1982–83 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

The 1982–83 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1982–83 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 12–16 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Big East Conference where they finished with a 5–11 record. The Huskies played their home games at Hugh S. Greer Field House in Storrs, Connecticut, the New Haven Coliseum in New Haven, Connecticut, and the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut and were led by sixth-year head coach Dom Perno.^[2][3]

1982–83 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	12–16 (5–11 Big East)
Head coach	Dom Perno (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Greg Ashford Howie Dickenman Steve Siegrist Bill Stuart
Home arena	Hugh S. Greer Field House New Haven Coliseum Hartford Civic Center
Seasons ← 1981–82 1983–84 →

1982–83 Big East men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 11 Boston College	12	–	4		.750			25	–	7		.781
No. 13 Villanova	12	–	4		.750			24	–	8		.750
No. 3 St. John's†	12	–	4		.750			28	–	5		.848
No. 20 Georgetown	11	–	5		.688			22	–	10		.688
Syracuse	9	–	7		.563			21	–	10		.677
Pittsburgh	6	–	10		.375			13	–	15		.464
Connecticut	5	–	11		.313			12	–	16		.429
Providence	4	–	12		.250			12	–	19		.387
Seton Hall	1	–	15		.063			6	–	23		.207
† 1983 Big East tournament winner As of April 4, 1983^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
11/30/1982*		at Yale	W 93–73	1–0	Payne Whitney Gymnasium  New Haven, Connecticut
12/3/1982*		at Arizona State Fiesta Basketball Classic	L 64–79	1–1	Wells Fargo Arena  Tempe, Arizona
12/4/1982*		vs. Utah Fiesta Basketball Classic	W 73–63	2–1	Wells Fargo Arena  Tempe, Arizona
12/7/1982*		Fairfield	L 81–98	2–2	New Haven Coliseum  New Haven, Connecticut
12/9/1982*		Massachusetts	W 86–74	3–2	Hugh S. Greer Field House  Storrs, Connecticut
12/11/1982*		at Boston University	W 51–50	4–2	Case Gym  Boston, Massachusetts
12/28/1982*		Air Force Connecticut Mutual Classic	W 66–50	5–2	Hartford Civic Center  Hartford, Connecticut
12/29/1982*		Texas A&M Connecticut Mutual Classic	W 69–63	6–2	Hartford Civic Center  Hartford, Connecticut
1/4/1983		at Pittsburgh	W 71–67	7–2 (1–0)	Fitzgerald Field House  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1/6/1983*		at Manhattan	L 51–52	7–3	Draddy Gymnasium  New York City, New York
1/9/1983*		at New Hampshire	L 72–76	7–4	Lundholm Gym  Durham, New Hampshire
1/11/1983		St. John's	L 73–85	7–5 (1–1)	Hartford Civic Center  Hartford, Connecticut
1/15/1983		at Georgetown Rivalry	L 53–74	7–6 (1–2)	Capital Centre  Landover, Maryland
1/19/1983*		Holy Cross	W 72–64	8–6	Hugh S. Greer Field House  Storrs, Connecticut
1/22/1983		Boston College	L 79–88	8–7 (1–3)	New Haven Coliseum  New Haven, Connecticut
1/26/1983		Providence	L 62–65	8–8 (1–4)	Hartford Civic Center  Hartford, Connecticut
1/29/1983		Seton Hall	W 78–47	9–8 (2–4)	Hugh S. Greer Field House  Storrs, Connecticut
2/2/1983		at Syracuse Rivalry	L 69–89	9–9 (2–5)	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, New York
2/5/1983		Pittsburgh	L 71–72 ^OT	9–10 (2–6)	Hugh S. Greer Field House  Storrs, Connecticut
2/8/1983		at Villanova	L 79–86	9–11 (2–7)	Jake Nevin Field House  Villanova, Pennsylvania
2/12/1983		Georgetown Rivalry	L 66–77	9–12 (2–8)	Hartford Civic Center  Hartford, Connecticut
2/14/1983		at St. John's	L 78–98	9–13 (2–9)	Carnesecca Arena  New York City, New York
2/19/1983		Villanova	L 68–75	9–14 (2–10)	Hartford Civic Center  Hartford, Connecticut
2/21/1983		at Boston College	L 80–86	9–15 (2–11)	Roberts Center  Boston, Massachusetts
2/26/1983		at Providence	W 72–62	10–15 (3–11)	Providence Civic Center  Providence, Rhode Island
3/1/1983		at Seton Hall	W 78–67	11–15 (4–11)	Brendan Byrne Arena  East Rutherford, New Jersey
3/5/1983		Syracuse Rivalry	W 55–54	12–15 (5–11)	Hartford Civic Center  Hartford, Connecticut
Big East tournament
3/10/1983		vs. Villanova Quarterfinals	L 68–69	12–16	Madison Square Garden  New York City, New York
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule Source:^[2][4]

References

1. sports-reference.com 1982-83 Big East Conference Season Summary
2. (PDF). UConn Huskies. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
3. Davis, Ken (September 30, 2010). The University of Connecticut Basketball Vault: The History of the Huskies. Atlanta: Whitman LLC. ISBN 0794828035.
4. . UConn Huskies. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2016.