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 Iowa Field House in

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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 AP poll, 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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