1982–83 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

The 1982–83 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1982–83 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Bill Frieder, the team finished ninth in the Big Ten Conference.^[1] The team failed to earn an invitation to either the 1983 National Invitation Tournament or the 1983 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.^[2] The team was unranked for all eighteen weeks of Associated Press Top Twenty-Five Poll,^[3] and it also ended the season unranked in the final USA Today/CNN Poll.^[4]

1982–83 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	15-13 (7–11 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bill Frieder
Assistant coaches	Steve Fisher Mike Boyd Bud VanDeWege
MVP	Dion Harris
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

Team players drafted into the NBA

Eight players from this team were selected in the NBA draft.^[5][6][7]

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	NBA Club
1983	10	7	213	Ike Person	Detroit Pistons
1984	1	12	12	Tim McCormick	Cleveland Cavaliers
1984	2	8	32	Eric Turner	Detroit Pistons
1984	10	19	225	Dan Pelekoudas	Detroit Pistons
1986	1	7	7	Roy Tarpley	Dallas Mavericks
1986	5	2	95	Richard Rellford	Indiana Pacers
1986	6	1	117	Butch Wade	New York Knicks
1986	7	5	144	Robert Henderson	Chicago Bulls

References

1. . CBS Interactive. p. 69. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
2. . University of Michigan. 2010. p. 3. Archived from the original on October 1, 2010. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
3. "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. pp. 68–83. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
4. "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 90. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
5. "1983 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
6. "1984 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
7. "1986 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 25, 2014.