Overall: 20-9, .690 W-L% (52nd of 273)
Conference: 11-5, 2nd in WAC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Smokey Gaines (20-9)
PS/G: 70.9 (72nd of 273) ▪ PA/G: 67.0 (127th of 273)
SRS: 9.40 (42nd of 273) ▪ SOS: 5.59 (45th of 273)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 27, 1981 | REG | California-Santa Barbara | PCAA | W | 95 | 60 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Thu, Dec 3, 1981 | REG | N | Arkansas | SWC | L | 68 | 85 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 3 | Sat, Dec 5, 1981 | REG | @ | Georgetown | Big East | L | 53 | 71 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 4 | Thu, Dec 10, 1981 | REG | San Diego | WCC | W | 41 | 36 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Dec 12, 1981 | REG | Oregon | Pac-10 | W | 87 | 74 | 3 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 6 | Tue, Dec 22, 1981 | REG | Long Beach State | PCAA | W | 92 | 84 | 4 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 7 | Tue, Dec 29, 1981 | REG | Baylor | SWC | W | 77 | 54 | 5 | 2 | W 4 | ||
| 8 | Wed, Dec 30, 1981 | REG | Temple | ECC | W | 75 | 64 | 6 | 2 | W 5 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Jan 2, 1982 | REG | @ | Nevada-Las Vegas | Ind | L | 71 | 77 | 6 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Jan 9, 1982 | REG | @ | Hawaii | WAC | L | 63 | 70 | 6 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 11 | Thu, Jan 14, 1982 | REG | New Mexico | WAC | W | 78 | 62 | 7 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 16, 1982 | REG | Texas-El Paso | WAC | W | 65 | 61 | 8 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 13 | Fri, Jan 22, 1982 | REG | @ | Wyoming | WAC | L | 64 | 77 | 8 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 23, 1982 | REG | @ | Colorado State | WAC | W | 57 | 50 | 9 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 15 | Mon, Jan 25, 1982 | REG | @ | Air Force | WAC | W | 58 | 57 | 10 | 5 | W 2 | |
| 16 | Thu, Jan 28, 1982 | REG | Brigham Young | WAC | W | 80 | 66 | 11 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Jan 30, 1982 | REG | Utah | WAC | W | 75 | 62 | 12 | 5 | W 4 | ||
| 18 | Thu, Feb 4, 1982 | REG | Air Force | WAC | W | 67 | 55 | 13 | 5 | W 5 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 6, 1982 | REG | Nevada-Las Vegas | Ind | W | 81 | 68 | 14 | 5 | W 6 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Feb 13, 1982 | REG | Hawaii | WAC | W | 79 | 60 | 15 | 5 | W 7 | ||
| 21 | Thu, Feb 18, 1982 | REG | @ | Texas-El Paso | WAC | L | 60 | 62 | 15 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 20, 1982 | REG | @ | New Mexico | WAC | W | 86 | 79 | 16 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 23 | Thu, Feb 25, 1982 | REG | @ | Utah | WAC | W | 74 | 72 | 17 | 6 | W 2 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 27, 1982 | REG | @ | Brigham Young | WAC | L | 66 | 106 | 17 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 25 | Thu, Mar 4, 1982 | REG | Colorado State | WAC | W | 68 | 62 | 18 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Mar 6, 1982 | REG | Wyoming | WAC | L | 64 | 66 | 18 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Fri, Mar 12, 1982 | NIT | California-Irvine | PCAA | L | 69 | 70 | 18 | 9 | L 2 |