1981–82 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

1981–82 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
1981–82 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
Conference	Independent
Record	15–12
Head coach	Dick Harter (4th season);
Assistant coach	Perry Clark (4th season)
Home arena	Rec Hall
	Seasons ← 1980–81 1982–83 →

1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball independents standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 DePaul		–		–	26	–	2	.929
Marquette		–		–	23	–	9	.719
Dayton		–		–	21	–	9	.700
New Orleans		–		–	18	–	8	.692
UNLV		–		–	20	–	10	.667
Cleveland State		–		–	17	–	10	.630
Southeastern Louisiana		–		–	16	–	11	.593
Southern Mississippi		–		–	15	–	11	.577
Penn State		–		–	15	–	12	.556
Tennessee State		–		–	13	–	12	.520
Eastern Illinois		–		–	14	–	13	.519
Green Bay		–		–	14	–	13	.519
Illinois-Chicago		–		–	14	–	13	.519
Western Illinois		–		–	14	–	13	.519
Charleston Southern		–		–	13	–	13	.500
South Carolina		–		–	14	–	15	.483
UNC Wilmington		–		–	13	–	14	.481
Northern Iowa		–		–	12	–	15	.444
Stetson		–		–	12	–	15	.444
Campbell		–		–	11	–	16	.407
Notre Dame		–		–	10	–	17	.370
U.S. International		–		–	9	–	18	.333
Valparaiso		–		–	9	–	18	.333
Texas-San Antonio		–		–	8	–	19	.296
Nicholls State		–		–	6	–	20	.231
Texas-Rio Grande Valley		–		–	5	–	20	.200
Utica		–		–	4	–	22	.154
Georgia State		–		–	4	–	23	.148

As of ^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981–82 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team represented the Pennsylvania State University during the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by 4th-year head coach Dick Harter, and played their home games at Rec Hall in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 28	Bloomsburg	W 49–48	1–0	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
November 30	Rider	W 70–54	2–0	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
December 2	Indiana State	W 60–50	3–0	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
December 5	at Charlotte	L 78–88	3–1	Charlotte, NC
December 8	vs. Lafayette	W 63–62	4–1
December 11	vs. SMU	W 65–53	5–1
December 12	at No. 10 Indiana Indiana Classic	L 51–80	5–2	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
December 19	vs. No. 14 Alabama	L 74–88	5–3
December 21	Nebraska	W 60–58	6–3	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
December 28	vs. No. 1 North Carolina Cable Car Classic	L 50–56 ^OT	6–4	Toso Pavilion Santa Clara, California
December 29	vs. TCU	W 54–49	7–4
January 2	at No. 8 DePaul	L 60–86	7–5	Rosemont Horizon (12,321) Rosemont, Illinois
January 9	Philadelphia Textile	W 84–68	8–5	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 13	South Florida	W 63–56	9–5	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 16	Pittsburgh	W 52–46	10–5	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 18	at West Virginia	L 68–75	10–6	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
January 23	at Penn	L 44–58	10–7	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 25	Syracuse	L 68–69	10–8	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
January 27	Temple	W 53–50	11–8	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
February 1	Bradley	L 42–59	11–9	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
February 6	at Navy	W 62–54 ^OT	12–9	Halsey Field House
February 9	at Duquesne	W 74–69	13–9	Civic Arena Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
February 15	South Carolina	W 62–60	14–9	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
February 17	at Niagara	L 80–92	14–10	Niagara Falls Convention Center
February 20	No. 12 Memphis State	L 46–52	14–11	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
February 22	Westminster	W 64–50	15–11	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
March 2	Cleveland State	L 61–66	15–12	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[2]

References

^ "1981-82 Independent Season Summary".
^ "1981–82 Penn State Nittany Lions Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[1] "1981-82 Independent Season Summary".

[2] "1981–82 Penn State Nittany Lions Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

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