1981–82 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

1981–82 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
Big Ten Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 7
Record	23–6 (14–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jim Dutcher
Assistant coach	Jimmy Williams
Home arena	Williams Arena

1981–82 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	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 1981–82 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Jim Dutcher, the Gophers won the Big Ten title with a conference record of 14–4, and finished with an overall record of 23–6.

Roster

1981–82 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F/C 20 Jim Petersen 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So St. Louis Park, Minnesota G 32 Trent Tucker 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr   C 45 Randy Breuer 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Lake City, Minnesota	Head coach Jim Dutcher (Michigan) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular season
Nov 30, 1981*	No. 10	San Francisco State	W 88–69	1–0	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 2, 1981*	No. 10	Dayton	W 90–74	2–0	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 4, 1981*	No. 10	at Loyola-Chicago	W 61–60	3–0	Alumni Gym  Chicago, Illinois
Dec 8, 1981*	No. 8	Drake	W 80–55	4–0	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 19, 1981*	No. 8	at Marquette	W 76–54	5–0	MECCA Arena  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dec 21, 1981*	No. 8	at Kansas State	L 52–62	5–1	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 28, 1981*	No. 9	Army Pillsbury Classic	W 79–37	6–1	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 29, 1981*	No. 9	Arizona Pillsbury Classic	W 91–62	7–1	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 2, 1982*	No. 9	Long Beach State	W 75–67	8–1	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Big Ten Conference Regular season
Jan 7, 1982	No. 6	at Ohio State	L 47–49	8–2 (0–1)	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Jan 9, 1982	No. 6	at Michigan State	W 64–58	9–2 (1–1)	Jenison Field House  East Lansing, Michigan
Jan 14, 1982	No. 11	No. 5 Iowa	W 61–56	10–2 (2–1)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 16, 1982	No. 11	Michigan	W 67–58	11–2 (3–1)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 21, 1982	No. 5	at Wisconsin	W 78–57	12–2 (4–1)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, Wisconsin
Jan 23, 1982	No. 5	Illinois	L 57–64	12–3 (4–2)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 28, 1982	No. 10	at Northwestern	W 61–53	13–3 (5–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
Jan 30, 1982	No. 10	at Indiana	W 69–62	14–3 (6–2)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
Feb 4, 1982	No. 6	Purdue	W 73–50	15–3 (7–2)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Feb 6, 1982	No. 6	Indiana	L 55–58	15–4 (7–3)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Feb 11, 1982	No. 9	Wisconsin	W 71–60	16–4 (8–3)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Feb 13, 1982	No. 9	at Purdue	W 53–52	17–4 (9–3)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 18, 1982	No. 8	Northwestern	W 76–66	18–4 (10–3)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Feb 20, 1982	No. 8	at Illinois	L 65–77	18–5 (10–4)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, Illinois
Feb 25, 1982	No. 13	at Michigan	W 61–50	19–5 (11–4)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, Michigan
Feb 27, 1982	No. 13	at No. 11 Iowa	W 57–55 ^3OT[2]	20–5 (12–4)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, Iowa
Mar 4, 1982	No. 7	Michigan State	W 54–51	21–5 (13–4)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mar 6, 1982	No. 7	Ohio State	W 87–75[3]	22–5 (14–4)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
NCAA Tournament
Mar 14, 1982*	(2 ME) No. 7	vs. (10 ME) Chattanooga Second Round	W 62–61	23–5	Market Square Arena  Indianapolis, Indiana
Mar 18, 1982*	(2 ME) No. 7	vs. (3 ME) No. 20 Louisville Mideast Regional semifinal	L 61–67[4]	23–6	Birmingham–Jefferson Civic Center  Birmingham, Alabama
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ME=Mideast.

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Rankings

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

Team players in the 1982 NBA draft

See also: 1982 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	6	Trent Tucker	New York Knicks

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References

1. "1981-82 Minnesota Golden Gophers Roster and Stats". Retrieved May 18, 2019.
2. Kirkpatrick, Curry (March 8, 1982). "It Wasn't A Fond Farewell". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
3. "Minnesota Takes Big 10 Title". New York Times. March 7, 1982. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
4. "ALA.-BIRMINGHAM OUSTS VIRGINIA; GEORGETOWN GAINS; CAVALIERS LOSE BY 68-66-GOPHERS BOW TO LOUISVILLE". New York Times. March 19, 1982. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
5. "2020-21 Minnesota Golden Gophers Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Minnesota Athletics. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
6. "1982 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved February 7, 2021.