The 1982–83 Boston University Terriers men's basketball team represented Boston University during the 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Terriers, led by fifth year head coach Rick Pitino, played their home games at Case Gym and were members of the East Coast Athletic Conference. They finished the season 21–10, 8–2 in ECAC North play to finish in a tie for the regular season conference title. The Terriers won the ECAC North tournament to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as one of two No. 12 seeds in the East region. Boston University was defeated by La Salle in the play-in round, 70–58.[1]
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ECAC North Regular season co-champions ECAC North tournament champions | |
| Conference | East Coast Athletic Conference |
| Record | 21–10 (8–2 ECAC North) |
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| Home arena | Case Gym |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston University † | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 5 | – | 3 | .625 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 6 | – | 4 | .600 | 12 | – | 14 | .462 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Niagara | 5 | – | 4 | .556 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Canisius | 3 | – | 6 | .333 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate | 0 | – | 8 | .000 | 3 | – | 24 | .111 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1983 ECAC North tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roster
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Schedule and results
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Nov 29, 1982* |
Purdue | L 69–79 | 0–1 |
Case Gym Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||
| Dec 3, 1982* |
vs. Princeton | L 69–70 | 0–2 |
Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York | |||||||
| Dec 4, 1982* |
vs. Alcorn State | L 72–74 | 0–3 |
Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York | |||||||
| Dec 7, 1982* |
Siena | W 78–65 | 1–3 |
Case Gym | |||||||
| Dec 11, 1982* |
Connecticut | L 50–51 | 1–4 |
Case Gym | |||||||
| Dec 23, 1982* |
at St. Francis (NY) | W 80–64 | 2–4 |
Pope Physical Education Center Brooklyn, New York | |||||||
| ECAC North tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 10, 1983* |
Vermont | W 80–75 | 19–9 |
Case Gym | |||||||
| Mar 11, 1983* |
Niagara | W 95–82 | 20–9 |
Case Gym | |||||||
| Mar 12, 1983* |
Holy Cross | W 63–62 | 21–9 |
Matthews Arena | |||||||
| NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 15, 1983* |
(12 E) | vs. (12 E) La Salle Play-in game |
L 58–70 | 21–10 |
The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
E=East. All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Golden Defense Sends UConn Past Boston". New York Times. March 16, 1990. Archived from the original on February 6, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
- ^ "1982–83 Boston University Terriers Roster and Stats". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on November 10, 2021. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
- ^ "2019-20 Boston University Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Boston University Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 6, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2022.