1981–82 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

1981–82 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
1981–82 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
Big Ten Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 7
Record	23–6 (14–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jim Dutcher;
Home arena	Williams Arena
	Seasons ← 1980–81 1982–83 →

1981–82 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 Minnesota	14	–	4	.778	23	–	6	.793
No. 16 Iowa	12	–	6	.667	21	–	8	.724
Ohio State	12	–	6	.667	21	–	10	.677
Indiana	12	–	6	.667	19	–	10	.655
Purdue	11	–	7	.611	18	–	14	.563
Illinois	10	–	8	.556	18	–	11	.621
Michigan State	6	–	12	.333	11	–	17	.393
Michigan	6	–	12	.333	7	–	20	.259
Northwestern	4	–	14	.222	8	–	19	.296
Wisconsin*	1	–	17	.056	4	–	23	.148

Rankings from AP Poll *Wisconsin forfeited all games after Jan 25, 1982 due to NCAA sanctions. Disputed record (3–15, 6–23)

The 1981–82 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Jim Dutcher, the Gophers won the Big Ten title with a conference record of 14–4, and finished with an overall record of 23–6.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F/C	20	Jim Petersen	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	St. Louis Park, Minnesota
G	32	Trent Tucker	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr
C	45	Randy Breuer	7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Lake City, Minnesota

Head coach

Jim Dutcher (Michigan)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Feb 27, 1982	No. 13	at No. 11 Iowa	W 57–55 ^{3OT^[2]}	20–5 (12–4)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
Mar 4, 1982	No. 7	Michigan State	W 54–51	21–5 (13–4)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
Mar 6, 1982	No. 7	Ohio State	W 87–75	22–5 (14–4)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
NCAA Tournament
Mar 14, 1982*	(2 ME) No. 7	vs. (10 ME) Chattanooga Second Round	W 62–61	23–5	Market Square Arena Indianapolis, IN
Mar 18, 1982*	(2 ME) No. 7	vs. (3 ME) No. 20 Louisville Mideast Regional Semifinal	L 61–67	23–6	Birmingham–Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, AL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

References

^ "1981-82 Minnesota Golden Gophers Roster and Stats". Retrieved May 18, 2019.
^ Kirkpatrick, Curry (March 8, 1982). "It Wasn't A Fond Farewell". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 18, 2019.

[1] "1981-82 Minnesota Golden Gophers Roster and Stats". Retrieved May 18, 2019.

[2] Kirkpatrick, Curry (March 8, 1982). "It Wasn't A Fond Farewell". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 18, 2019.

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v t e Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
Venues	On-campus YMCA (1895–1896) UM Armory (1896–1925) Kenwood Armory (1925–1928) Williams Arena (1928–present)
Culture & lore	Goldy Gopher "Minnesota Rouser" Scandal
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics