1981–82 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1981–82 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1981–82 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	13–14 (4–10 Big 8)
Head coach	Ted Owens (18th season);
Assistant coach	Bob Hill (3rd season)
Captains	Tony Guy (2nd year); Dave Magley;
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1980–81 1982–83 →

1981–82 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Missouri †	12	–	2	.857	27	–	4	.871
Kansas State	10	–	4	.714	23	–	8	.742
Oklahoma	8	–	6	.571	22	–	11	.667
Nebraska	7	–	7	.500	16	–	12	.571
Oklahoma State	7	–	7	.500	15	–	12	.556
Iowa State	5	–	9	.357	10	–	17	.370
Kansas	4	–	10	.286	13	–	14	.481
Colorado	3	–	11	.214	11	–	16	.407

† 1982 Big Eight tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1981–82 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Roster

Dave Magley
Tony Guy
Kelly Knight
Jeff Dishman
Tyke Peacock
Lance Hill
Brian Martin
Tad Boyle
Mark Summers
Mark Ewing
Tim Banks
Ron McHenry
J. Jackson

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 28*	vs. No. 1 North Carolina	L 67-74	0-1	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
November 30*	Arizona State	W 63-62	1-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 2*	Texas Southern	W 67-65	2-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 5*	Michigan State	W 74-56	3-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 7*	Arizona	W 86-57	4-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 12*	No. 2 Kentucky	L 74-77 ^OT	4-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 19*	No. 3 SMU	W 81-71	5-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 28*	vs. St. John's (NY) ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinal	L 75-76	5-3	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
December 29*	vs. No. 11 Indiana	W 71-61	6-3	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
January 6*	Evansville	W 72-65	7-3	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 9*	Rollins	W 82-69	8-3	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 13	at Nebraska	L 55-75	8-4 (0-1)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
January 16	Oklahoma State	W 77-72	9-4 (1-1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 20	at No. 2 Missouri Border War	L 35-41	9-5 (1-2)	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
January 23	at No. 18 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 53-70	9-6 (1-3)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
January 25*	Alcorn State	W 72-60	10-6	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 27	Colorado	W 74-60	11-6 (2-3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 30	Oklahoma	W 55-53	12-6 (3-3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 3	at Iowa State	L 53-55	12-7 (3-4)	James H. Hilton Coliseum (6,781) Ames, IA
February 6	at Oklahoma State	L 64-79	12-8 (3-5)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 9	No. 4 Missouri Border War	L 41-42	12-9 (3-6)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 13	Nebraska	W 66-63	13-9 (4-6)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 17	at Colorado	L 80-89	13-10 (4-7)	Coors Events/Conference Center Boulder, CO
February 20	No. 18 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 53-63	13-11 (4-8)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 24	at Oklahoma	L 76-79	13-12 (4-9)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
February 27	Iowa State	L 61-63	13-13 (4-10)	Allen Fieldhouse (5,600) Lawrence, KS
March 2	at No. 17 Kansas State Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament quarterfinals Sunflower Showdown	L 62-74	13-14	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1981-82 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
^ ^a ^b 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

[1] sports-reference.com 1981-82 Big Eight Conference Season Summary

[KU_Media_Guide-2] 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

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v t e Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Venues	Robinson Gymnasium (1907–1927) Hoch Auditorium (1927–1955) Allen Fieldhouse (1955–present)
Rivalries	Kansas State Missouri
Culture & lore	Big Jay Baby Jay Blue blood status Champions Classic "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" Jayhawkers
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics