1981–82 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team

1981–82 SMU Mustangs men's basketball
1981–82 SMU Mustangs men's basketball
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	6–21 (1–15 SWC)
Head coach	Dave Bliss (2nd season);
Home arena	Moody Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1980–81 1982–83 →

1981–82 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 12 Arkansas †	12	–	4	.750	23	–	6	.793
Houston	11	–	5	.688	25	–	8	.758
Texas A&M	10	–	6	.625	20	–	11	.645
Baylor	9	–	7	.563	17	–	11	.607
TCU	9	–	7	.563	16	–	13	.552
Texas Tech	8	–	8	.500	17	–	11	.607
Texas	6	–	10	.375	16	–	10	.615
Rice	6	–	10	.375	15	–	15	.500
SMU	1	–	15	.063	6	–	21	.222

† 1982 SWC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 1981–82 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team represented Southern Methodist University during the 1981–82 men's college basketball season.

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 28*		Wisconsin-Oshkosh	W 62–44	1–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
November 30*		Southwestern	W 74–62	2–0	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 2* 7:35 pm		at Iowa State	L 70–80	2–1	Hilton Coliseum (8,112) Ames, Iowa
December 5*		Texas-Arlington	W 82–73	3–1	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 7*		Alabama	L 62–69	3–2	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
December 11*		vs. Penn State	L 53–65	3–3
December 12*		vs. Colorado State	L 56–74	3–4
December 19*	No. 3	at Kansas	L 71–81	3–5	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
December 22*		Texas Wesleyan	W 87–78 ^OT	4–5	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 2*		Angelo State	W 77–66	5–5	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 6		at Arkansas	L 48–68	5–6 (0–1)	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
January 9		Texas	L 51–60	5–7 (0–2)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 12		at Baylor	L 50–52	5–8 (0–3)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
January 16		at No. 10 Houston	W 67–66	6–8 (1–3)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
January 19		Texas A&M	L 55–81	6–9 (1–4)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 23		TCU	L 61–63	6–10 (1–5)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 25		at Rice	L 40–42	6–11 (1–6)	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
January 30		Texas Tech	L 52–63	6–12 (1–7)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 3		at Texas	L 59–69	6–13 (1–8)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
February 6		Houston	L 71–73	6–14 (1–9)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 8		Baylor	L 59–70	6–15 (1–10)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 10		at Texas A&M	L 58–67	6–16 (1–11)	G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas
February 13		at TCU	L 60–85	6–17 (1–12)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
February 16		Rice	L 48–70	6–18 (1–13)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
February 20		at Texas Tech	L 44–71	6–19 (1–14)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
February 23		No. 15 Arkansas	L 53–54	6–20 (1–15)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
Southwest tournament
March 1	(9)	vs. (4) TCU First Round	L 45–54	6–21 (1–15)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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References[edit]

^ "1981–82 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on August 3, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
^ "Results" (PDF). Southern Methodist University. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2022.

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[1] "1981–82 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on August 3, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2022.

[2] "Results" (PDF). Southern Methodist University. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2022.

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v t e SMU Mustangs men's basketball
Venues	Various sites (1916–1927) Old Gym (1927–1942) Perkins Gymnasium (1942–1956) Moody Coliseum (1956–present)
Rivalries	Houston
Culture & lore	Peruna
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics