1981–82 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team
Appearance
1981–82 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball | |
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Ohio Valley Conference Champion | |
NIT Tournament, First Round | |
Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
Record | 19–10 (13–3 OVC) |
Head coach | |
Home arena | E. A. Diddle Arena |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Kentucky | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray State | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee State † | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morehead State | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 17 | – | 10 | .630 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 12 | – | 14 | .462 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youngstown State | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 8 | – | 18 | .308 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Peay | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 6 | – | 20 | .231 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Akron | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 7 | – | 19 | .269 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Kentucky | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 5 | – | 21 | .192 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1982 OVC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
The 1981–82 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hilltoppers were led by coach Clem Haskins and All-Ohio Valley Conference center Craig McCormick.[1] In what would be their last year in the conference, WKU won the OVC championship, were OVC tournament runners-up, and received a bid to the 1982 National Invitation Tournament. Bobby Jones joined McCormick on the All-OVC Team; Jones and Kenny Ellis made the OVC Tournament Team and McCormick was tournament MVP.[2] McCormick was selected in the NBA draft following the season.[3]
Schedule
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 27, 1981* |
vs. Nevada Sun Met Classic |
L 70–84 | 0–1 |
Selland Arena Fresno, CA | |||||||
November 28, 1981* |
vs. Oklahoma City Sun Met Classic |
W 51–49 | 1–1 |
Selland Arena Fresno, CA | |||||||
December 4, 1981* |
New Hampshire Wendy’s Classic |
W 83–52 | 2–1 |
E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
December 5, 1981* |
No. 3 Louisville Wendy’s Classic |
L 66–71 | 2–2 |
E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
December 9, 1981* |
Butler | W 96–65 | 3–2 |
E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
December 12, 1981* |
at Evansville | L 70–73 | 3–3 |
Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, IN | |||||||
Ohio Valley Conference regular season | |||||||||||
December 19, 1981 |
Austin Peay | W 77–64 | 4–3 (1–0) |
E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
December 22, 1981* |
at No. 17 Georgetown (D.C.) | L 45–64 | 4–4 |
Capital Centre Landover, MD | |||||||
December 30, 1981* |
Duquesne | L 62–63 OT | 4–5 |
E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
January 3, 1982 |
Murray State | W 71–54 | 5–5 (2–0) |
E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
January 7, 1982 |
at Morehead State | L 57–59 | 5–6 (2–1) |
Ellis Johnson Arena Morehead, KY | |||||||
January 10, 1982 |
at Eastern Kentucky | W 75–65 | 6–6 (3–1) |
Alumni Coliseum Richmond, KY | |||||||
January 14, 1982 |
Middle Tennessee | W 65–49 | 7–6 (4–1) |
E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
January 16, 1982 |
Tennessee Tech | W 51–50 | 8–6 (5–1) |
E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
January 21, 1982 |
at Akron | W 77–68 | 9–6 (6–1) |
James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, OH | |||||||
January 23, 1982 |
at Youngstown State | W 68–59 | 10–6 (7–1) |
Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH | |||||||
January 25, 1982* |
Dayton | W 65–57 | 11–6 |
E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
January 28, 1982 |
at Austin Peay | W 48–46 | 12–6 (8–1) |
Dunn Center Clarksville, TN | |||||||
January 30, 1982 |
at Murray State | L 60–63 | 12–7 (8–2) |
Racer Arena Murray, KY | |||||||
February 4, 1982 |
Eastern Kentucky | W 61–34 | 13–7 (9–2) |
E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
February 6, 1982 |
Morehead State | W 68–53 | 14–7 (10–2) |
E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
February 11, 1982 |
at Tennessee Tech | L 64–70 OT | 14–8 (10–3) |
Eblen Center Cookeville, TN | |||||||
February 13, 1982 |
at Middle Tennessee | W 75–64 | 15–8 (11–3) |
Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN | |||||||
February 18, 1982 |
Youngstown State | W 63–51 | 16–8 (12–3) |
E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
February 20, 1982 |
Akron | W 82–68 | 17–8 (13–3) |
E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
February 27, 1982* |
Northern Iowa | W 75–67 | 18–8 |
UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA | |||||||
Ohio Valley Conference Tournament | |||||||||||
March 5, 1982 |
(1) | (4) Morehead State Semifinals |
W 95–87 | 19–8 |
E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | ||||||
March 6, 1982 |
(1) | (3) Middle Tennessee Championship |
L 52–54 | 19–9 |
E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | ||||||
NIT | |||||||||||
March 10, 1982* |
at Purdue First Round |
L 65–72 | 19–10 |
Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
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References
[edit]- ^ 2019-2020 OVC Basketball Media Guide, retrieved 4 May 2020
- ^ 2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020
- ^ "1982 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
- ^ "1981-82 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Men 's Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 6, 2023.