1981–82 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

1981–82 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
NCAA Tournament Mideast Regional Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Metro Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 20
Record	23–10 (8–4 Metro)
Head coach	Denny Crum (11th season)
Assistant coaches	Jerry Jones Wade Houston Bobby Dotson
Home arena	Freedom Hall

1981–82 Metro Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 9 Memphis State †	10	–	2		.833			23	–	4		.852
No. 20 Louisville	8	–	4		.667			23	–	10		.697
Tulane	8	–	4		.667			19	–	9		.679
Virginia Tech	7	–	5		.583			20	–	11		.645
Cincinnati	4	–	8		.333			15	–	12		.556
Florida State	4	–	8		.333			11	–	17		.393
Saint Louis	1	–	11		.083			6	–	21		.222
† 1982 Metro Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] *Memphis State vacated NCAA Tournament games due to NCAA sanctions. Disputed record (24–5)

The 1981–82 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 1981-82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Louisville's 69th season of intercollegiate competition. The Cardinals competed in the Metro Conference and were coached by Denny Crum, who was in his eleventh season. The team played its home games at Freedom Hall.

Louisville defeated Alabama Birmingham 75–68 to win the NCAA tournament Mideast Regional and advance to the Final Four (their 5th) where they fell to eventual runner-up Georgetown 50–46. The Cardinals finished with a 23–10 (8–4) record.^[2]

Roster

1981–82 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F/C 41 Wiley Brown 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Sylvester, Georgia G 14 Greg Deuser 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr New Albany, Indiana G 5 Jerry Eaves 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Louisville, Kentucky F 30 Manuel Forrest 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Louisville, Kentucky G 4 Lancaster Gordon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Jackson, Mississippi G 25 James Jeter 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Louisville, Kentucky C 33 Charles Jones 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Scooba, Mississippi G/F 12 Kent Jones 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 182 lb (83 kg) Fr Scooba, Mississippi F/C 22 Rodney McCray 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Mount Vernon, New York F/C 21 Scooter McCray 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Mount Vernon, New York G/F 45 Danny Mitchell 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Eckerty, Indiana C 40 Marty Pulliam 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Harrodsburg, Kentucky F 43 Derek Smith 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Hogansville, Georgia G 20 Milt Wagner 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Camden, New Jersey G/F 44 Poncho Wright 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Indianapolis, Indiana	Head coach Denny Crum (UCLA) Assistant coach(es) Jerry Jones (Valparaiso) Wade Houston (Louisville) Bobby Dotson (Western Kentucky) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

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Schedule

NCAA tournament

Mideast region

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional finals
	8	Southwest Louisiana	57
	9	Tennessee	61
						9	Tennessee	51
						1	Virginia	54
											1	Virginia	66
											4	UAB	68
						4	UAB	80
						5	Indiana	70
	5	Indiana	94
	12	Robert Morris	62
																4	UAB	68
																3	Louisville	75
	6	Kentucky	44
	11	Middle Tennessee State	50
						11	Middle Tennessee State	56
						3	Louisville	81
											3	Louisville	67
											2	Minnesota	61
						2	Minnesota	62
						10	Tennessee-Chattanooga	61
	7	N.C. State	51
	10	Tennessee-Chattanooga	58

Final four

	National semifinals					National championship game
	E1	North Carolina	68
	MW6	Houston	63
						E1	North Carolina	63
						W1	Georgetown	62
	ME3	Louisville	46
	W1	Georgetown	50

References

1. sports-reference.com 1981-82 Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference Season Summary
2. "Louisville Basketball Media Guide". University of Louisville Athletic Association. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
3. "1982 NCAA Final Four program". March 1982. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)