1981-82 College Basketball Season Summary

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National Champion: North Carolina

Final Four: Georgetown, Houston, Louisville and UNC

Consensus Player of the Year: Ralph Sampson

AP Preseason #1: North Carolina

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Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	155	85	.646	11.33	6.91	3	4	1	North Carolina, Virginia	North Carolina
2	Big Eight Conference	8	137	94	.593	8.84	6.92	1	2	0	Missouri	Missouri
3	Southwest Conference	9	155	107	.592	8.36	6.76	1	2	1	Arkansas	Arkansas
4	Big East Conference	8	151	91	.624	8.09	5.14	1	4	1	Villanova	Georgetown
5	Southeastern Conference	10	159	131	.548	7.24	6.48	2	3	0	Kentucky, Tennessee	Alabama
6	Pacific-10 Conference	10	152	127	.545	6.48	5.98	2	2	0	Oregon State
7	Big Ten Conference	10	152	136	.528	6.45	5.14	2	4	0	Minnesota
8	Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference	7	118	85	.581	5.62	4.33	2	2	1	Memphis	Memphis
9	Western Athletic Conference	9	138	116	.543	5.24	4.99	0	1	0	Wyoming
10	Missouri Valley Conference	10	157	129	.549	4.26	3.43	1	1	0	Bradley	Tulsa
11	Sun Belt Conference	6	100	69	.592	3.37	1.22	1	1	0	Alabama-Birmingham	Alabama-Birmingham
12	West Coast Athletic Conference	8	120	101	.543	2.90	3.52	0	2	0	Pepperdine
13	Big Sky Conference	8	121	99	.550	2.77	2.06	1	1	0	Idaho	Idaho
14	Pacific Coast Athletic Association	8	114	112	.504	2.19	2.79	1	1	0	Fresno State	Fresno State
15	Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference South	7	111	86	.563	1.40	0.23	0	2	0
16	Midwestern City Conference	7	97	101	.490	-0.41	0.19	0	1	0	Evansville	Evansville
17	Eastern Athletic Association	8	122	105	.537	-0.76	-0.64	1	2	0	West Virginia	Pittsburgh
18	Southland Conference	7	117	81	.591	-0.88	-1.80	0	1	0	Louisiana	Louisiana
19	Southern Conference	9	126	123	.506	-2.76	-1.01	0	1	0	Chattanooga	Chattanooga
20	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	6	89	85	.511	-3.81	-2.24	0	0	0	Saint Peter's	Fordham
21	Mid-American Conference	10	140	135	.509	-4.83	-3.25	0	1	0	Ball State	Northern Illinois
22	Independent	28	370	391	.486	-5.06	-2.88	1	2	0
23	East Coast Conference	12	173	161	.518	-6.40	-5.18	0	1	0	Temple (East), West Chester (West)	Saint Joseph's
24	Trans America Athletic Conference	9	134	113	.543	-6.43	-5.67	0	1	0	Little Rock	Louisiana-Monroe
25	Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference North	9	130	115	.531	-6.63	-4.85	0	1	0	Northeastern	Northeastern
26	Ohio Valley Conference	9	116	128	.475	-7.93	-5.40	0	1	0	Murray State, Western Kentucky	Middle Tennessee
27	Ivy Group	8	92	117	.440	-8.30	-5.77	0	1	0	Pennsylvania
28	Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Metro	11	136	166	.450	-9.24	-6.66	0	1	0	Fairleigh Dickinson (North), Robert Morris (South)	Robert Morris
29	Southwest Athletic Conference	7	89	103	.464	-13.88	-10.88	0	1	0	Alcorn State, Jackson State	Alcorn State
30	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	7	85	103	.452	-13.91	-11.34	0	1	0	North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T

AP Poll Summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	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
DePaul	8	7	7	7	13	8	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2
Louisville	4	3	3	3	8	14	12	17	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
Kentucky	3	2	2	2	2	4	3	6	9	7	9	12	10	7	15	15
Wichita State	6	4	4	4	3	2	9	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alabama	20	17	16	14	12	12	16	13	16	13	8	10	19	17	18	13
Indiana	12	12	10	13	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-
Louisiana	-	-	18	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Virginia	7	5	5	5	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3
Fresno State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	17	18	15	14	12	11
Houston	-	-	-	-	18	18	14	10	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
St. John's (NY)	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Georgia	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Villanova	-	-	-	18	20	19	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kansas State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	14	19	15	18	-	17	-
Minnesota	10	10	8	8	5	9	6	11	5	10	6	9	8	13	7	7
Georgetown	5	20	20	19	17	17	13	8	13	-	-	20	13	12	8	6
Tennessee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	15	16	-	-	19	-	-
Wake Forest	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	13	16	14	18	16	18
BYU	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Notre Dame	19	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Memphis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	14	12	10	13	9
West Virginia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	11	9	6	9	14
UCLA	2	8	17	17	15	16	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	19	19
Tulsa	11	9	14	12	14	13	10	18	10	16	11	7	6	8	10	10
Oregon State	-	-	19	20	16	15	17	15	12	8	10	6	5	4	4	4
Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-
UNLV	-	18	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arkansas	18	13	11	9	6	5	11	9	15	12	14	8	17	15	14	12
Virginia Tech	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Texas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	7	5	12	-	-	-	-	-
NC State	-	-	-	-	-	20	15	12	14	17	-	-	-	-	-	-
LSU	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Missouri	15	16	13	11	9	7	4	2	2	1	1	4	4	5	5	5
Iowa	9	6	6	6	10	10	7	5	6	6	5	5	7	11	11	16
UNC	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Idaho	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	14	8	11	15	13	11	9	6	8
Alabama-Birmingham	14	11	9	16	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	17
San Francisco	-	14	12	10	7	6	8	7	11	9	7	17	16	16	-	-

Award Winners

Consensus All-America Teams

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.

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