1981–82 Temple Owls men's basketball team

1981–82 Temple Owls men's basketball
1981–82 Temple Owls men's basketball
NIT, First Round
Conference	East Coast Conference
Record	19–8 (11–0 ECC)
Head coach	Don Casey (9th season);
Home arena	McGonigle Hall
	Seasons ← 1980–81 1982–83 →

1981–82 ECC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Temple	11	–	0	1.000	19	–	8	.704
Saint Joseph's †	10	–	1	.909	25	–	5	.833
American	8	–	3	.727	21	–	9	.700
La Salle	7	–	4	.636	16	–	13	.552
Drexel	7	–	4	.636	19	–	11	.633
Hofstra	4	–	7	.364	12	–	16	.429
West
West Chester	8	–	8	.500	13	–	14	.481
Rider	7	–	9	.438	11	–	16	.407
Lafayette	7	–	9	.438	12	–	15	.444
Delaware	6	–	10	.375	9	–	17	.346
Bucknell	3	–	13	.188	7	–	20	.259
Lehigh	3	–	13	.188	9	–	17	.346

† 1982 ECC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 1981–82 Temple Owls men's basketball team represented Temple University as a member of the East Coast Conference during the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	43	Terence Stansbury	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Newark, Delaware

Head coach

Don Casey

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Nov 28, 1981		West Chester	W 65–53	1–0 (1–0)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 1, 1981*		Utica	W 60–43	2–0 (1–0)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 3, 1981		at Lehigh	W 60–43	3–0 (2–0)	Stabler Arena Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Dec 5, 1981*		Fordham	W 64–63	4–0 (2–0)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 9, 1981*		South Carolina	W 54–51	5–0 (2–0)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 12, 1981		Rider	W 88–72	6–0 (3–0)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 19, 1981*		vs. Villanova	W 52–48	7–0 (3–0)	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 23, 1981*		at St. John's	L 61–68	7–1 (3–0)	Alumni Hall Queens, NY
Dec 29, 1981*		vs. Florida	W 85–81	8–1 (3–0)
Dec 29, 1981*		at San Diego State	L 64–75	8–2 (3–0)	San Diego Sports Arena San Diego, California
Jan 4, 1982*		Pittsburgh	L 59–60	8–3 (3–0)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 6, 1982		at Bucknell	W 80–54	9–3 (4–0)	Davis Gym Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Jan 9, 1982*		Navy	W 80–64	10–3 (4–0)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 13, 1982		Delaware	W 73–49	11–3 (5–0)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 16, 1982		at Hofstra	W 61–58	12–3 (6–0)	Physical Fitness Center Hempstead, NY
Jan 19, 1982*		at Marist	W 61–58	13–3 (6–0)	McCann Field House Poughkeepsie, NY
Jan 23, 1982		vs. Saint Joseph's	W 82–77	14–3 (7–0)
Jan 27, 1982*		at Penn State^[1]	L 50–53	14–4 (7–0)	Rec Hall University Park, Pennsylvania
Feb 3, 1982*		vs. Maine	W 77–57	15–4 (7–0)
Feb 6, 1982		at Drexel	W 64–44	16–4 (8–0)	Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 9, 1982*		vs. Penn	L 56–59	16–5 (8–0)
Feb 13, 1982*		at William & Mary	L 59–68	16–6 (8–0)	William & Mary Hall
Feb 16, 1982		Lafayette	W 76–66	17–6 (9–0)	McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 20, 1982		vs. La Salle	W 86–72	18–6 (10–0)
Feb 26, 1982		at American	W 67–62	19–6 (11–0)	Fort Myer Ceremonial Hall
ECC Tournament
Mar 6, 1982	(1)	(9) Drexel Quarterfinals	L 55–61	19–7 (11–0)	McGonigle Hall (1,600) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NIT Tournament
Mar 12, 1982*		at Georgia First Round	L 60–73	19–8 (11–0)	Stegeman Coliseum Athens, Georgia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.

Source^[2]

References

^ Kowalski, Pete (January 28, 1982). "Lions Cut Down Turnovers, Owls". Centre Daily Times. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1981-82 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". CBBRef. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 5 November 2023.

[1] Kowalski, Pete (January 28, 1982). "Lions Cut Down Turnovers, Owls". Centre Daily Times. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "1981-82 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". CBBRef. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 5 November 2023.

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v t e Temple Owls men's basketball
Venues	Mitten Hall South Hall Convention Hall (1938–1955) Palestra (1955–1984) McGonigle Hall (1969–1997) Liacouras Center (1997–present)
Culture & lore	City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 (Robert V. Geasey Trophy)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 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
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics