1981–82 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1981–82 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 11th year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1981–82 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	19–10 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bobby Knight (11th season)
Captain	Ted Kitchel Landon Turner
Home arena	Assembly Hall

1981–82 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 Minnesota	14	–	4		.778			23	–	6		.793
No. 16 Iowa	12	–	6		.667			21	–	8		.724
Ohio State	12	–	6		.667			21	–	10		.677
Indiana	12	–	6		.667			19	–	10		.655
Purdue	11	–	7		.611			18	–	14		.563
Illinois	10	–	8		.556			18	–	11		.621
Michigan State	6	–	12		.333			11	–	17		.393
Michigan	6	–	12		.333			7	–	20		.259
Northwestern	4	–	14		.222			8	–	19		.296
Wisconsin*	1	–	17		.056			4	–	23		.148
Rankings from AP Poll *Wisconsin forfeited all games after Jan 25, 1982 due to NCAA sanctions. Disputed record (3–15, 6–23)

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 19–10 and a conference record of 12–6, finishing 2nd in the Big Ten Conference. IU was invited to participate in the 1982 NCAA Tournament as a 5-seed; the Hoosiers advanced to the second round, but they lost to 4-seed UAB.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
11	Dan Dakich	G	6–5	Fr.	Merrillville, Indiana
20	Jim Thomas	G	6–3	Jr.	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
21	Winston Morgan	G/F	6–5	Fr.	Anderson, Indiana
23	Chuck Franz	G	6–2	Jr.	Clarksville, Indiana
24	Randy Wittman	G/F	6–6	Jr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
25	Cam Cameron	G	6–2	Jr.	Terre Haute, Indiana
30	Ted Kitchel	F	6–8	Jr.	Galveston, Indiana
31	Tony Brown	G	6–2	Jr.	Chicago, Illinois
32	Landon Turner	F/C	6–10	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
33	Uwe Blab	C	7–2	Fr.	Munich, Germany
42	John Flowers	F	6–9	Fr.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
43	Mike LaFave	F	6–9	So.	Indianapolis, Indiana
44	Rick Rowray	G	6–6	Fr.	Muncie, Indiana
54	Steve Bouchie	F	6–8	Jr.	Washington, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
11/28/1981*	No. 12	Miami (OH)	W 71–64	1–0	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
12/1/1981*	No. 12	Notre Dame	W 69–55	2–0	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
12/8/1981*	No. 10	at No. 2 Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	L 69–85	2–1	Rupp Arena  Lexington, KY
12/11/1981*	No. 10	Colorado State Indiana Classic	W 82–41	3–1	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
12/12/1981*	No. 10	Penn State Indiana Classic	W 80–51	4–1	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
12/14/1981*	No. 10	vs. Tulane	W 77–59	5–1	Market Square Arena  Indianapolis, IN
12/19/1981*	No. 13	Kansas State	W 58–49	6–1	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
12/28/1981*	No. 11	vs. No. 20 Villanova ECAC Holiday Festival	L 59–63	6–2	Madison Square Garden  New York City, NY
12/29/1981*	No. 11	vs. Kansas	L 61–71	6–3	Madison Square Garden  New York City, NY
1/7/1982		at Michigan State	L 58–65	6–4 (0–1)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
1/9/1982		at Northwestern	L 61–75	6–5 (0–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
1/14/1982		Michigan	W 81–51	7–5 (1–2)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
1/16/1982		Ohio State	W 66–61	8–5 (2–2)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
1/21/1982		at Illinois Rivalry	W 54–53	9–5 (3–2)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, IL
1/23/1982		Purdue Rivalry	W 77–55	10–5 (4–2)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
1/28/1982		at Wisconsin	W 62–56	11–5 (5–2)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
1/30/1982		No. 10 Minnesota	L 62–69	11–6 (5–3)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/4/1982		at No. 5 Iowa	L 40–62	11–7 (5–4)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
2/6/1982		at No. 6 Minnesota	W 58–55	12–7 (6–4)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
2/11/1982		Illinois Rivalry	W 73–60	13–7 (7–4)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/13/1982		No. 5 Iowa	W 73–58	14–7 (8–4)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/18/1982	No. 20	Wisconsin	W 88–57	15–7 (9–4)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/20/1982	No. 20	at Purdue Rivalry	L 65–76	15–8 (9–5)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
2/25/1982		at Ohio State	L 65–68	15–9 (9–6)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
2/27/1982		at Michigan	W 78–70	16–9 (10–6)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, MI
3/4/1982		Northwestern	W 79–49	17–9 (11–6)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
3/6/1982		Michigan State	W 74–58	18–9 (12–6)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
NCAA tournament
3/11/1982*	(5)	vs. (12) Robert Morris First Round	W 94–62	19–9 (12–6)	Memorial Gymnasium  Nashville, TN
3/13/1982*	(5)	vs. (4) UAB Second Round	L 70–80	19–10 (12–6)	Memorial Gymnasium  Nashville, TN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.