1982–83 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1982–83 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 12th year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1982–83 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Big Ten Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 5
Record	24–6 (13–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bobby Knight (12th season)
Captain	Ted Kitchel Randy Wittman Jim Thomas
Home arena	Assembly Hall
Seasons ← 1981–82 1983–84 →

1982–83 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Indiana	13	–	5		.722			24	–	6		.800
Purdue	11	–	7		.611			21	–	9		.700
Ohio State	11	–	7		.611			20	–	10		.667
Illinois	11	–	7		.611			21	–	11		.656
Iowa	10	–	8		.556			21	–	10		.677
Minnesota	9	–	9		.500			18	–	11		.621
Michigan State	9	–	9		.500			17	–	13		.567
Northwestern	7	–	11		.389			17	–	13		.567
Michigan	6	–	12		.333			15	–	13		.536
Wisconsin	3	–	15		.167			8	–	20		.286
Rankings from AP Poll

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 24–6 and a conference record of 13–5, finishing 1st in the Big Ten Conference. As Big Ten Conference Champions, IU was invited to participate in the 1983 NCAA Tournament as a 2-seed. The Hoosiers advanced to the Sweet Sixteen, which was their first since 1981, but they lost to the 3-seed Kentucky Wildcats.^[1]

The five banners in the south end of Assembly Hall honor IU's NCAA champions, and the banners in the north end honor various other accomplishments: NIT titles, Final Four appearances, and the undefeated regular season of 1976. While there now are two banners listing the years of IU's 21 Big Ten titles, those were not present during Bobby Knight's tenure. Before 2000, the only Big Ten title banner that was hung honored the 1983 team, which Knight ordered as a tribute to the fans. He credited the fans with inspiring the team to win its final three home games over Purdue, Illinois, and Ohio State, to seal the conference title after losing Ted Kitchel to injury. While IU survived the loss of Kitchel in the regular season, during the NCAA tournament, his absence was felt; IU lost to Kentucky despite strong performances by Randy Wittman and Uwe Blab.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
11	Dan Dakich	G	6–5	So.	Merrillville, Indiana
20	Jim Thomas	G	6–3	Sr.	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
21	Winston Morgan	G/F	6–5	So.	Anderson, Indiana
22	Stew Robinson	G	6–1	Fr.	Anderson, Indiana
23	Chuck Franz	G	6–2	RS Sr.	Clarksville, Indiana
24	Randy Wittman	G/F	6–6	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
25	Cam Cameron	G	6–2	Sr.	Terre Haute, Indiana
30	Ted Kitchel	F	6–8	Sr.	Galveston, Indiana
31	Tony Brown	G	6–2	Sr.	Chicago, Illinois
33	Uwe Blab	C	7–2	So.	Munich, Germany
40	Tracy Foster	F	6–4	Fr.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
41	Mike Giomi	F	6–8	Fr.	Newark, Ohio
42	John Flowers	F	6–9	So.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
54	Steve Bouchie	F	6–8	Sr.	Washington, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
11/27/1982*	No. 9	Ball State	W 91–75	1–0	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
11/29/1982*	No. 9	at Miami (OH)	W 75–59	2–0	Millett Hall  Oxford, OH
12/4/1982*	No. 8	UTEP	W 65–54	3–0	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
12/7/1982*	No. 6	at Notre Dame	W 68–52	4–0	Joyce Center  Notre Dame, IN
12/10/1982*	No. 6	Eastern Michigan Indiana Classic	W 85–48	5–0	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
12/11/1982*	No. 6	Wyoming Indiana Classic	W 78–65	6–0	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
12/18/1982*	No. 5	at Kansas State	W 48–46	7–0	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
12/22/1982*	No. 5	No. 2 Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	W 62–59	8–0	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
12/29/1982*	No. 1	vs. Grambling State Hoosier Classic	W 110–62	9–0	Market Square Arena  Indianapolis, IN
12/30/1982*	No. 1	vs. Nebraska Hoosier Classic	W 67–50	10–0	Market Square Arena  Indianapolis, IN
1/8/1983	No. 1	at Ohio State	L 67–70	10–1 (0–1)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
1/13/1983	No. 4	at Illinois Rivalry	W 69–55	11–1 (1–1)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, IL
1/15/1983	No. 4	at Purdue Rivalry	W 81–78	12–1 (2–1)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
1/20/1983	No. 2	Michigan State	W 89–85	13–1 (3–1)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
1/22/1983	No. 2	Michigan	W 93–76	14–1 (4–1)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
1/26/1983	No. 2	at Northwestern	W 78–73	15–1 (5–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
1/29/1983	No. 2	at No. 14 Iowa	L 48–63	15–2 (5–2)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
2/3/1983	No. 6	Wisconsin	W 83–73	16–2 (6–2)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/3/1983	No. 6	No. 17 Minnesota	W 76–51	17–2 (7–2)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/10/1983	No. 4	at No. 19 Minnesota	W 63–59	18–2 (8–2)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
2/12/1983	No. 4	at Wisconsin	W 75–56	19–2 (9–2)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
2/16/1983	No. 2	No. 16 Iowa	L 57–58	19–3 (9–3)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/19/1983	No. 2	Northwestern	W 74–65	20–3 (10–3)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/24/1983	No. 4	at Michigan	L 56–69	20–4 (10–4)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, MI
2/26/1983	No. 4	at Michigan State	L 54–62	20–5 (10–5)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
3/3/1983	No. 11	No. 20 Purdue Rivalry	W 64–41	21–5 (11–5)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
3/5/1983	No. 11	Illinois Rivalry	W 67–55	22–5 (12–5)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
3/12/1983	No. 7	No. 16 Ohio State	W 81–60	23–5 (13–5)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
NCAA tournament
3/20/1983*	(2) No. 5	vs. (7) Oklahoma Second Round	W 63–49	24–5	Roberts Municipal Stadium  Evansville, IN
3/24/1983*	(2) No. 5	vs. (3) No. 12 Kentucky Sweet Sixteen	L 59–64	24–6	Stokely Athletic Center  Knoxville, TN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

1. "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 15, 2015.