# 1982–83 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team

The 1982–83 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1982–83 NCAA men's basketball season. Led by head coach Norm Stewart, the Tigers won the Big Eight regular season title, reached the second round of the NCAA tournament, and finished with an overall record of 26–8 (12–2 Big Eight).

## Roster

* Steve Stipanovich, Sr.
* Jon Sundvold, Sr.
* Head coach: Norm Stewart

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 27, 1982* CBS | No. 15 | vs. No. 3 North Carolina | W 64–60 | 1–0 | St. Louis Arena St. Louis, MO |
| Nov 30, 1982* | No. 9 | Augustana (SD) | W 85–55 | 2–0 | Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri |
| Dec 6, 1982* | No. 8 | Temple | W 76–68 | 3–0 | Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri |
| Dec 8, 1982* | No. 8 | Jackson State | W 86–51 | 4–0 | Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri |
| Dec 11, 1982* | No. 8 | Oregon State | W 87–59 | 5–0 | Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri |
| Dec 13, 1982* | No. 8 | Eastern Illinois | W 76–61 | 6–0 | Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri |
| Dec 20, 1982* | No. 6 | Tennessee-Martin | W 71–58 | 7–0 | Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri |
| Dec 23, 1982* | No. 6 | at Washington | L 48–55 | 7–1 | Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington |
| Dec 27, 1982* | No. 12 | vs. Arizona State Rainbow Classic | W 48–47 | 8–1 | Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Dec 29, 1982* | No. 12 | at Hawaii Rainbow Classic | W 73–58 | 9–1 | Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Dec 30, 1982* | No. 12 | vs. North Carolina Rainbow Classic | L 58–73 | 9–2 | Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Jan 9, 1983* | No. 15 | No. 16 NC State | W 49–42 | 10–2 | Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri |
| Jan 12, 1983* | No. 14 | Northern Iowa | W 91–62 | 11–2 | Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri |
| Jan 15, 1983* | No. 14 | Dayton | W 78–64 | 12–2 | Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri |
| Jan 19, 1983 | No. 12 | No. 18 Oklahoma State | W 84–63 | 13–2 (1–0) | Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri |
| Jan 22, 1983 | No. 12 | Oklahoma | W 48–41 | 14–2 (2–0) | Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri |
| Jan 23, 1983* NBC | No. 12 | Marquette | L 59–60 $^{OT}$ | 14–3 | Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri |
| Jan 26, 1983 | No. 13 | at Kansas | W 76–63 | 15–3 (3–0) | Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas |
| Jan 29, 1983 | No. 13 | Nebraska | W 79–56 | 16–3 (4–0) | Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri |
| Feb 2, 1983 | No. 10 | at Colorado | W 68–65 $^{2OT}$ | 17–3 (5–0) | Coors Events/Conference Center Boulder, Colorado |
| Feb 5, 1983 NBC | No. 10 | Kansas State | W 82–50 | 18–3 (6–0) | Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri |
| Feb 8, 1983 ESPN | No. 10 | at Iowa State | L 72–73 $^{OT}$ | 18–4 (6–1) | Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa |
| Feb 12, 1983 | No. 10 | at Oklahoma | W 84–79 $^{OT}$ | 19–4 (7–1) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Feb 17, 1983 ESPN | No. 12 | Kansas | W 74–69 | 20–4 (8–1) | Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri |
| Feb 19, 1983 | No. 12 | at Oklahoma State | L 73–79 | 20–5 (8–2) | Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma |
| Feb 20, 1983* CBS | No. 12 | vs. No. 5 Virginia | L 53–68 | 20–6 | Brendan Byrne Arena (15,767) East Rutherford, New Jersey |
| Feb 23, 1983* | No. 15 | Colorado | W 88–53 | 21–6 (9–2) | Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri |
| Feb 26, 1983 | No. 15 | at Nebraska | W 54–51 | 22–6 (10–2) | Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Mar 1, 1983 ESPN | No. 13 | at Kansas State | W 49–47 | 23–6 (11–2) | Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas |
| Mar 5, 1983 | No. 13 | Iowa State | W 84–66 | 24–6 (12–2) | Hearnes Center Columbia, MO |
| Big Eight Conference tournament ||||||
| Mar 10, 1983* | No. 12 | Colorado Big Eight tournament quarterfinal | W 88–73 | 25–6 | Hearnes Center Columbia, MO |
| Mar 11, 1983* | No. 12 | vs. Nebraska Big Eight tournament semifinal | W 69–63 | 26–6 | Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO |
| Mar 12, 1983* CBS | No. 12 | vs. Oklahoma State Big Eight tournament Championship | L 92–93 | 26–7 | Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 20, 1983* | (2 MW) No. 10 | vs. (7 MW) Iowa Second Round | L 63–77 | 26–8 | Freedom Hall Louisville, KY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Central. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | 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 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| Coaches | 14 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 |

## Awards

* Steve Stipanovich – co-Big Eight Player of the Year