Overall: 17-12, .586 W-L% (108th of 273)
Conference: 8-4, 3rd in MW City (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Gene Sullivan (17-12)
PS/G: 79.2 (10th of 273) ▪ PA/G: 74.9 (240th of 273)
SRS: 4.83 (82nd of 273) ▪ SOS: 0.52 (130th of 273)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 27, 1981 | REG | Air Force | WAC | W | 76 | 65 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Nov 28, 1981 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 83 | 87 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Mon, Nov 30, 1981 | REG | @ | Valparaiso | Ind | W | 84 | 59 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 4 | Fri, Dec 4, 1981 | REG | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 60 | 61 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Mon, Dec 7, 1981 | REG | Northern Illinois | MAC | W | 97 | 75 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 12, 1981 | REG | Creighton | MVC | W | 80 | 78 | 4 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 7 | Tue, Dec 15, 1981 | REG | @ | Toledo | MAC | W | 79 | 70 | 5 | 2 | W 3 | |
| 8 | Fri, Dec 18, 1981 | REG | Southern Illinois | MVC | W | 68 | 57 | 6 | 2 | W 4 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Dec 19, 1981 | REG | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 75 | 71 | 7 | 2 | W 5 | ||
| 10 | Wed, Dec 23, 1981 | REG | Bradley | MVC | L | 61 | 74 | 7 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 2, 1982 | REG | Marquette | Ind | L | 69 | 81 | 7 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 9, 1982 | REG | Oral Roberts | MW City | W | 88 | 77 | 8 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Mon, Jan 11, 1982 | REG | Oklahoma City | MW City | W | 76 | 58 | 9 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 16, 1982 | REG | @ | Dayton | Ind | L | 87 | 88 | 9 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Mon, Jan 18, 1982 | REG | @ | Cincinnati | Metro | L | 72 | 83 | 9 | 6 | L 2 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 23, 1982 | REG | @ | Evansville | MW City | L | 80 | 84 | 9 | 7 | L 3 | |
| 17 | Mon, Jan 25, 1982 | REG | Butler | MW City | W | 98 | 73 | 10 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Jan 30, 1982 | REG | Xavier | MW City | W | 83 | 67 | 11 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 19 | Mon, Feb 1, 1982 | REG | Detroit Mercy | MW City | W | 86 | 81 | 12 | 7 | W 3 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Feb 6, 1982 | REG | @ | Oral Roberts | MW City | L | 76 | 79 | 12 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Mon, Feb 8, 1982 | REG | @ | Oklahoma City | MW City | L | 78 | 91 | 12 | 9 | L 2 | |
| 22 | Fri, Feb 12, 1982 | REG | @ | DePaul | Ind | L | 90 | 98 | 12 | 10 | L 3 | |
| 23 | Mon, Feb 15, 1982 | REG | @ | Xavier | MW City | W | 82 | 80 | 13 | 10 | W 1 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 20, 1982 | REG | Evansville | MW City | L | 73 | 79 | 13 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Mon, Feb 22, 1982 | REG | @ | Butler | MW City | W | 78 | 60 | 14 | 11 | W 1 | |
| 26 | Sat, Feb 27, 1982 | REG | @ | Detroit Mercy | MW City | W | 80 | 74 | 15 | 11 | W 2 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Tue, Mar 2, 1982 | CTOURN | N | Butler | MW City | W | 88 | 71 | 16 | 11 | W 3 | |
| 28 | Wed, Mar 3, 1982 | CTOURN | N | Xavier | MW City | W | 77 | 69 | 17 | 11 | W 4 | |
| 29 | Thu, Mar 4, 1982 | CTOURN | N | Evansville | MW City | L | 72 | 81 | 17 | 12 | L 1 |