1981–82 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

1981–82 Big East men's basketball standings
	† 1982 Big East Tournament winner; As of March 29, 1982; Rankings from AP Poll

Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
1981–82 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
NIT, First Round
Conference	Big East Conference
1981–82 record	17–11 (7–7 Big East)
Head coach	Dom Perno (5th year)
Home arena	Hugh S. Greer Field House; New Haven Coliseum; Hartford Civic Center
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The 1981–82 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1981–82 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 17–11 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Big East Conference where they finished with a 7–7 record. They made it to the first round of the 1982 National Invitation Tournament. The Huskies played their home games at Hugh S. Greer Field House in Storrs, Connecticut, the New Haven Coliseum in New Haven, Connecticut, and the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut and were led by fifth-year head coach Dom Perno.^[2]^[3]

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular Season
11/28/1981*	at Maine	W 68–53	1–0	Memorial Gymnasium Orono, Maine
12/2/1981*	New Hampshire	W 87–68	2–0	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, Connecticut
12/5/1981*	Boston University	W 73–54	3–0	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, Connecticut
12/8/1981*	at Fairfield	W 75–71	4–0	Alumni Hall Fairfield, Connecticut
12/11/1981*	at Oral Roberts Oil Capital Classic	L 67–69	4–1	Mabee Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
12/12/1981*	vs. TCU Oil Capital Classic	W 69–67 ^OT	5–1	Mabee Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
12/22/1981*	at Massachusetts	W 66–55	6–1	Curry Hicks Cage Amherst, Massachusetts
12/29/1981*	St. Bonaventure Connecticut Mutual Classic	W 91–73	7–1	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut
12/30/1981*	South Florida Connecticut Mutual Classic	W 57–50	8–1	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut
1/6/1982	at Syracuse Rivalry	L 69–72	8–2 (0–1)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York
1/9/1982	Seton Hall	W 76–66	9–2 (1–1)	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, Connecticut
1/13/1982	Boston College	W 59–58 ^OT	10–2 (2–1)	New Haven Coliseum New Haven, Connecticut
1/16/1982	at St. John's	L 71–77	10–3 (2–2)	Carnesecca Arena New York City
1/20/1982	at Georgetown Rivalry	W 63–52	11–3 (3–2)	McDonough Gymnasium Washington, D.C.
1/23/1982	Villanova	W 53–51	12–3 (4–2)	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut
1/26/1982*	Yale	W 63–57	13–3	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, Connecticut
1/28/1982*	Manhattan	W 72–57	14–3	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, Connecticut
1/30/1982*	at Holy Cross	L 69–76	14–4	Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts
2/1/1982	at Providence	W 47–45 ^OT	15–4 (5–2)	Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island
2/6/1982	at Boston College	W 67–59	16–4 (6–2)	Roberts Center Boston
2/10/1982	St. John's	L 82–93 ^OT	16–5 (6–3)	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut
2/13/1982	Syracuse Rivalry	L 71–78	16–6 (6–4)	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut
2/16/1982	at Seton Hall	L 59–61	16–7 (6–5)	Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, New Jersey
2/20/1982	Providence	W 90–61	17–7 (7–5)	New Haven Coliseum New Haven, Connecticut
2/24/1982	at Villanova	L 63–67 ^OT	17–8 (7–6)	Jake Nevin Field House Villanova, Pennsylvania
2/27/1982	Georgetown Rivalry	L 42–60	17–9 (7–7)	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut
Big East Tournament
3/4/1982	St. John's Quarterfinals	L 52–54	17–10	Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut
NIT
3/10/1982*	at Dayton First Round	L 75–76 ^OT	17–11	UD Arena Dayton, Ohio
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

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v t e Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
Venues	Hawley Armory (1914–1954) Hugh S. Greer Field House (1954–1989) XL Center (1975–present) New Haven Coliseum (1978–1987) Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (1990–present)
Rivalries	Georgetown Syracuse
Culture & lore	Jonathan the Husky "UConn Husky" 6-overtime game 2011 Miracle Run
People	Head coaches Huskies of Honor
Seasons	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 1999–00 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
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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1981–82 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Villanova	11	–	3	.786	24	–	8	.750
#6 Georgetown†	10	–	4	.714	30	–	7	.811
St. John's	9	–	5	.643	21	–	9	.700
Boston College	8	–	6	.571	22	–	10	.688
Syracuse	7	–	7	.500	16	–	13	.552
Connecticut	7	–	7	.500	17	–	11	.607
Providence	2	–	12	.143	10	–	17	.370
Seton Hall	2	–	12	.143	11	–	16	.407

† 1982 Big East Tournament winner As of March 29, 1982^[1]; Rankings from AP Poll