1981–82 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

1981–82 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
1981–82 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
Conference	Independent
Record	10–17
Head coach	Digger Phelps (11th season);
Assistant coach	Pete Gillen (2nd season)
Captain	Mike Mitchell
Home arena	Joyce Center

1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball independents standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 DePaul		–		–	26	–	2	.929
Marquette		–		–	23	–	9	.719
Dayton		–		–	21	–	9	.700
New Orleans		–		–	18	–	8	.692
UNLV		–		–	20	–	10	.667
Cleveland State		–		–	17	–	10	.630
Southeastern Louisiana		–		–	16	–	11	.593
Southern Mississippi		–		–	15	–	11	.577
Penn State		–		–	15	–	12	.556
Tennessee State		–		–	13	–	12	.520
Eastern Illinois		–		–	14	–	13	.519
Green Bay		–		–	14	–	13	.519
Illinois-Chicago		–		–	14	–	13	.519
Western Illinois		–		–	14	–	13	.519
Charleston Southern		–		–	13	–	13	.500
South Carolina		–		–	14	–	15	.483
UNC Wilmington		–		–	13	–	14	.481
Northern Iowa		–		–	12	–	15	.444
Stetson		–		–	12	–	15	.444
Campbell		–		–	11	–	16	.407
		–		–	10	–	17	.370
U.S. International		–		–	9	–	18	.333
Valparaiso		–		–	9	–	18	.333
Texas-San Antonio		–		–	8	–	19	.296
Nicholls State		–		–	6	–	20	.231
Texas-Rio Grande Valley		–		–	5	–	20	.200
Utica		–		–	4	–	22	.154
Georgia State		–		–	4	–	23	.148

As of ^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981–82 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Digger Phelps. The Fighting Irish finished the regular season with a record of 10–17.

Guard Mike Mitchell was the team's captain and leading scorer, averaging 6.4 points per game.

Roster

1981–82 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	25	Marc Kelly	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Sr	La Crescenta, California
G	15	Mike Mitchell	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	San Bruno, California
G	23	John Paxson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Kettering, Ohio
G	33	Tom Sluby	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Washington, DC

Head coach

Digger Phelps

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 28	St. Joseph (IN)	W 82–52	1–0	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 1	at No. 12 Indiana	L 55–69	1–1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
December 5	No. 8 UCLA	L 49–75	1–2	Joyce Center (11,345) Notre Dame, IN
December 7	Murray State	L 54–56	1–3	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 12	Northern Illinois	L 65–70	1–4	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 22	Valparaiso	W 75–60	2–4	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 29	at No. 4 Kentucky	L 28–34 ^OT	2–5	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
January 2	at No. 7 Missouri	L 70–92	2–6	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
January 4	at La Salle	L 61–66	2–7	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 6	vs. No. 2 Virginia	L 54–87	2–8	Capital Centre (17,422) Landover, Maryland
January 12	vs. No. 7 San Francisco	L 55–57	2–9	Oakland Coliseum Oakland, California
January 16	Davidson	W 59–45	3–9	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
January 19	Villanova	L 46–48	3–10	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
January 23	Maryland	W 55–51	4–10	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
January 25 8:00 pm, USA	No. 11 Idaho	W 50–48 ^OT	5–10	Joyce Center (11,345) Notre Dame, IN
January 27	Maine	W 79–55	6–10	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
January 30	Marquette	L 62–70	6–11	Joyce Center (11,345) Notre Dame, IN
February 2	No. 7 San Francisco	W 75–66	7–11	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 7	at UCLA	L 47–48	7–12	Pauley Pavilion (10,244) Los Angeles, California
February 13	North Carolina State	L 42–62	7–13	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 18	vs. Seton Hall	L 58–71	7–14	Izod Center East Rutherford, NJ
February 20	at South Carolina	W 59–55	8–14	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC
February 23	Fordham	L 50–65	8–15	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
February 27	No. 3 DePaul	L 69–81	8–16	Joyce Center (11,345) Notre Dame, IN
March 2	Northern Iowa	W 86–56	9–16	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
March 6	at Dayton	W 86–56	9–17	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
March 7	vs. Michigan	W 53–52	10–17	Silverdome Pontiac, Michigan
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Players selected in NBA drafts

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1983	1	19	John Paxson	San Antonio Spurs
1983	5	98	Tim Andree	Chicago Bulls
1983	9	202	Bill Varner	Milwaukee Bucks
1984	2	41	Tom Sluby	Dallas Mavericks

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References

^ "1981-82 Independent Season Summary".
^ "1981-82 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule". sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
^ "2018_19_MBB_Media_Guide_season" (PDF). Notre Dame Athletics. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
^ "Notre Dame draft history at basketball-reference.com". Retrieved March 3, 2019.

[1] "1981-82 Independent Season Summary".

[2] "1981-82 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule". sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 8, 2019.

[3] "2018_19_MBB_Media_Guide_season" (PDF). Notre Dame Athletics. Retrieved July 21, 2019.

[4] "Notre Dame draft history at basketball-reference.com". Retrieved March 3, 2019.

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
Venues	Notre Dame Fieldhouse (1898–1968) Joyce Center (1968–present)
Rivalries	UCLA
Culture & lore	Notre Dame Leprechaun Crossroads Classic
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1907 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 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 national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics