The 1981–82 Memphis State Tigers men's basketball team represented Memphis State University as a member of the Metro Conference during the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.[2]
1981–82 Memphis State Tigers men's basketball | |
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Metro Conference tournament champions Metro Conference regular season champions | |
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen (vacated) | |
Conference | Metro Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 9 |
AP | No. 9 |
Record | 23–4 (24-5 unadjusted) (10–2 Metro) |
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Home arena | Mid-South Coliseum |
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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 Tigers won Metro Conference regular season and conference tournament titles to receive an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA tournament. As No. 2 seed in the East region, Memphis State beat No. 7 seed Wake Forest to reach the Sweet Sixteen for the first of three straight seasons. The Villanova Wildcats defeated Memphis State, 70–66, in the regional semifinal. The Tigers finished with a 24–5 record (10–2 Metro), though the NCAA tournament results would later be vacated.
Roster
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Schedule and results
editDate time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Dec 1, 1981* |
at East Tennessee State | L 62–67 | 0–1 |
Memorial Center Johnson City, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 5, 1981* |
West Alabama | W 60–40 | 1–1 |
Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 7, 1981* |
at Mississippi State | L 47–48 | 1–2 |
Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, Mississippi | |||||||
Dec 12, 1981* |
Indiana State | W 101–89 | 2–2 |
Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 19, 1981* |
No. 15 Southwestern Louisiana | W 82–70 | 3–2 |
Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 22, 1981* |
Brown | W 106–96 | 4–2 |
Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 29, 1981* |
Ole Miss | W 61–55 | 5–2 |
Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 27, 1982* |
Marquette | W 77–70 | 13–3 |
Mid-South Coliseum (11,200) Memphis, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 20, 1982* |
No. 12 | at Penn State | W 52–46 | 19–3 |
Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania | ||||||
Feb 22, 1982 |
No. 10 | at Louisville | L 61–65 | 19–4 (8–2) |
Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky | ||||||
Feb 25, 1982 |
No. 10 | Tulane | W 64–62 | 20–4 (9–2) |
Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||
Feb 27, 1982 |
No. 10 | Saint Louis | W 94–72 | 21–4 (10–2) |
Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||
Metro Conference tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 5, 1982* |
No. 13 | Virginia Tech Semifinals |
W 71–70 | 22–4 |
Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||
Mar 6, 1982* |
No. 13 | Louisville Championship game |
W 73–62 | 23–4 |
Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 13, 1982* |
(2 E) No. 9 | vs. (7 E) No. 18 Wake Forest Second round |
W 56–55[3] | 24–4 |
Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
Mar 19, 1982* |
(2 E) No. 9 | vs. (3 E) Villanova East Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen |
L 66–70 OT | 24–5 |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
MW=Midwest region. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Rankings
editWeek | ||||||||||||||||
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 9 |
Coaches | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 |
References
edit- ^ sports-reference.com 1981-82 Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference Season Summary
- ^ "1981-82 Memphis Tigers Schedule and Results | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
- ^ "Georgetown, N. Carolina Gain; Memphis State Tops Wake Forest". The New York Times. March 14, 1982. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
- ^ "2019–20 Memphis Tigers Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Memphis Athletics. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
- ^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 892–893. ISBN 0-345-51392-4.