1981–82 Penn Quakers men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1981–82 Penn Quakers men's basketball

Ivy League champions
NCAA tournament, First round
Conference	Ivy League
Record	17–10 (12–2 Ivy)
Head coach	Bob Weinhauer (5th season)
Home arena	The Palestra
Seasons ← 1980–81 1982–83 →

1981–82 Ivy League men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Penn	12	–	2	.857	17	–	10	.630
Columbia	9	–	5	.643	16	–	10	.615
Princeton	9	–	5	.643	13	–	13	.500
Yale	7	–	7	.500	13	–	13	.500
Cornell	7	–	7	.500	10	–	16	.385
Harvard	6	–	8	.429	11	–	15	.423
Brown	5	–	9	.357	5	–	21	.192
Dartmouth	1	–	13	.071	7	–	19	.269

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981–82 Penn Quakers men's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Quakers, coached by Bob Weinhauer, played in the Ivy League and had a 17–10 record (12–2 Ivy League).

Roster

1981–82 Penn Quakers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	11	Paul Little	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Jr

Head coach

Bob Weinhauer

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
Non-conference regular Season
Dec 5, 1981*		at Stanford	W 71–63	3–0	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
Dec 12, 1981*		Villanova	L 61–75	3–1	The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 17, 1981*		vs. No. 3 Louisville Suntory Bowl	L 68–76	3–2	Tokyo, Japan
Dec 18, 1981*		vs. No. 20 Oregon State Suntory Bowl	L 64–102	3–3	Tokyo, Japan
Ivy League regular season
Feb 9, 1982*		vs. Temple	W 59–56	8–9
Mar 6, 1982		at Columbia	W 45–43	17–9 (12–2)	Levien Gymnasium New York, New York
NCAA tournament
Mar 12, 1982*	(12 E)	vs. (5 E) St. John's First round	L 56–66	17–10	Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, New York
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Awards and honors

Paul Little – Ivy League co-Player of the Year

References

^ "1981–82 Penn Quakers Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 30, 2023.

v t e Penn Quakers men's basketball
Venues	The Palestra (1927–present)
Rivalries	Drexel Princeton
Culture & lore	"Fight on, Pennsylvania!" City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 (Robert V. Geasey Trophy) Penn Pep Band
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1896–97 1897–98 1898–1902 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
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics