1981–82 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1981–82 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Bill Cofield, coaching his sixth and final season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1981–82 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	6–21 (3–15 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bill Cofield (6th season)
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse

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)

Roster

1981–82 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 10 Greg Dandridge 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Milwaukee, Wisconsin F 12 John Bailey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Macon, Georgia G 14 Steve Jacobson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Pardeeville, Wisconsin F 30 Cory Blackwell 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Chicago, Illinois F 31 Scott Roth 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Brecksville, Ohio F 32 Brad Sellers 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Warrensville Heights, Ohio F/C 41 Keith Mitchell 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Taylor, Michigan F 44 Gary Zinkgraf 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Bethesda, Maryland C 45 John Ploss 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Antioch, Illinois F 51 Jack Hippen 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Chadwick, Illinois G Carl Golston 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) — Fr	Head coach Bill Cofield (McKendree) Assistant coach(es) Bo Ryan (Wilkes) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/4/1981*		UIC Wisconsin Invitational	L 66–74	0–1	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/5/1981*		UW—Green Bay Wisconsin Invitational	W 77–65	1–1	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/9/1981*		at Central Michigan	L 68–71	1–2	Rose Arena  Mount Pleasant, MI
12/12/1981*		Ball State	W 71–70	2–2	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/21/1981*		Northern Iowa	W 65–53	3–2	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/27/1981*		vs. Oregon Far West Classic	L 82–85	3–3	Memorial Coliseum  Portland, OR
12/28/1981*		vs. Tennessee Far West Classic	L 67–79	3–4	Memorial Coliseum  Portland, OR
12/29/1981* 3:00 p.m.		vs. Iowa State Far West Classic Consolation seventh place	L 79–103	3–5	Memorial Coliseum  Portland, OR
1/7/1982		at Michigan	W 65–63	4–5 (1–0)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, MI
1/9/1982		at Ohio State	L 59–67	4–6 (1–1)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
1/14/1982		Northwestern	L 55–61	4–7 (1–2)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/16/1982		No. 5 Iowa	L 62–78	4–8 (1–3)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/21/1982		No. 5 Minnesota	L 57–78	4–9 (1–4)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/23/1982		at Michigan State	L 58–68	4–10 (1–5)	Jenison Fieldhouse  Lansing. MI
1/28/1982		Indiana	L 56–62	4–11 (1–6)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/30/1982		at Purdue	L 67–81	4–12 (1–7)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
2/4/1982		at Illinois	L 54–88	4–13 (1–8)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, IL
2/6/1982		Purdue	L 46–55	4–14 (1–9)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/11/1982		at No. 9 Minnesota	L 60–71	4–15 (1–10)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
2/13/1982		Illinois	L 60–68	4–16 (1–11)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/18/1982		at No. 20 Indiana	L 57–88	4–17 (1–12)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/20/1982		Michigan State	W 65–60	5–17 (2–12)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/25/1982		at No. 11 Iowa	L 55–79	5–18 (2–13)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
2/27/1982		at Northwestern	W 61–60	6–18 (3–13)	McGaw Memorial Hall  Evanston, IL
3/4/1982		Ohio State	L 75–77	6–19 (3–14)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
3/6/1982		Michigan	L 84–91	6–20 (3–15)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
3/9/1982*		at Marquette	L 64–94	6–21	MECCA Arena  Milwaukee, WI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Main article: 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings