1981–82 Houston Cougars men's basketball team

1981–82 Houston Cougars men's basketball
1981–82 Houston Cougars men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	25–8 (11–5 SWC)
Head coach	Guy Lewis (26th season);
Assistant coaches	Terry Kirkpatrick; Don Schverak;
Home arena	Hofheinz Pavilion
	Seasons ← 1980–81 1982–83 →

The 1981–82 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston in NCAA Division I competition in the 1981–82 season. This was the first of Houston's famous Phi Slama Jama teams, led by Rob Williams, Michael Young, Larry Micheaux, and future Hall of Famer Clyde Drexler. Another future Hall of Famer, Akeem Olajuwon, played sparingly off the bench that season.

ConferenceSouthwest Conference

Record25–8 (11–5 SWC)

Headcoach

Guy Lewis (26th season)

Assistant coaches

Terry Kirkpatrick
Don Schverak

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1981–82 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 12 Arkansas †	12	–	4	.750	23	–	6	.793
Houston	11	–	5	.688	25	–	8	.758
Texas A&M	10	–	6	.625	20	–	11	.645
Baylor	9	–	7	.563	17	–	11	.607
TCU	9	–	7	.563	16	–	13	.552
Texas Tech	8	–	8	.500	17	–	11	.607
Texas	6	–	10	.375	16	–	10	.615
Rice	6	–	10	.375	15	–	15	.500
SMU	1	–	15	.063	6	–	21	.222

† 1982 SWC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

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Houston, coached by Guy Lewis, played its home games in the Hofheinz Pavilion in Houston, Texas, and was then a member of the Southwest Conference.

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 30, 1981*		West Texas State	W 84–73	1–0	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
Dec 4, 1981*		vs. Seton Hall	L 85–87 ^OT	1–1	Brendan Byrne Arena (10,648) East Rutherford, New Jersey
Dec 6, 1981*		Biscayne	W 106–74	2–1	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
Dec 8, 1981*		Texas Lutheran	W 145–78	3–1	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
Dec 12, 1981*		UTSA	W 105–69	4–1	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
Dec 15, 1981*		UC Santa Barbara	W 74–68	5–1	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
Dec 18, 1981*		Mississippi State Kettle Classic	W 96–49	6–1	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
Dec 19, 1981*		No. 6 Iowa Kettle Classic	W 62–52^[2]	7–1	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
Dec 28, 1981*	No. 18	vs. Purdue Sugar Bowl Classic	W 59–58	8–1	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana
Dec 29, 1981*	No. 18	vs. LSU Sugar Bowl Classic	W 73–69	9–1	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana
Jan 4, 1982	No. 18	Rice	W 63–61	10–1 (1–0)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
Jan 9, 1982	No. 14	at Texas Tech	W 78–68	11–1 (2–0)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
Jan 12, 1982	No. 10	No. 19 Texas	L 83–95	11–2 (2–1)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
Jan 16, 1982	No. 10	SMU	L 66–67	11–3 (2–2)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
Jan 23, 1982	No. 19	at No. 15 Arkansas	L 66–67	11–4 (2–3)	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
Jan 26, 1982		at TCU	L 82–85	11–5 (2–4)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
Jan 30, 1982		Baylor	W 99–78	12–5 (3–4)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
Feb 1, 1982		at Texas A&M	L 77–95	12–6 (3–5)	G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas
Feb 3, 1982		Texas Tech	W 83–80	13–6 (4–5)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
Feb 6, 1982		at SMU	W 73–71 ^OT	14–6 (5–5)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
Feb 8, 1982		at No. 12 Texas	W 77–63	15–6 (6–5)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Feb 13, 1982		No. 8 Arkansas	W 55–53	16–6 (7–5)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
Feb 16, 1982		TCU	W 74–65	17–6 (8–5)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
Feb 20, 1982		at Baylor	W 78–74	18–6 (9–5)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
Feb 23, 1982		at Rice	W 75–69	19–6 (10–5)	Rice Gymnasium Houston, Texas
Feb 27, 1982		Texas A&M	W 96–93	20–6 (11–5)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
SWC tournament
Mar 5, 1982*	(2)	vs. (3) Texas A&M Semifinals	W 89–76	21–6	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
Mar 6, 1982*	(2)	vs. (1) No. 14 Arkansas Championship	L 69–84	21–7	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
NCAA tournament
Mar 11, 1982*	(6 MW)	vs. (11 MW) Alcorn State First round	W 94–84	22–7	Mabee Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
Mar 13, 1982*	(6 MW)	vs. (3 MW) No. 10 Tulsa Second round	W 78–74	23–7	Mabee Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
Mar 19, 1982*	(6 MW)	vs. (2 MW) No. 5 Missouri Sweet Sixteen	W 79–78	24–7	Checkerdome St. Louis, Missouri
Mar 21, 1982*	(6 MW)	vs. (8 MW) Boston College Elite Eight	W 99–92^[3]	25–7	Checkerdome St. Louis, Missouri
Mar 27, 1982*	(6 MW)	vs. (1 E) No. 1 North Carolina Final Four	L 63–68	25–8	Louisiana Superdome (61,612) New Orleans, Louisiana
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest region. E=East region. All times are in Central Time.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	18	18	14	10	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches	—	—	—	—	17	17	16	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Year	Player	Round	Pick	NBA club
1982	Rob Williams	1	19	Denver Nuggets
1982	Lynden Rose	6	136	Los Angeles Lakers
1983	Clyde Drexler	1	14	Portland Trail Blazers
1983	Larry Micheaux	2	29	Chicago Bulls
1984	Akeem Olajuwon	1	1	Houston Rockets
1983	Michael Young	1	24	Boston Celtics
1985	Reid Gettys	5	103	Chicago Bulls

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