AP Poll Summary Table
| School |
Pre |
11/30 |
12/7 |
12/14 |
12/21 |
12/28 |
1/4 |
1/11 |
1/18 |
1/25 |
2/1 |
2/8 |
2/15 |
2/22 |
3/1 |
Final |
| UC Santa Barbara | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Schedule and Results Table
| G |
Date |
Type |
|
Opponent |
Conf |
SRS |
|
Tm |
Opp |
OT |
W |
L |
Streak |
Arena |
| 1 | Fri, Nov 27, 1981 | REG | @ | San Diego State | WAC | 9.40 | L | 60 | 95 | | 0 | 1 | L 1 | Peterson Gym |
| 2 | Tue, Dec 1, 1981 | REG | | Loyola Marymount | WCAC | -6.55 | W | 82 | 72 | | 1 | 1 | W 1 | The Thunderdome |
| 3 | Sat, Dec 5, 1981 | REG | @ | California | Pac-10 | 4.30 | L | 61 | 74 | | 1 | 2 | L 1 | Harmon Gym |
| 4 | Fri, Dec 11, 1981 | REG | | Grambling | SWAC | -16.93 | W | 89 | 73 | | 2 | 2 | W 1 | The Thunderdome |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 12, 1981 | REG | | Saint Joseph's | ECC | 8.22 | L | 53 | 77 | | 2 | 3 | L 1 | The Thunderdome |
| 6 | Tue, Dec 15, 1981 | REG | @ | Houston | SWC | 12.94 | L | 68 | 74 | | 2 | 4 | L 2 | Hofheinz Pavilion |
| 7 | Thu, Dec 17, 1981 | REG | | Washington | Pac-10 | 7.42 | L | 62 | 71 | | 2 | 5 | L 3 | The Thunderdome |
| 8 | Tue, Dec 22, 1981 | REG | | San Diego | WCAC | 0.16 | W | 72 | 57 | | 3 | 5 | W 1 | The Thunderdome |
| 9 | Mon, Dec 28, 1981 | REG | | Montana | Big Sky | 4.69 | L | 61 | 64 | | 3 | 6 | L 1 | The Thunderdome |
| 10 | Wed, Dec 30, 1981 | REG | @ | Northern Arizona | Big Sky | -3.81 | W | 78 | 70 | | 4 | 6 | W 1 | Walkup Skydome |
| 11 | Sat, Jan 2, 1982 | REG | @ | Saint Mary's | WCAC | -0.36 | W | 75 | 62 | | 5 | 6 | W 2 | McKeon Pavilion |
| 12 | Thu, Jan 14, 1982 | REG | @ | Long Beach State | PCAA | 1.50 | W | 71 | 59 | | 6 | 6 | W 3 | Long Beach Arena |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 16, 1982 | REG | @ | UC Irvine | PCAA | 7.22 | L | 62 | 65 | | 6 | 7 | L 1 | Crawford Hall |
| 14 | Thu, Jan 21, 1982 | REG | | Fresno State | PCAA | 13.34 | L | 38 | 40 | | 6 | 8 | L 2 | The Thunderdome |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 23, 1982 | REG | | San Jose State | PCAA | 0.87 | L | 65 | 72 | | 6 | 9 | L 3 | The Thunderdome |
| 16 | Thu, Jan 28, 1982 | REG | | Cal State Fullerton | PCAA | 3.60 | L | 41 | 42 | | 6 | 10 | L 4 | The Thunderdome |
| 17 | Sat, Jan 30, 1982 | REG | @ | Cal State Fullerton | PCAA | 3.60 | L | 59 | 70 | | 6 | 11 | L 5 | Titan Gym |
| 18 | Thu, Feb 4, 1982 | REG | @ | Utah State | PCAA | -5.05 | W | 63 | 62 | | 7 | 11 | W 1 | Dee Glen Smith Spectrum |
| 19 | Sat, Feb 6, 1982 | REG | @ | Pacific | PCAA | -4.84 | L | 91 | 96 | | 7 | 12 | L 1 | Alex G. Spanos Center |
| 20 | Thu, Feb 11, 1982 | REG | | Utah State | PCAA | -5.05 | W | 92 | 77 | | 8 | 12 | W 1 | The Thunderdome |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 13, 1982 | REG | | Pacific | PCAA | -4.84 | W | 79 | 66 | | 9 | 12 | W 2 | The Thunderdome |
| 22 | Thu, Feb 18, 1982 | REG | @ | Fresno State (15) | PCAA | 13.34 | L | 59 | 69 | | 9 | 13 | L 1 | Selland Arena |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 20, 1982 | REG | @ | San Jose State | PCAA | 0.87 | W | 49 | 48 | | 10 | 13 | W 1 | San Jose Civic Auditorium |
| 24 | Thu, Feb 25, 1982 | REG | | Long Beach State | PCAA | 1.50 | L | 76 | 79 | | 10 | 14 | L 1 | The Thunderdome |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 27, 1982 | REG | | UC Irvine | PCAA | 7.22 | L | 77 | 79 | | 10 | 15 | L 2 | The Thunderdome |
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