1981–82 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team

1981–82 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball
1981–82 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
Record	23–8 (10–4 Big Eight)
Head coach	Jack Hartman (12th season);
Assistant coach	Lon Kruger (3rd season)
Home arena	Ahearn Field House
	Seasons ← 1980–81 1982–83 →

1981–82 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Missouri †	12	–	2	.857	27	–	4	.871
Kansas State	10	–	4	.714	23	–	8	.742
Oklahoma	8	–	6	.571	22	–	11	.667
Nebraska	7	–	7	.500	16	–	12	.571
Oklahoma State	7	–	7	.500	15	–	12	.556
Iowa State	5	–	9	.357	10	–	17	.370
Kansas	4	–	10	.286	13	–	14	.481
Colorado	3	–	11	.214	11	–	16	.407

† 1982 Big Eight tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1981–82 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 1981-82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Roster[edit]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	12	Tim Jankovich	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Sr	Manhattan, Kansas
F	45	Ed Nealy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	238 lb (108 kg)	Sr	Bonner Springs, Kansas
F	52	Randy Reed	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	St. Louis, Missouri

Head coach

Jack Hartman

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

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Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
November 28*		Northern Iowa	W 86–50	1–0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
November 30*		Stewart B.C.	W 91–44	2–0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
December 3*		Auburn-Montgomery	W 83–46	3–0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
December 5*		at Illinois	L 49–55	3–1	Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois
December 9*		Arizona	W 63–55	4–1	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
December 12*		Wisconsin-Parkside	W 83–63	5–1	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
December 19*		at Indiana	L 49–58	5–2	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
December 21*		No. 8 Minnesota	W 62–52	6–2	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
December 30*		Southern Illinois	W 82–53	7–2	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
January 4*		UNLV	W 82–65	8–2	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
January 6*		Marquette	W 70–65	9–2	Ahearn Field House (11,010) Manhattan, Kansas
January 9*		Western Illinois	W 67–57	10–2	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
January 13 7:40 pm, KSHB		Iowa State	W 75–55	11–2 (1—0)	Ahearn Field House (11,220) Manhattan, Kansas
January 16		at Colorado	W 78–68	12–2 (2—0)	CU Events/Conference Center Boulder, Colorado
January 20		Oklahoma	W 47–42	13–2 (3—0)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
January 23	No. 18	Kansas Sunflower Showdown	W 70–53	14–2 (4—0)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
January 27		at Oklahoma State	L 53–56	14–3 (4—1)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
January 30	No. 14	No. 1 Missouri	L 58–59	14–4 (4—2)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
February 3		at Nebraska	W 75–64	15–4 (5—2)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska
February 6		Colorado	W 65–58	16–4 (6—2)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
February 10		at Oklahoma	L 58–68	16–5 (6—3)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
February 13 7:35 pm		at Iowa State	W 58–49	17–5 (7—3)	Hilton Coliseum (10,134) Ames, Iowa
February 17		Oklahoma State	L 62–72	17–6 (7—4)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
February 20	No. 18	at Kansas Sunflower Showdown	W 63–53	18–6 (8—4)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
February 24		at No. 5 Missouri	W 57–56	19–6 (9—4)	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
February 27		Nebraska	W 67–50	20–6 (10—4)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Big 8 Tournament
March 2	(2) No. 17	(7) Kansas Quarterfinals	W 74–62	21–6 (10—4)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
March 5	(2) No. 17	vs. (3) Oklahoma Semifinals	L 62–68	21–7 (10—4)	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
NCAA Tournament
March 12	(5 MW)	vs. Northern Illinois First Round	W 77–68^[3]	22–7 (10—4)	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
March 14*	(5 MW)	vs. (4 MW) No. 12 Arkansas Second Round	W 65–64	23–7 (10—4)	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
March 19*	(5 MW)	vs. (8 MW) Boston College Sweet Sixteen	L 65–69	23–8 (10—4)	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Central Time.

Source^[4]^[5]

References[edit]

^ sports-reference.com 1981-82 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
^ "1981-82 Men's Basketball Roster". Kansas State University Athletics. February 19, 2023.
^ "Boston College Defeats San Francisco". The New York Times. March 13, 1982. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
^ "1981-82 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". CBBRef. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
^ "1981-82 K-State Schedule". K-State Basketball. K-State Athletics. Retrieved July 12, 2021.

[1] sports-reference.com 1981-82 Big Eight Conference Season Summary

[2] "1981-82 Men's Basketball Roster". Kansas State University Athletics. February 19, 2023.

[3] "Boston College Defeats San Francisco". The New York Times. March 13, 1982. Retrieved April 30, 2023.

[4] "1981-82 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". CBBRef. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 12, 2021.

[5] "1981-82 K-State Schedule". K-State Basketball. K-State Athletics. Retrieved July 12, 2021.

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Venues	Manhattan YMCA (1902–1911) Nichols Hall (1911–1950) Ahearn Field House (1950–1988) Bramlage Coliseum (1988–present)
Rivalries	Kansas (results)
Culture & lore	Willie the Wildcat "Kansas Wildcats" "Wabash Cannonball" Wildcat Victory The Pride of Wildcat Land
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics