1981–82 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

1981–82 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
Conference	Independent
Record	15–12
Head coach	Dick Harter (4th season)
Assistant coach	Perry Clark (4th season)
Home arena	Rec Hall

1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball independents standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 DePaul		–			–			26	–	2		.929
Marquette		–			–			23	–	9		.719
Dayton		–			–			21	–	9		.700
New Orleans		–			–			18	–	8		.692
UNLV		–			–			20	–	10		.667
Cleveland State		–			–			17	–	10		.630
Southeastern Louisiana		–			–			16	–	11		.593
Southern Mississippi		–			–			15	–	11		.577
Penn State		–			–			15	–	12		.556
Tennessee State		–			–			13	–	12		.520
Eastern Illinois		–			–			14	–	13		.519
Green Bay		–			–			14	–	13		.519
Illinois-Chicago		–			–			14	–	13		.519
Western Illinois		–			–			14	–	13		.519
Charleston Southern		–			–			13	–	13		.500
South Carolina		–			–			14	–	15		.483
UNC Wilmington		–			–			13	–	14		.481
Northern Iowa		–			–			12	–	15		.444
Stetson		–			–			12	–	15		.444
Campbell		–			–			11	–	16		.407
Notre Dame		–			–			10	–	17		.370
U.S. International		–			–			9	–	18		.333
Valparaiso		–			–			9	–	18		.333
Texas-San Antonio		–			–			8	–	19		.296
Nicholls State		–			–			6	–	20		.231
Texas-Rio Grande Valley		–			–			5	–	20		.200
Utica		–			–			4	–	22		.154
Georgia State		–			–			4	–	23		.148
As of [1] Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981–82 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team represented the Pennsylvania State University during the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by 4th-year head coach Dick Harter, and played their home games at Rec Hall in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 28		Bloomsburg	W 49–48	1–0	Rec Hall  University Park, Pennsylvania
November 30		Rider	W 70–54	2–0	Rec Hall  University Park, Pennsylvania
December 2		Indiana State	W 60–50	3–0	Rec Hall  University Park, Pennsylvania
December 5		at Charlotte	L 78–88	3–1	Charlotte, NC
December 8		vs. Lafayette	W 63–62	4–1
December 11		vs. SMU	W 65–53	5–1
December 12		at No. 10 Indiana Indiana Classic	L 51–80	5–2	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
December 19		vs. No. 14 Alabama	L 74–88	5–3
December 21		Nebraska	W 60–58	6–3	Rec Hall  University Park, Pennsylvania
December 28		vs. No. 1 North Carolina Cable Car Classic	L 50–56 ^OT	6–4	Toso Pavilion  Santa Clara, California
December 29		vs. TCU	W 54–49	7–4
January 2		at No. 8 DePaul	L 60–86	7–5	Rosemont Horizon (12,321) Rosemont, Illinois
January 9		Philadelphia Textile	W 84–68	8–5	Rec Hall  University Park, Pennsylvania
January 13		South Florida	W 63–56	9–5	Rec Hall  University Park, Pennsylvania
January 16		Pittsburgh	W 52–46	10–5	Rec Hall  University Park, Pennsylvania
January 18		at West Virginia	L 68–75	10–6	WVU Coliseum  Morgantown, WV
January 23		at Penn	L 44–58	10–7	The Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 25		Syracuse	L 68–69	10–8	Rec Hall  University Park, Pennsylvania
January 27		Temple	W 53–50	11–8	Rec Hall  University Park, Pennsylvania
February 1		Bradley	L 42–59	11–9	Rec Hall  University Park, Pennsylvania
February 6		at Navy	W 62–54 ^OT	12–9	Halsey Field House
February 9		at Duquesne	W 74–69	13–9	Civic Arena  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
February 15		South Carolina	W 62–60	14–9	Rec Hall  University Park, Pennsylvania
February 17		at Niagara	L 80–92	14–10	Niagara Falls Convention Center
February 20		No. 12 Memphis State	L 46–52	14–11	Rec Hall  University Park, Pennsylvania
February 22		Westminster	W 64–50	15–11	Rec Hall  University Park, Pennsylvania
March 2		Cleveland State	L 61–66	15–12	Rec Hall  University Park, Pennsylvania
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[2]

References

1. "1981-82 Independent Season Summary".
2. "1981–82 Penn State Nittany Lions Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.