb 9, 1983	REG	@	Southern Methodist	SWC	3.03	W	85	68		18	2	W 14	Moody Coliseum
21	Sat, Feb 12, 1983	REG		TCU	SWC	6.92	W	74	63		19	2	W 15	Hofheinz Pavilion
22	Wed, Feb 16, 1983	REG		Texas	SWC	-12.03	W	106	63		20	2	W 16	Hofheinz Pavilion
23	Sat, Feb 19, 1983	REG	@	Texas Tech	SWC	-2.19	W	84	75		21	2	W 17	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
24	Sat, Feb 26, 1983	REG		Rice	SWC	-5.72	W	86	52		22	2	W 18	Hofheinz Pavilion
25	Thu, Mar 3, 1983	REG	@	Arkansas (5)	SWC	13.25	W	74	66		23	2	W 19	Barnhill Arena
26	Sat, Mar 5, 1983	REG	@	Baylor	SWC	0.51	W	93	64		24	2	W 20	Heart O' Texas Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Sat, Mar 12, 1983	CTOURN	N	Southern Methodist	SWC	3.03	W	75	59		25	2	W 21	Reunion Arena
28	Sun, Mar 13, 1983	CTOURN	N	TCU	SWC	6.92	W	62	59		26	2	W 22	Reunion Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
29	Sat, Mar 19, 1983	NCAA	N	Maryland	ACC	8.50	W	60	50		27	2	W 23	The Summit
30	Fri, Mar 25, 1983	NCAA	N	Memphis (17)	Metro	15.06	W	70	63		28	2	W 24	Kemper Arena
31	Sun, Mar 27, 1983	NCAA	N	Villanova (13)	Big East	10.52	W	89	71		29	2	W 25	Kemper Arena
32	Sat, Apr 2, 1983	NCAA	N	Louisville (2)	Metro	18.56	W	94	81		30	2	W 26	University Arena
33	Mon, Apr 4, 1983	NCAA	N	NC State (16)	ACC	15.26	L	52	54		30	3	L 1	University Arena