1982–83 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team

The 1982–83 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1982–83 NCAA men's basketball season. Led by head coach Norm Stewart, the Tigers won the Big Eight regular season title, reached the second round of the NCAA tournament, and finished with an overall record of 26–8 (12–2 Big Eight).

1982–83 Missouri Tigers men's basketball
Big Eight Regular Season Champions
NCAA tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 10
Record	26–8 (12–2 Big 8)
Head coach	Norm Stewart (16th season)
Home arena	Hearnes Center
Seasons ← 1981–82 1983–84 →

1982–83 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 10 Missouri	12	–	2		.857			26	–	8		.765
Oklahoma	10	–	4		.714			24	–	9		.727
No. 19 Oklahoma State †	9	–	5		.643			24	–	7		.774
Nebraska	9	–	5		.643			22	–	10		.688
Iowa State	5	–	9		.357			13	–	15		.464
Kansas State	4	–	10		.286			12	–	16		.429
Kansas	4	–	10		.286			13	–	16		.448
Colorado	3	–	11		.214			13	–	15		.464
† 1983 Big Eight tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

• Steve Stipanovich, Sr.
• Jon Sundvold, Sr.
• Head coach: Norm Stewart

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 27, 1982*  CBS	No. 15	vs. No. 3 North Carolina	W 64–60	1–0	St. Louis Arena  St. Louis, MO
Nov 30, 1982*	No. 9	Augustana (SD)	W 85–55	2–0	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Dec 6, 1982*	No. 8	Temple	W 76–68	3–0	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Dec 8, 1982*	No. 8	Jackson State	W 86–51	4–0	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Dec 11, 1982*	No. 8	Oregon State	W 87–59	5–0	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Dec 13, 1982*	No. 8	Eastern Illinois	W 76–61	6–0	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Dec 20, 1982*	No. 6	Tennessee-Martin	W 71–58	7–0	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Dec 23, 1982*	No. 6	at Washington	L 48–55	7–1	Hec Edmundson Pavilion  Seattle, Washington
Dec 27, 1982*	No. 12	vs. Arizona State Rainbow Classic	W 48–47	8–1	Neal S. Blaisdell Center  Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec 29, 1982*	No. 12	at Hawaii Rainbow Classic	W 73–58	9–1	Neal S. Blaisdell Center  Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec 30, 1982*	No. 12	vs. North Carolina Rainbow Classic	L 58–73	9–2	Neal S. Blaisdell Center  Honolulu, Hawaii
Jan 9, 1983*	No. 15	No. 16 NC State	W 49–42^[1]	10–2	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Jan 12, 1983*	No. 14	Northern Iowa	W 91–62	11–2	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Jan 15, 1983*	No. 14	Dayton	W 78–64	12–2	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Jan 19, 1983	No. 12	No. 18 Oklahoma State	W 84–63	13–2 (1–0)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Jan 22, 1983	No. 12	Oklahoma	W 48–41	14–2 (2–0)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Jan 23, 1983*  NBC	No. 12	Marquette	L 59–60 ^OT	14–3	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Jan 26, 1983	No. 13	at Kansas	W 76–63	15–3 (3–0)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
Jan 29, 1983	No. 13	Nebraska	W 79–56	16–3 (4–0)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Feb 2, 1983	No. 10	at Colorado	W 68–65 ^2OT	17–3 (5–0)	Coors Events/Conference Center  Boulder, Colorado
Feb 5, 1983  NBC	No. 10	Kansas State	W 82–50	18–3 (6–0)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Feb 8, 1983  ESPN	No. 10	at Iowa State	L 72–73 ^OT	18–4 (6–1)	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, Iowa
Feb 12, 1983	No. 10	at Oklahoma	W 84–79 ^OT	19–4 (7–1)	Lloyd Noble Center  Norman, Oklahoma
Feb 17, 1983  ESPN	No. 12	Kansas	W 74–69	20–4 (8–1)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Feb 19, 1983	No. 12	at Oklahoma State	L 73–79	20–5 (8–2)	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, Oklahoma
Feb 20, 1983*  CBS	No. 12	vs. No. 5 Virginia	L 53–68^[2]	20–6	Brendan Byrne Arena (15,767) East Rutherford, New Jersey
Feb 23, 1983*	No. 15	Colorado	W 88–53	21–6 (9–2)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, Missouri
Feb 26, 1983	No. 15	at Nebraska	W 54–51	22–6 (10–2)	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, Nebraska
Mar 1, 1983  ESPN	No. 13	at Kansas State	W 49–47	23–6 (11–2)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, Kansas
Mar 5, 1983	No. 13	Iowa State	W 84–66	24–6 (12–2)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
Big Eight Conference tournament
Mar 10, 1983*	No. 12	Colorado Big Eight tournament quarterfinal	W 88–73	25–6	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
Mar 11, 1983*	No. 12	vs. Nebraska Big Eight tournament semifinal	W 69–63	26–6	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
Mar 12, 1983*  CBS	No. 12	vs. Oklahoma State Big Eight tournament Championship	L 92–93 ^2OT[3]	26–7	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
NCAA tournament
Mar 20, 1983*	(2 MW) No. 10	vs. (7 MW) Iowa Second Round	L 63–77^[4]	26–8	Freedom Hall  Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Central.

Rankings

Main article: 1982-83 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	15	9	8	8	6	12	15	14	12	13	10	10	12	15	13	12	10
Coaches	14	14	8	8	6	12	15	15	11	13	10	8	10	12	9	9	12

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Awards

• Steve Stipanovich – co-Big Eight Player of the Year

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References

1. "Missouri's Defense Shuts Down North Carolina State". The Albuquerque Journal. January 10, 1983. Retrieved April 24, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
2. "Missouri Tires, Virginia Solves Some Problems". The Washington Post. February 21, 1983. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
3. "Pokes Outlast Tigers, Win in 2 OTs". The Oklahoman. March 14, 1983. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
4. "Iowa's big is clearly better". Chicago Tribune. March 21, 1983. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
5. *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 899–900. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
6. 2017-18 Missouri Tigers men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2019-Mar-29.