# 1982–83 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team

The 1982–83 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Eddie Sutton, serving for his ninth year. The team played its home games in Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas. This team finished second in the SWC regular season standings, and lost in the semifinals of the conference tournament. In the 1983 NCAA Tournament, the Hogs defeated Purdue before losing to No. 1 seed Louisville in the Mideast regional semifinal.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 27, 1982* | No. 17 | Southeast Missouri State | W 74–57 | 1–0 | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Dec 1, 1982* | No. 16 | Texas-San Antonio | W 78–59 | 2–0 | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Dec 4, 1982* | No. 16 | at Centenary | W 79–51 | 3–0 | Gold Dome Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Dec 6, 1982* | No. 13 | vs. SW Missouri State | W 87–66 | 4–0 | Barton Coliseum (7,690) Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Dec 15, 1982* | No. 13 | Alabama State | W 108–65 | 4–0 | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Dec 18, 1982* | No. 13 | Louisiana-Monroe | W 89–76 | 6–0 | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Dec 21, 1982* | No. 12 | vs. Southern Miss | W 64–62 | 7–0 | Pine Bluff Convention Center (7,041) Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
| Dec 28, 1982* | No. 11 | vs. Saint Peter's | W 52–48 | 8–0 | (8,871) Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Jan 3, 1983* | No. 11 | vs. Nebraska | W 64–58 | 9–0 | Barton Coliseum (7,920) Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Jan 5, 1983* | No. 10 | vs. Mercer | W 83–62 | 10–0 | Pine Bluff Convention Center (7,140) Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
| Jan 8, 1983 | No. 10 | Baylor | W 65–60 | 11–0 (1–0) | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Jan 13, 1983 | No. 7 | at Texas A&M | W 66–64 | 12–0 (2–0) | G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas |
| Jan 15, 1983 | No. 7 | at SMU | W 63–56 | 13–0 (3–0) | Moody Coliseum Dallas, Texas |
| Jan 19, 1983 | No. 4 | at TCU | W 69–55 | 14–0 (4–0) | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas |
| Jan 22, 1983 | No. 4 | at No. 14 Houston | L 60–75 | 14–1 (4–1) | Hofheinz Pavilion (10,061) Houston, Texas |
| Jan 24, 1983 | No. 4 | Texas | W 83–64 | 15–1 (5–1) | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Jan 26, 1983 | No. 12 | at Texas Tech | W 62–59 | 16–1 (6–1) | Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas |
| Jan 30, 1983* | No. 12 | at No. 19 Wake Forest | W 68–65 | 17–1 | Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Feb 2, 1983 | No. 9 | Rice | W 70–43 | 18–1 (7–1) | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Feb 7, 1983 | No. 9 | at Baylor | W 81–66 | 19–1 (8–1) | Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas |
| Feb 12, 1983 | No. 8 | Texas A&M | W 62–55 | 20–1 (9–1) | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Feb 14, 1983 | No. 8 | SMU | W 71–61 | 21–1 (10–1) | Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Feb 19, 1983 | No. 7 | at TCU | W 64–56 | 22–1 (11–1) | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas |
| Feb 23, 1983 | No. 6 | at Texas | W 84–67 | 23–1 (12–1) | Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas |
| Feb 26, 1983 | No. 6 | Texas Tech | W 77–63 | 24–1 (13–1) | Barnhill Arena (9,276) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Mar 3, 1983 | No. 5 | No. 1 Houston | L 66–74 | 24–2 (13–2) | Barnhill Arena (9,512) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Mar 5, 1983 | No. 5 | at Rice | W 82–55 | 25–2 (14–2) | Tudor Fieldhouse (2,000) Houston, Texas |
| SWC Tournament ||||||
| Mar 12, 1983* | No. 6 | vs. TCU Semifinals | L 59–61 $^{OT}$ | 25–3 | Reunion Arena (17,059) Dallas, Texas |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| Mar 19, 1983* | (4 ME) No. 9 | vs. (5 ME) Purdue Second Round | W 78–68 | 26–3 | Sun Dome (10,146) Tampa, Florida |
| Mar 24, 1983* | (4 ME) No. 9 | vs. (1 ME) No. 2 Louisville Mideast Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen | L 63–65 | 26–4 | Stokely Center (12,489) Knoxville, Tennessee |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ME=Mideast. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| AP | 17 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| Coaches | 20 | — | 16 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 |

## Awards and honors

* Darrell Walker – Consensus Second-Team All-American

## 1983 NBA draft

| Player | Round | Pick | NBA club |
| Darrell Walker | 1 | 12 | New York Knicks |