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1981-82 Men's Big Ten Conference Season Summary

Record: 152-136, .528 W-L% (18th of 30) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 6.45 (7th of 30)

SOS: 5.14 (6th of 30)

Regular Season Champion: Minnesota

Coach of the Year: Jim Dutcher

Conference Tournament Champion: None

NCAA Tournament: 4 teams (Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota and Ohio State)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 teams (Indiana, Iowa and Minnesota)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 teams (Iowa and Minnesota)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Minnesota	14	4	.778	23	6	.793	68.0	59.3	13.4	5.1	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
2	Iowa	12	6	.667	21	8	.724	65.4	58.2	12.0	5.0	NCAA Tournament
2	Ohio State	12	6	.667	21	10	.677	62.2	60.5	6.8	5.0	NCAA Tournament
2	Indiana	12	6	.667	19	10	.655	69.1	61.3	13.2	5.4	NCAA Tournament
5	Purdue	11	7	.611	18	14	.563	66.4	63.6	9.4	6.5
6	Illinois	10	8	.556	18	11	.621	66.0	59.2	10.6	4.5
7	Michigan State	6	12	.333	11	17	.393	58.8	59.9	3.5	4.6	*Conference W-L adjusted to 7-11
7	Michigan	6	12	.333	7	20	.259	61.9	67.0	-0.4	5.7	*Conference W-L adjusted to 7-11
9	Northwestern	4	14	.222	8	19	.296	59.6	61.1	1.0	5.1	*Conference W-L adjusted to 5-13
10	Wisconsin	3	15	.167	6	21	.222	64.3	73.6	-5.0	4.3	*Conference W-L adjusted to 0-18

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/30	12/7	12/14	12/21	12/28	1/4	1/11	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	3/1	Final
Wisconsin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ohio State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iowa	9	6	6	6	10	10	7	5	6	6	5	5	7	11	11	16
Minnesota	10	10	8	8	5	9	6	11	5	10	6	9	8	13	7	7
Indiana	12	12	10	13	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-
Illinois	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purdue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Northwestern	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michigan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michigan State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	Minnesota	29	23	6	.793	14	4	12	2	9	3				26.9	53.2	.505					14.2	19.7	.722		31.8	11.5	6.1	4.1	12.4	19.3	68.0	59.3	13.44	5.12
2	Indiana	29	19	10	.655	12	6	13	1	4	6				26.5	53.9	.492					16.1	21.8	.736		37.6	17.2	5.7	2.4	15.6	18.7	69.1	61.3	13.21	5.42
3	Iowa	29	21	8	.724	12	6	11	1	7	6				25.6	54.1	.474					14.1	20.9	.675		36.6	14.4	6.4	2.6		16.1	65.4	58.2	12.01	5.04
4	Ohio State	31	21	10	.677	12	6	12	3	6	5				24.4	52.5	.465					13.4	17.8	.752		30.4	11.3	5.9	3.3	13.5	18.1	62.2	60.5	6.81	5.03
5	Purdue	32	18	14	.563	11	7	12	4	5	7				24.7	49.2	.502					17.0	24.3	.697		31.3	13.1	5.4	2.8	14.3	18.9	66.4	63.6	9.38	6.54
6	Illinois	29	18	11	.621	10	8	11	4	5	6				26.5	55.9	.474					13.0	18.4	.709		33.1	15.0	6.7	3.9	10.6	17.2	66.0	59.2	10.58	4.55
7	Michigan	27	7	20	.259	6	12	4	8	2	10				25.8	54.8	.471					10.4	15.7	.662		29.2	13.8	5.2	1.4	15.3	18.8	61.9	67.0	-0.41	5.71
8	Michigan State	28	11	17	.393	6	12	7	6	2	10				24.4	53.4	.458					9.9	15.0	.662		30.9	10.5	5.5	2.4		20.1	58.8	59.9	3.53	4.60
9	Northwestern	27	8	19	.296	4	14	3	6	1	11				23.2	53.1	.436					13.3	19.9	.668		34.2						59.6	61.1	0.96	5.08
10	Wisconsin	27	6	21	.222	3	15	4	9	2	9				26.7	61.6	.433					10.9	15.8	.688		33.7	13.0	5.7	3.1	16.7	18.6	64.3	73.6	-5.03	4.34