Overall: 6-21, .222 W-L% (259th of 273)
Conference: 3-15, 10th in Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bill Cofield (6-21)
*Conference W-L adjusted to 0-18 (more)
PS/G: 64.3 (186th of 273) ▪ PA/G: 73.6 (228th of 273)
SRS: -5.03 (184th of 273) ▪ SOS: 4.34 (78th of 273)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Dec 4, 1981 | REG | Illinois-Chicago | Ind | L | 66 | 74 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Dec 5, 1981 | REG | Green Bay | Ind | W | 77 | 65 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Wed, Dec 9, 1981 | REG | @ | Central Michigan | MAC | L | 68 | 71 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 12, 1981 | REG | Ball State | MAC | W | 71 | 70 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Mon, Dec 21, 1981 | REG | Northern Iowa | Ind | W | 65 | 53 | 3 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 26, 1981 | REG | N | Oregon | Pac-10 | L | 82 | 85 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Sun, Dec 27, 1981 | REG | N | Tennessee | SEC | L | 67 | 79 | 3 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 8 | Mon, Dec 28, 1981 | REG | N | Iowa State | Big 8 | L | 79 | 103 | 3 | 5 | L 3 | |
| 9 | Thu, Jan 7, 1982 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 65 | 63 | 4 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Jan 9, 1982 | REG | @ | Ohio State | Big Ten | L | 59 | 66 | 4 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 11 | Thu, Jan 14, 1982 | REG | Northwestern | Big Ten | L | 55 | 61 | 4 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 16, 1982 | REG | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 62 | 78 | 4 | 8 | L 3 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Jan 21, 1982 | REG | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 57 | 78 | 4 | 9 | L 4 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 23, 1982 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 58 | 68 | 4 | 10 | L 5 | |
| 15 | Thu, Jan 28, 1982 | REG | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 56 | 62 | 4 | 11 | L 6 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 30, 1982 | REG | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 67 | 81 | 4 | 12 | L 7 | |
| 17 | Thu, Feb 4, 1982 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 54 | 88 | 4 | 13 | L 8 | |
| 18 | Sat, Feb 6, 1982 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 46 | 55 | 4 | 14 | L 9 | ||
| 19 | Thu, Feb 11, 1982 | REG | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 60 | 71 | 4 | 15 | L 10 | |
| 20 | Sat, Feb 13, 1982 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 60 | 68 | 4 | 16 | L 11 | ||
| 21 | Thu, Feb 18, 1982 | REG | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 57 | 88 | 4 | 17 | L 12 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 20, 1982 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 65 | 60 | 5 | 17 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Thu, Feb 25, 1982 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 55 | 79 | 5 | 18 | L 1 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 27, 1982 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 61 | 60 | 6 | 18 | W 1 | |
| 25 | Thu, Mar 4, 1982 | REG | Ohio State | Big Ten | L | 75 | 77 | 6 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Mar 6, 1982 | REG | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 84 | 91 | 6 | 20 | L 2 | ||
| 27 | Tue, Mar 9, 1982 | REG | @ | Marquette | Ind | L | 64 | 94 | 6 | 21 | L 3 |