1981–82 North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball team

1981–82 North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball
1981–82 North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball
MEAC regular season champions; MEAC tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record	19–9 (10–2 MEAC)
Head coach	Don Corbett (3rd season);
Home arena	Corbett Sports Center
	Seasons ← 1980–81 1982–83 →

1981–82 MEAC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North Carolina A&T †	10	–	2	.833	19	–	9	.679
Howard	9	–	3	.750	17	–	11	.607
South Carolina State	7	–	5	.583	10	–	15	.400
Florida A&M	5	–	7	.417	10	–	17	.370
Delaware State	4	–	8	.333	13	–	13	.500
Bethune–Cookman	4	–	8	.333	10	–	18	.357
Maryland Eastern Shore	3	–	9	.250	6	–	20	.231

† 1982 MEAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981–82 North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball team represented North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University during the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies, led by third-year head coach Don Corbett, played their home games at the Corbett Sports Center as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 19–9, 10–2 in MEAC play to finish in first place. They were champions of the MEAC tournament, winning the championship game over Morgan State, to earn an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA tournament where they were defeated by West Virginia, 102–72, in the opening round. This marked the first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in program history and started a streak of seven consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	25	Joe Binion	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	Rochester, New York
G	34	Eric Boyd	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Fr

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Dec 5, 1981*	at Grambling State	L 69–71	0–1	Tiger Memorial Gym Grambling, Louisiana
1982 MEAC tournament
Mar 6, 1982*	vs. Florida A&M Semifinals	W 47–45	18–8	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Mar 7, 1982*	vs. Howard Championship game	W 79–67	19–8	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1982 NCAA tournament
Mar 11, 1982*	vs. No. 14 West Virginia First Round	L 72–102	19–9	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ME=Mideast. All times are in Eastern Time.

v t e North Carolina A&T Aggies men's basketball
Venues	Moore Gymnasium (1952–1978) Corbett Sports Center (1978–present)
Rivalries	North Carolina Central UNC Greensboro
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons Records lost pre-1952 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