Overall: 20-11, .645 W-L% (82nd of 274)
Conference: 9-3, 1st in Mid-Cont (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jack Margenthaler (20-11)
PS/G: 73.8 (60th of 274) ▪ PA/G: 67.7 (113th of 274)
SRS: -0.73 (137th of 274) ▪ SOS: -6.89 (237th of 274)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Nov 29, 1982 | REG | Montana State | Big Sky | W | 76 | 65 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Thu, Dec 2, 1982 | REG | @ | Illinois State | MVC | L | 53 | 55 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 3 | Sat, Dec 4, 1982 | REG | Mississippi Valley State | SWAC | W | 73 | 49 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Mon, Dec 6, 1982 | REG | @ | Green Bay | Mid-Cont | W | 65 | 56 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 5 | Wed, Dec 8, 1982 | REG | @ | Charleston Southern | Ind | L | 55 | 71 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Fri, Dec 10, 1982 | REG | Illinois-Chicago | Mid-Cont | L | 64 | 75 | 3 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 7 | Fri, Dec 17, 1982 | REG | N | Oregon State | Pac-10 | L | 71 | 91 | 3 | 4 | L 3 | |
| 8 | Sat, Dec 18, 1982 | REG | N | Western Michigan | MAC | W | 95 | 79 | 4 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 9 | Wed, Dec 22, 1982 | REG | Jackson State | SWAC | W | 99 | 69 | 5 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 10 | Tue, Jan 4, 1983 | REG | N | Northern Iowa | Mid-Cont | W | 77 | 55 | 6 | 4 | W 3 | |
| 11 | Wed, Jan 12, 1983 | REG | Missouri State | Mid-Cont | L | 83 | 89 | 6 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Mon, Jan 17, 1983 | REG | Valparaiso | Mid-Cont | W | 84 | 62 | 7 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Jan 22, 1983 | REG | @ | Eastern Illinois | Mid-Cont | L | 82 | 89 | 7 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 14 | Tue, Jan 25, 1983 | REG | Charleston Southern | Ind | W | 87 | 76 | 8 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Thu, Jan 27, 1983 | REG | Northern Iowa | Mid-Cont | W | 67 | 53 | 9 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 29, 1983 | REG | @ | Illinois-Chicago | Mid-Cont | W | 75 | 63 | 10 | 6 | W 3 | |
| 17 | Mon, Jan 31, 1983 | REG | Green Bay | Mid-Cont | W | 81 | 61 | 11 | 6 | W 4 | ||
| 18 | Wed, Feb 2, 1983 | REG | Campbell | Ind | W | 80 | 62 | 12 | 6 | W 5 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 5, 1983 | REG | @ | Valparaiso | Mid-Cont | W | 66 | 63 | 13 | 6 | W 6 | |
| 20 | Mon, Feb 7, 1983 | REG | Morehead State | OVC | W | 75 | 68 | 14 | 6 | W 7 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 12, 1983 | REG | Howard | MEAC | W | 50 | 45 | 15 | 6 | W 8 | ||
| 22 | Mon, Feb 14, 1983 | REG | @ | Missouri State | Mid-Cont | W | 68 | 67 | 16 | 6 | W 9 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 19, 1983 | REG | @ | Northern Iowa | Mid-Cont | W | 77 | 69 | 17 | 6 | W 10 | |
| 24 | Mon, Feb 21, 1983 | REG | @ | Southern Mississippi | Metro | L | 69 | 85 | 17 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 26, 1983 | REG | Eastern Illinois | Mid-Cont | W | 86 | 73 | 18 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Mar 5, 1983 | REG | Southern Mississippi | Metro | L | 62 | 70 | 18 | 8 | L 1 |