The 1981–82 Northeast Louisiana Indians men's basketball team represented the

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during the

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. The Indians, led by first-year head coach

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, played their home games at

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, as members of the

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. They finished the season 19–11, 9–7 in TAAC play to finish third in the regular season standings. They followed that success by winning the TAAC tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 11 seed in the West region. Northeast Louisiana fell to No. 6 seed

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in the opening round, 70–63.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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