1981–82 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team

1981–82 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
	† 1982 Big Eight Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

1981–82 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball
1981–82 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1981–82 record	23–8 (10–4 Big Eight)
Head coach	Jack Hartman;
Home arena	Ahearn Field House
	Seasons ← →

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[]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	45	Ed Nealy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	238 lb (108 kg)	Sr	Bonner Springs, Kansas

Head coach

Jack Hartman

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 28*	Northern Iowa	W 86–50	1–0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
November 30*	South Dakota	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*	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 Manhattan, Kansas
January 9*	Western Illinois	W 67–57	10–2	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
January 13	Iowa State	W 75–55	11–2 (1—0)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
January 16	at Colorado	W 78–68	12–2 (2—0)	Boulder, Colorado
January 20	Oklahoma	W 47–42	13–2 (3—0)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
January 23	Kansas	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. 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	at Iowa State	W 58–49	17–5 (7—3)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa
February 17	Oklahoma State	L 62–72	18–5 (7—4)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
February 20	at Kansas	W 63–53	19–5 (8—4)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
February 24	at No. 5 Missouri	W 57–56	20–5 (9—4)	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
February 27	Nebraska	W 67–50	21–5 (10—4)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Big 8 Tournament
March 2	Kansas	W 74–62	22–5 (10—4)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
March 5	vs. Oklahoma	L 62–68	22–6 (10—4)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
NCAA Tournament
March 12	vs. Northern Illinois First Round	W 77–68	23–6 (10—4)	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
March 14	vs. Arkansas Second Round	W 65–64	24–6 (10—4)	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
March 19	vs. Boston College Sweet Sixteen	L 65–69	24–7 (10—4)	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[2]^[3]

References[]

^ sports-reference.com 1981-82 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
^ "1981-82 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". CBBRef. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "1981-82 K-State Schedule". K-State Basketball. K-State Athletics. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

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

[2] "1981-82 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". CBBRef. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[3] "1981-82 K-State Schedule". K-State Basketball. K-State Athletics. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

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v t Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball
Venues	(1902–1911) Nichols Hall (1911–1950) Ahearn Field House (1950–1988) Bramlage Coliseum (1988–present)
Rivalries	Kansas (results)
Culture & lore	History Willie the Wildcat "Wabash Cannonball" Wildcat Victory The Pride of Wildcat Land
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
	1957–58 1958–59 1963–64 1981–82 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 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
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1981–82 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t	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]