# 1981–82 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team

The 1981–82 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team represented the University of Evansville during the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Dick Walters and they played their home games at the Roberts Municipal Stadium (Evansville)as members of the Midwestern City Conference. After winning the MCC regular season championship by two games, the Purple Aces won the MCC tournament to receive an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA tournament. They were defeated by Marquette in the opening round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 30, 1981* | | Baltimore | W 82–51 | 1–0 | Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana |
| Dec 5, 1981* | | at Indiana State | L 58–67 | 1–1 | Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana |
| Dec 9, 1981* | | Southern Illinois | W 82–51 | 2–1 | Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana |
| Dec 12, 1981* | | Western Kentucky | W 73–70 | 3–1 | Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana |
| Dec 14, 1981* | | at Valparaiso | W 78–56 | 4–1 | Hilltop Gym Valparaiso, Indiana |
| Dec 18, 1981* | | vs. Cal State Fullerton | W 62–51 | 5–1 | Titan Gym Fullerton, California |
| Dec 19, 1981* | | at Pepperdine | W 77–69 | 6–1 | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, California |
| Dec 22, 1981* | | at Austin Peay | W 72–54 | 7–1 | Dunn Center Clarksville, Tennessee |
| Dec 29, 1981* | | Tennessee Tech | W 67–43 | 8–1 | Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana |
| Dec 30, 1981* | | Murray State | W 77–58 | 9–1 | Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana |
| Jan 2, 1982* | | Missouri–St. Louis | W 86–47 | 10–1 | Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana |
| Jan 6, 1982* | | at Kansas | L 65–72 $^{OT}$ | 10–2 | Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas |
| Jan 9, 1982 | | Xavier | W 82–52 | 11–2 (1–0) | Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana |
| Jan 16, 1982 | | at Oral Roberts | W 63–62 | 12–2 (2–0) | Mabee Center Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Jan 18, 1982 | | at Oklahoma City | L 54–75 | 12–3 (2–1) | Frederickson Fieldhouse Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Jan 23, 1982 | | Loyola–Chicago | W 84–80 | 13–3 (3–1) | Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana |
| Jan 25, 1982 | | at Detroit | W 86–69 | 14–3 (4–1) | Calihan Hall Detroit, Michigan |
| Jan 30, 1982 | | at Butler | W 80–47 | 15–3 (5–1) | Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Feb 1, 1982 | | Valparaiso | W 80–66 | 16–3 | Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana |
| Feb 6, 1982 | | at Xavier | W 76–73 | 17–3 (6–1) | Schmidt Fieldhouse Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Feb 10, 1982* | | at No. 3 DePaul | L 58–59 | 17–4 | Rosemont Horizon (13,137) Rosemont, Illinois |
| Feb 13, 1982 | | Oral Roberts | W 71–47 | 18–4 (7–1) | Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana |
| Feb 15, 1982 | | Oklahoma City | W 45–41 | 19–4 (8–1) | Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana |
| Feb 20, 1982 | | at Loyola–Chicago | W 79–73 | 20–4 (9–1) | Alumni Gym Chicago, Illinois |
| Feb 22, 1982* | | Detroit | L 65–69 | 20–5 (9–2) | Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana |
| Feb 27, 1982 | | Butler | W 68–58 | 21–5 (10–2) | Roberts Stadium Evansville, Indiana |
| MCC tournament ||||||
| Mar 3, 1982* | (1) | vs. (4) Oklahoma City Quarterfinals | W 57–45 | 22–5 | Mabee Center Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Mar 4, 1982* | (1) | vs. (3) Loyola–Chicago Championship game | W 81–72 | 23–5 | Mabee Center Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 11, 1982* | (10 MW) | vs. (7 MW) Marquette First round | L 62–67 | 23–6 | Mabee Center (8,680) Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time. ||||||