Overall: 16-13, .552 W-L% (128th of 273)
Conference: 7-7, 5th in Big East (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jim Boeheim (16-13)
PS/G: 79.2 (10th of 273) ▪ PA/G: 75.8 (249th of 273)
SRS: 7.57 (58th of 273) ▪ SOS: 4.15 (81st of 273)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Nov 30, 1981 | REG | Colgate | ECACN | W | 98 | 71 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Dec 1, 1981 | REG | @ | Cornell | Ivy | W | 90 | 47 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Fri, Dec 4, 1981 | REG | Central Michigan | MAC | W | 100 | 66 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 5, 1981 | REG | Saint Joseph's | ECC | L | 57 | 59 | 3 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Wed, Dec 9, 1981 | REG | St. Bonaventure | EAA | W | 74 | 67 | 4 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 12, 1981 | REG | N | Fordham | MAAC | L | 78 | 79 | 4 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 19, 1981 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 78 | 74 | 5 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Wed, Dec 30, 1981 | REG | Alliant International | Ind | W | 94 | 81 | 6 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Jan 2, 1982 | REG | Canisius | ECACN | W | 90 | 72 | 7 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 10 | Mon, Jan 4, 1982 | REG | @ | Ohio State | Big Ten | L | 57 | 67 | 7 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 11 | Wed, Jan 6, 1982 | REG | Connecticut | Big East | W | 72 | 69 | 8 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 9, 1982 | REG | @ | Villanova | Big East | L | 83 | 84 | 8 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 13 | Wed, Jan 13, 1982 | REG | @ | Providence | Big East | W | 71 | 66 | 9 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 14 | Sun, Jan 17, 1982 | REG | Georgetown | Big East | W | 75 | 70 | 10 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 15 | Wed, Jan 20, 1982 | REG | @ | St. John's (NY) | Big East | L | 62 | 73 | 10 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 23, 1982 | REG | Boston College | Big East | L | 62 | 80 | 10 | 6 | L 2 | ||
| 17 | Mon, Jan 25, 1982 | REG | @ | Penn State | Ind | W | 69 | 68 | 11 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 18 | Sat, Jan 30, 1982 | REG | DePaul | Ind | L | 87 | 92 | 11 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Wed, Feb 3, 1982 | REG | @ | Seton Hall | Big East | W | 90 | 80 | 12 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 20 | Sat, Feb 6, 1982 | REG | Providence | Big East | W | 86 | 71 | 13 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 21 | Mon, Feb 8, 1982 | REG | @ | Georgetown | Big East | L | 79 | 96 | 13 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 13, 1982 | REG | @ | Connecticut | Big East | W | 78 | 71 | 14 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 23 | Wed, Feb 17, 1982 | REG | Villanova | Big East | L | 69 | 81 | 14 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Feb 20, 1982 | REG | Seton Hall | Big East | W | 87 | 81 | 15 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 25 | Mon, Feb 22, 1982 | REG | @ | Boston College | Big East | L | 77 | 88 | 15 | 10 | L 1 | |
| 26 | Sat, Feb 27, 1982 | REG | St. John's (NY) | Big East | L | 76 | 80 | 15 | 11 | L 2 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Fri, Mar 5, 1982 | CTOURN | N | Boston College | Big East | L | 92 | 94 | 15 | 12 | L 3 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Fri, Mar 12, 1982 | NIT | Saint Peter's | MAAC | W | 84 | 75 | 16 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 29 | Mon, Mar 15, 1982 | NIT | Bradley | MVC | L | 81 | 95 | 16 | 13 | L 1 |