1981–82 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1981–82 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
Conference	Metro Conference
Record	15–12 (4–8 Metro)
Head coach	Ed Badger
Home arena	Riverfront Coliseum
Seasons ← 1980–81 1982–83 →

1981–82 Metro Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 Memphis State †	10	–	2	.833	23	–	4	.852
No. 20 Louisville	8	–	4	.667	23	–	10	.697
Tulane	8	–	4	.667	19	–	9	.679
Virginia Tech	7	–	5	.583	20	–	11	.645
Cincinnati	4	–	8	.333	15	–	12	.556
Florida State	4	–	8	.333	11	–	17	.393
Saint Louis	1	–	11	.083	6	–	21	.222

† 1982 Metro Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1] *Memphis State vacated NCAA Tournament games due to NCAA sanctions. Disputed record (24–5)

The 1981–82 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bearcats were led by head coach Ed Badger, as members of the Metro Conference.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 28*		Bellarmine	W 85–72	1–0	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
November 30*		Northern Kentucky	W 50–42	2–0	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
December 4*		vs. Pepperdine	W 73–72	3–0
December 5*		at Wichita State	L 67–87	3–1	Charles Koch Arena Wichita, Kansas
December 12*		at Michigan State	W 56–45	4–1	Jenison Field House East Lansing, Michigan
December 16*		Duquesne	W 79–60	5–1	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
December 19*		Miami (OH)	W 69–62	6–1	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
December 21*		at Bradley	W 75–73 ^7OT	7–1	Robertson Memorial Field House
December 28*		Colorado	W 87–76	8–1	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
January 4		Tulane	L 58–60	8–2 (0–1)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
January 6*		at Dayton	W 77–73	9–2 (0–1)	UD Arena Dayton, Ohio
January 9*		Cleveland State	W 68–64	10–2 (0–1)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
January 13		at Memphis State	L 75–107	10–3 (0–2)	Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee
January 16		at Louisville	L 56–74	10–4 (0–3)	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
January 18*		Loyola (IL)	W 83–72	11–4 (0–3)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
January 23		Memphis	L 75–107	11–5 (0–4)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
January 27*		Xavier	L 51–53	11–6 (0–4)
January 30		Saint Louis	L 59–62	11–7 (0–5)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
January 31		at Virginia Tech	L 64–76	11–8 (0–6)	Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia
February 6*		at Boston University	L 50–52	11–9 (0–6)	Case Gym Boston, Massachusetts
February 8		at Tulane	L 39–53	11–10 (0–7)	Avron B. Fogelman Arena New Orleans, Louisiana
February 13		Louisville	L 53–67	11–11 (0–8)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
February 15		Virginia Tech	W 87–81	12–11 (1–8)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
February 20		Florida State	W 84–83	13–11 (2–8)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
February 25		at Saint Louis	W 76–61	14–11 (3–8)	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri
February 27		at Florida State	W 73–71	15–11 (4–8)	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center Tallahassee, Florida
Metro Tournament
March 4	(5)	vs. (4) Virginia Tech Quarterfinals	L 92–106	15–12 (4–8)	Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1981-82 Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference Season Summary
^ "1981–82 Cincinnati Bearcats Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ 2008-09 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2019-Sep-7.

v t e Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
Venues	Schmidlapp Gymnasium (1901–1954) Cincinnati Gardens (1949–1954; 1987–1989) Armory Fieldhouse (1954–1976) Riverfront Coliseum (1976–1987) Fifth Third Arena (1989–2017; 2018–present) BB&T Arena (2017–2018)
Rivalries	Louisville Memphis West Virginia Xavier
Culture & lore	Bearcat "Cheer Cincinnati" 2011 Crosstown Shootout brawl Longest game in Division I history UC Pep Band
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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 1999–2000 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 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics