Overall: 23-6, .793 W-L% (17th of 273)
Conference: 12-4, 2nd in MVC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Gene Smithson (23-6)
PS/G: 75.5 (26th of 273) ▪ PA/G: 65.1 (95th of 273)
SRS: 13.51 (14th of 273) ▪ SOS: 3.13 (101st of 273)
| Pre | 12/1 | 12/8 | 12/15 | 12/22 | 12/29 | 1/5 | 1/12 | 1/19 | 1/26 | 2/2 | 2/9 | 2/16 | 2/23 | 3/2 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Dec 5, 1981 | REG | Cincinnati | Metro | W | 87 | 67 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Dec 8, 1981 | REG | @ | Long Beach State | PCAA | W | 94 | 71 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Sat, Dec 12, 1981 | REG | Alabama-Birmingham | Sun Belt | W | 75 | 60 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 19, 1981 | REG | Texas-Pan American | Ind | W | 118 | 65 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Wed, Dec 23, 1981 | REG | @ | Detroit Mercy | MW City | W | 79 | 70 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | |
| 6 | Sun, Dec 27, 1981 | REG | N | Cal State Fullerton | PCAA | W | 70 | 67 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | |
| 7 | Mon, Dec 28, 1981 | REG | N | North Carolina State | ACC | L | 48 | 60 | 6 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Tue, Dec 29, 1981 | REG | N | San Francisco | WCC | L | 74 | 84 | 6 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 9 | Sat, Jan 2, 1982 | REG | New Mexico State | MVC | W | 63 | 50 | 7 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Mon, Jan 4, 1982 | REG | Alliant International | Ind | W | 92 | 67 | 8 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 11 | Wed, Jan 6, 1982 | REG | N | Iona | MAAC | W | 97 | 78 | 9 | 2 | W 3 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 9, 1982 | REG | @ | Bradley | MVC | L | 47 | 55 | 9 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 13 | Thu, Jan 14, 1982 | REG | Creighton | MVC | W | 69 | 56 | 10 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 16, 1982 | REG | @ | Tulsa | MVC | L | 88 | 99 | 10 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Thu, Jan 21, 1982 | REG | @ | West Texas A&M | MVC | W | 73 | 72 | 11 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 23, 1982 | REG | @ | New Mexico State | MVC | L | 57 | 59 | 11 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 17 | Thu, Jan 28, 1982 | REG | Drake | MVC | W | 75 | 49 | 12 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Jan 30, 1982 | REG | Bradley | MVC | W | 47 | 42 | 13 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 19 | Thu, Feb 4, 1982 | REG | @ | Illinois State | MVC | W | 61 | 56 | 14 | 5 | W 3 | |
| 20 | Sat, Feb 6, 1982 | REG | Tulsa | MVC | L | 75 | 80 | 14 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 21 | Thu, Feb 11, 1982 | REG | @ | Creighton | MVC | W | 62 | 50 | 15 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 13, 1982 | REG | @ | Drake | MVC | W | 62 | 43 | 16 | 6 | W 2 | |
| 23 | Thu, Feb 18, 1982 | REG | Indiana State | MVC | W | 75 | 57 | 17 | 6 | W 3 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Feb 20, 1982 | REG | Southern Illinois | MVC | W | 86 | 75 | 18 | 6 | W 4 | ||
| 25 | Sun, Feb 21, 1982 | REG | @ | Louisiana State | SEC | W | 66 | 65 | 19 | 6 | W 5 | |
| 26 | Thu, Feb 25, 1982 | REG | West Texas A&M | MVC | W | 106 | 89 | 20 | 6 | W 6 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Feb 27, 1982 | REG | @ | Indiana State | MVC | W | 92 | 72 | 21 | 6 | W 7 |