1981–82 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team
American college basketball season
The 1981–82 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season . The Anteaters were led by second year head coach Bill Mulligan and played their home games at the Crawford Hall . They were members of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association . They finished the season 23–7 and 10–4 in PCAA play.
Previous season
Under first year coach Bill Mulligan, the 1979–80 Anteaters archived their first winning season as a division 1 program with a record of 17–10 and was 3rd in conference play with a record of 9–5. The anteaters averaged 86.4 points per game and led the country in scoring.[ 1]
Off-season
Incoming transfers
Name
Pos.
Height
Weight
Year
Hometown
Notes
Curtis Crossley
F
6'7"
220
So.
N/A
Junior College transfer from Saddleback College
Don Kapener
N/A
N/A
N/A
Jr.
N/A
Transfer from San Diego
Bob Thornton
C
6'8"
N/A
Jr.
N/A
Junior College transfer from Saddleback College
Source:[ 2]
1981 recruiting class
Source:[ 2]
Roster
1981–82 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Weight
Year
Hometown
G
John Barkey
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
—
Fr
F
Rick Ciaccio
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
—
Fr
F
Curtis Crossley
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
—
So
G
Kevin Fuller
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
—
Sr
G
Leonard Johnson
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
—
Jr
C
44
Kevin Magee
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
—
Sr
Gary, Indiana
F
Ben McDonald
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
—
So
Torrance, California
C
Bob Thornton
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
—
So
G
Randy Whieldon
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
—
Sr
F
Rainer Wulf
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
—
Sr
C
Grant Taylor
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
—
Sr
Head coach
Bill Mulligan
Assistant coach(es)
Bob Shermerhorn
Mike Bokosky
Herb Livsey
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Roster Last update: July 30, 2017
Schedule
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference Season
November 28, 1981 *
at Oregon
W 90–84
1–0
McArthur Court (6,6652)Eugene, OR
November 30, 1981 *
at Chico State
W 118–79
2–0
Art Acker Gymnasium (2,500)Chico, CA
December 3, 1981 *
Boise State
W 84–72
3–0
Crawford Hall (1,403)Irvine, CA
December 6, 1981 *
at San Diego
W 78–66
4–0
USD Sports Center (2,500)San Diego, CA
December 10, 1981 *
Hawaii-Hilo
W 116–70
5–0
Crawford Hall (1,472)Irvine, CA
December 12, 1981 *
No. 15 UNLV
W 82–70
6–0
Anaheim Convention Center [ 3] (6,959)Anaheim, CA
December 15, 1981 *
Loyola Marymount
W 91–80
7–0
Crawford Hall (1,549)Irvine, CA
December 18, 1981 *
vs. Eastern Michigan Champion Holiday Classic
W 76–59
8–0
Dahlberg Arena (5,300)Missoula, MT
December 19, 1981 *
vs. Montana Champion Holiday Classic
W 46–44
9–0
Dahlberg Arena (6,154)Missoula, MT
December 28, 1981 *
vs. Arizona State Milwaukee Classic
L 73–88
9–1
Milwaukee Arena (10,214)Milwaukee, WI
December 29, 1981 *
vs. East Tennessee State Milwaukee Classic
W 77–75
10–1
Milwaukee Arena (10,652)Milwaukee, WI
January 6, 1982 *
Drury
W 107–71
11–1
Crawford Hall (1,494)Irvine, CA
Conference Season
January 14, 1982
Cal State Fullerton
W 50–49
12–1 (1–0)
Crawford Hall (1,676)Irvine, CA
January 16, 1982
UC Santa Barbara
W 65–62
13–1 (2–0)
Crawford Hall (1,591)Irvine, CA
January 21, 1982
at Pacific
W 71–64
14–1 (3–0)
Alex G. Spanos Center (3,727)Stockton, CA
January 23, 1982
at Utah State
W 71–68
15–1 (4–0)
Smith Spectrum (6,674)Logan, UT
January 28, 1982
at Long Beach State
W 78–68
16–1 (5–0)
Long Beach Arena (5,396)Long Beach, CA
January 30, 1982
Long Beach State
W 78–68
17–1 (6–0)
Anaheim Convention Center[ 3] (5,479)Anaheim, CA
February 4, 1982
San Jose State
L 57–58
17–2 (6–1)
Crawford Hall (1,578)Irvine, CA
February 7, 1982
Fresno State
L 49–55 OT
17–3 (6–2)
Long Beach Arena[ 4] (8,456)Long Beach, CA
February 11, 1982
at San Jose State
W 68–61
18–3 (7–2)
San Jose Civic Auditorium (2,900)San Jose, CA
February 13, 1982
at Fresno State
L 58–71
18–4 (7–3)
Selland Arena (6,530)Fresno, CA
February 18, 1982
Pacific
W 92–70
19–4 (8–3)
Crawford Hall (1,329)Irvine, CA
February 20, 1982
Utah State
W 104–72
20–4 (9–3)
Crawford Hall (1,594)Irvine, CA
February 25, 1982
at Cal State Fullerton
L 62–68 3OT
20–5 (9–4)
Titan Gym (3,096)Fullerton, CA
February 27, 1982
at UC Santa Barbara
W 79–77
21–5 (10–4)
UC Santa Barbara Events Center (4,100)Santa Barbara, CA
PCAA tournament
March 3, 1982
(2)
vs. (7) Utah State Quarterfinals
W 90–64
22–5
Anaheim Convention Center (5,400)Anaheim, CA
March 4, 1982
(2)
vs. (3) Cal State Fullerton Semifinals
L 61–64
22–6
Anaheim Convention Center (7,433)Anaheim, CA
NIT
March 12, 1982 *
vs. San Diego State First Round
W 70–69
23–6
San Diego Sports Arena (8,114)San Diego, CA
March 16, 1982 *
at Oklahoma Second Round
L 77–880
23–7
Lloyd Noble Center (11,187)Norman, OK
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Pacific Time .
Source[ 5] [ 6]
Awards and honors
Kevin Magee
AP First Team All-American
USBWA First Team All-American
NABC Second Team All-American
PCAA Player of the Year
PCAA First Team All-Conference
Ben McDonald
PCAA Second Team All-Conference
Source:
[ 5]
Team players drafted into the NBA
Round
Pick
Player
NBA Club
2
39
Kevin Magee
Phoenix Suns
10
215
Grant Taylor
Portland Trail Blazers
10
219
Randy Whieldon
Golden State Warriors
Source[ 7]
References
^ Weyler, John (May 22, 1981). "Mulligan Loves 'Em... 22 Hours a Day". Los Angeles Times . Irvine, CA.
^ a b Weyler, John (April 25, 1981). "Mulligan's Recruiting Takes Rocky Turn". Los Angeles Times . Irvine, CA.
^ a b Weyler, John (June 27, 1981). "Irvine Looking for Playmates". Los Angeles Times . Irvine, CA.
^ "Boyd's Bulldogs Bury UC Irvine in Overtime: UCI: Falls Into Second in PCAA". Los Angeles Times . February 8, 1982. ProQuest 153068614 .
^ a b "UC Irvine Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF) . UC Irvine Sports . UC Irvine Athletics. Retrieved July 22, 2017 .
^ "Final 1982 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report" (PDF) . NCAA. Retrieved July 22, 2017 .
^ "UC Irvine NBA Draft Selections" . realgm.com . Real GM. Retrieved September 15, 2017 .