The 1981–82 Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball team represented

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in the 1981–82

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basketball season. Robert Morris was coached by

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and played their home games at the John Jay Center in

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. The Colonials were members of the ECAC Metro Conference. They finished the season 17–13, 9–5 in conference play. They won the ECAC Metro tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. They earned the 12 seed in the Mideast Region were beaten 94–62 by No. 5 seed and defending National champion

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in the first round.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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