1982–83 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1982–83 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Steve Yoder, coaching his first season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1982–83 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	8–20 (3–15 Big Ten)
Head coach	Steve Yoder
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1981–82 1983–84 →

1982–83 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Indiana	13	–	5		.722			24	–	6		.800
Purdue	11	–	7		.611			21	–	9		.700
Ohio State	11	–	7		.611			20	–	10		.667
Illinois	11	–	7		.611			21	–	11		.656
Iowa	10	–	8		.556			21	–	10		.677
Minnesota	9	–	9		.500			18	–	11		.621
Michigan State	9	–	9		.500			17	–	13		.567
Northwestern	7	–	11		.389			17	–	13		.567
Michigan	6	–	12		.333			15	–	13		.536
Wisconsin	3	–	15		.167			8	–	20		.286
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1982–83 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 10 Greg Dandridge 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Milwaukee, Wisconsin G 12 Rick Olson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Madison, Wisconsin F 30 Cory Blackwell 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Chicago, Illinois F 31 Scott Roth 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Brecksville, Ohio F 32 Brad Sellers 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Warrensville Heights, Ohio G 33 David Miller 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Chicago, Illinois F 34 Jim Smith 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Toledo, Ohio F 43 Randy Maerz 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Stoughton, Wisconsin C 44 John Ploss 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Antioch, Illinois F 45 Jay Laszewski 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Stevens Point, Wisconsin F 50 Gregg Steinhaus 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Portage, Wisconsin F 51 Jack Hippen 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Chadwick, Illinois	Head coach Steve Yoder (Illinois Wesleyan) Assistant coach(es) Rick Bowen (Indiana) Brad McNulty (Purdue) Bo Ryan (Wilkes) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
11/27/1982*		Washington State	L 64–66	0–1	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
11/29/1982*		Toledo	W 79–71	1–1	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/1/1982*		Northern Iowa	W 76–69	2–1	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/4/1982*		Kansas State	W 64–52	3–1	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/8/1982*		at Ball State	L 66–76	3–2	Irving Gymnasium  Muncie, IN
12/11/1982*		Central Michigan	W 83–67	4–2	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
12/20/1982*		vs. Northern Illinois	W 58–55	5–2	MetroCentre  Rockford, IL
12/28/1982*		vs. No. 10 Georgetown Winston Tire Classic	L 43–71	5–3	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena  Los Angeles, CA
12/29/1982*		vs. USC Winston Tire Classic	L 76–86	5–4	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena  Los Angeles, CA
1/6/1982		No. 20 Purdue	L 64–80	5–5 (0–1)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/8/1983		Illinois	L 54–61	5–6 (0–2)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/13/1983		at Michigan State	L 66–86	5–7 (0–3)	Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
1/15/1983		at Michigan	L 57–62	5–8 (0–4)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, MI
1/20/1983		Northwestern	W 49–45	6–8 (1–4)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/22/1983		No. 10 Iowa	W 65–62[2]	7–8 (2–4)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
1/29/1983		No. 16 Minnesota	L 58–65	7–9 (2–5)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/3/1983		at No. 6 Indiana	L 73–83	7–10 (2–6)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/5/1983		at Ohio State	L 69–82	7–11 (2–7)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
2/9/1983		Ohio State	L 65–68	7–12 (2–8)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/12/1983		No. 4 Indiana	L 56–75	7–13 (2–9)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/17/1983*		Marquette	L 62–68	7–14	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
2/19/1983		at Minnesota	L 71–78	7–15 (2–10)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
2/24/1983		at No. 17 Iowa	L 63–93[3]	7–16 (2–11)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
2/26/1983		vs. Northwestern	L 57–64	7–17 (2–12)	Alumni Hall  Chicago, IL
3/2/1983		Michigan	W 82–70	8–17 (3–12)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
3/5/1983		Michigan State	L 65–91	8–18 (3–13)	UW Fieldhouse  Madison, WI
3/10/1983		at Illinois	L 64–71	8–19 (3–14)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, IL
3/12/1983		at Purdue	L 64–79	8–20 (3–15)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings

Main article: 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings