The 1981–82 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the

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as members of the

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. The team was led by head coach

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, coaching in his 8th season at the school, and played their home games on campus at the

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. They were in the regular season and in Big Ten play. In mid-February, Iowa was and ranked fifth in the

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, but then dropped five of their final seven games. In the last three games of the regular season, all losses, two went to overtime and the third was by a point. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the sixth-seed in the West Regional. In the opening round at

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, Iowa defeated Northeast Louisiana by but fell in overtime to local favorite and #3 seed

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in the and finished at overall.

Roster

Schedule/results

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Rankings

References

External links

Sports Reference
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