1981–82 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

The 1981–82 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented Ohio State University during the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by 6th-year head coach Eldon Miller, the Buckeyes finished 21–10 (12–6 Big Ten) and reached the NCAA tournament.

1981–82 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
NCAA tournament
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	21–10 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Eldon Miller (6th season)
Home arena	St. John 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)

Roster

1981–82 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F Tony Campbell 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Teaneck, New Jersey C 13 Granville Waiters 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Columbus, Ohio F 33 Clark Kellogg 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Cleveland, Ohio F Bryant Johnson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Sr Washington, D.C.	Head coach Eldon Miller (Wittenberg) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

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Schedule/results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference Regular season
Nov 25, 1981*		vs. Iona Great Alaska Shootout	L 57–58	0–1	Buckner Fieldhouse (3,600) Fort Richardson, Alaska
Nov 26, 1981*		vs. McNeese State Great Alaska Shootout	W 63–60	1–1	Buckner Fieldhouse  Fort Richardson, Alaska
Nov 27, 1981*		vs. No. 5 Georgetown Great Alaska Shootout	W 47–46	2–1	Buckner Fieldhouse (1,600) Fort Richardson, Alaska
Dec 2, 1981*		Kent State	W 74–54	3–1	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 5, 1981*		No. 2 Kentucky	L 62–78	3–2	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 12, 1981*		at West Virginia	L 68–73	3–3	WVU Coliseum  Morgantown, West Virginia
Dec 15, 1981*		at South Alabama	W 68–58	4–3	Jaguar Gym  Mobile, Alabama
Dec 19, 1981*		vs. Princeton	W 59–55	5–3
Dec 22, 1981*		Florida	W 61–58	6–3	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Dec 29, 1981*		Washington State	W 63–54	7–3	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Jan 2, 1982*		Butler	W 66–48	8–3	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Jan 4, 1982*		Syracuse	W 67–57	9–3	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Big Ten Regular season
Jan 7, 1982		No. 6 Minnesota	W 49–47	10–3 (1–0)	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Jan 9, 1982		Wisconsin	W 66–59	11–3 (2–0)	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Jan 14, 1982		at Illinois	W 51–50	12–3 (3–0)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, Illinois
Jan 16, 1982		at Indiana	L 61–66	12–4 (3–1)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
Jan 21, 1982		Purdue	L 60–66	12–5 (3–2)	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Jan 23, 1982		Northwestern	W 59–57	13–5 (4–2)	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Jan 28, 1982		at Michigan	L 60–62	13–6 (4–3)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, Michigan
Jan 30, 1982		at No. 6 Iowa	L 66–76	13–7 (4–4)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 4, 1982		Michigan State	W 50–49	14–7 (5–4)	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Feb 6, 1982		No. 5 Iowa	L 65–69	14–8 (5–5)	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Feb 11, 1982		at Purdue	W 74–68	15–8 (6–5)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 13, 1982		at Michigan State	W 51–46	16–8 (7–5)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, Michigan
Feb 18, 1982		Michigan	W 64–63	17–8 (8–5)	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Feb 20, 1982		at Northwestern	W 67–62	18–8 (9–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
Feb 25, 1982		Indiana	W 68–65	19–8 (10–5)	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Feb 27, 1982		Illinois	W 63–53	20–8 (11–5)	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Mar 4, 1982		at Wisconsin	W 77–75	21–8 (12–5)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, Wisconsin
Mar 6, 1982		at No. 7 Minnesota	L 75–87	21–9 (12–6)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
NCAA Tournament
Mar 11, 1982*	(8 E)	vs. (9 E) James Madison First round	L 48–55[2]	21–10	Charlotte Coliseum (11,200) Charlotte, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.

Rankings

Main article: 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

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