Overall: 20-8, .714 W-L% (40th of 273)
Conference: 11-5, 2nd in WAC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Don Haskins (20-8)
PS/G: 60.3 (242nd of 273) ▪ PA/G: 54.0 (7th of 273)
SRS: 10.48 (31st of 273) ▪ SOS: 4.11 (82nd of 273)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Dec 1, 1981 | REG | New Mexico State | MVC | W | 70 | 52 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Thu, Dec 3, 1981 | REG | Texas-San Antonio | Ind | W | 65 | 37 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Dec 5, 1981 | REG | @ | Colorado | Big 8 | L | 71 | 88 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Tue, Dec 8, 1981 | REG | @ | New Mexico State | MVC | L | 61 | 78 | 2 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 12, 1981 | REG | Texas Southern | SWAC | W | 61 | 48 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Fri, Dec 18, 1981 | REG | Georgia Tech | ACC | W | 73 | 44 | 4 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 19, 1981 | REG | Texas A&M | SWC | W | 60 | 40 | 5 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 8 | Mon, Dec 21, 1981 | REG | @ | Louisiana State | SEC | L | 59 | 71 | 5 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Sat, Jan 2, 1982 | REG | @ | Brigham Young | WAC | L | 60 | 67 | 5 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 10 | Mon, Jan 4, 1982 | REG | @ | Utah | WAC | W | 73 | 61 | 6 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 11 | Sat, Jan 9, 1982 | REG | Air Force | WAC | W | 66 | 35 | 7 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 12 | Thu, Jan 14, 1982 | REG | @ | Hawaii | WAC | L | 49 | 52 | 7 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 16, 1982 | REG | @ | San Diego State | WAC | L | 61 | 65 | 7 | 6 | L 2 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 23, 1982 | REG | New Mexico | WAC | W | 74 | 60 | 8 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Fri, Jan 29, 1982 | REG | Wyoming | WAC | W | 51 | 45 | 9 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 30, 1982 | REG | Colorado State | WAC | W | 56 | 52 | 10 | 6 | W 3 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Feb 6, 1982 | REG | @ | New Mexico | WAC | L | 49 | 63 | 10 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 18 | Thu, Feb 11, 1982 | REG | @ | Colorado State | WAC | W | 49 | 30 | 11 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 19 | Sat, Feb 13, 1982 | REG | @ | Wyoming | WAC | W | 43 | 37 | 12 | 7 | W 2 | |
| 20 | Thu, Feb 18, 1982 | REG | San Diego State | WAC | W | 62 | 60 | 13 | 7 | W 3 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 20, 1982 | REG | Hawaii | WAC | W | 71 | 61 | 14 | 7 | W 4 | ||
| 22 | Fri, Feb 26, 1982 | REG | @ | Air Force | WAC | W | 55 | 45 | 15 | 7 | W 5 | |
| 23 | Thu, Mar 4, 1982 | REG | Brigham Young | WAC | L | 43 | 45 | 15 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Mar 6, 1982 | REG | Utah | WAC | W | 66 | 59 | 16 | 8 | W 1 |