1982–83 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1982–83 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1982–83 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	13–16 (4–10 Big 8)
Head coach	Ted Owens (19th season);
Assistant coaches	John Calipari (1st season); Bob Hill (4th season); Jo Jo White (1st season);
Captains	Jeff Dishman; Mark Summers;
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
	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

The 1982–83 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by Ted Owens in his 19th and final season as head coach. The Jayhawks finished the season 13–16 and failed to qualify for the NCAA Tournament. The season remains, as of the 2023-24 season, the last season the Jayhawks had a losing season. It's also the last time that they failed to qualify for the NCAA Tournament for reasons other than disciplinary actions from the NCAA.

Roster

Carl Henry
Kerry Boagni
Kelly Knight
Calvin Thompson
Jeff Dishman
Ron Kellogg
Jeff Guiot
Brian Martin
Tad Boyle
Lance Hill
Mark Summers
Mark Ewing
Greg Dreiling
Tim Banks

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 27*	U.S. International	W 91-74	1-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
November 29*	at Bowling Green State	W 97-68	2-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 2*	Mississippi Valley State	W 63-51	3-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 4*	Saint Louis	W 83-69	4-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 6*	at Michigan	L 74-86	4-1	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
December 11*	at SMU	W 62-60	5-1	Moody Coliseum University Park, TX
December 18*	No. 3 Memphis State	L 58-64	5-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 20*	Alcorn State	W 86-62	6-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 29*	vs. No. 3 Kentucky	L 62-83	6-3	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
January 2*	vs. Ohio State	L 61-64	6-4	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
January 6*	at Oral Roberts	L 71-73	6-5	Mabee Center Tulsa, OK
January 8*	at Evansville	W 59-54	7-5	Roberts Stadium Evansville, IN
January 16	Maine	W 79-68	8-5	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 20	at Oklahoma	L 92-95	8-6 (0-1)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
January 22	at No. 18 Oklahoma State	L 74-85	8-7 (0-2)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
January 26	No. 13 Missouri Border War	L 63-76	8-8 (0-3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 29	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 57-58	8-9 (0-4)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
February 2	Iowa State	W 75-69	9-9 (1-4)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 5	at Nebraska	L 61-68	9-10 (1-5)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
February 10	Colorado	L 74-75	9-11 (1-6)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 12	Oklahoma State	L 69-75	9-12 (1-7)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 17	at No. 12 Missouri Border War	L 69-74	9-13 (1-8)	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
February 19	No. 19 Oklahoma	W 55-53	10-13 (2-8)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 23	at Iowa State	W 74-60	11-13 (3-8)	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
February 26	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 63-70	11-14 (3-9)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 2	Nebraska	L 58-60	11-15 (3-10)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 5	at Colorado	W 74-63	12-15 (4-10)	CU Events/Conference Center Boulder, CO
March 10	at No. 19 Oklahoma Big Eight Tournament quarterfinals	W 87-77	13-15	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
March 11	vs. Oklahoma State Big Eight Tournament Semifinals	L 83-90	13-16	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ ^a ^b 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

[KU_Media_Guide-1] 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

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v t e Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Venues	Robinson Gymnasium (1907–1927) Hoch Auditorium (1927–1955) Allen Fieldhouse (1955–present)
Rivalries	Kansas State Missouri
Culture & lore	Big Jay Baby Jay Blue blood status Champions Classic "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" Jayhawkers
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics