1981–82 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team

1981–82 Chattanooga Mocs basketball
1981–82 Chattanooga Mocs basketball
SoCon regular season and tournament champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Southern Conference
	South
Record	27–4 (15–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Murray Arnold (3rd season);
Home arena	Maclellan Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1980–81 1982–83 →

1981–82 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Chattanooga †	15	–	1	.938	27	–	4	.871
Western Carolina	11	–	5	.688	19	–	8	.704
Davidson	9	–	7	.563	14	–	15	.483
East Tennessee State	8	–	8	.500	13	–	15	.464
Marshall	8	–	8	.500	16	–	11	.593
Furman	7	–	9	.438	11	–	16	.407
The Citadel	7	–	9	.438	14	–	14	.500
Appalachian State	6	–	10	.375	11	–	15	.423
VMI	1	–	15	.063	1	–	25	.038

† 1982 SoCon Tournament winner As of April 30, 1982 Rankings from AP poll

The 1981–82 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Murray Arnold and the team played their home games at Maclellan Gymnasium for the final season. The Mocs won the regular season and SoCon tournament titles, the latter earning the Mocs an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA tournament. Participating in the tournament for the second consecutive season, Chattanooga knocked off No. 7 seed NC State in the first round before losing to No. 2 seed Minnesota, 52–51, in the round of 32.^[1]

Roster[edit]

1981–82 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	44	Willie White	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Memphis, Tennessee
F/C	52	Russ Schoene	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Trenton, Illinois

Source:^[2]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 27, 1981*		vs. Middle Tennessee	W 62–54	1–0	Gentry Complex Nashville, Tennessee
SoCon tournament
Feb 27, 1982*		Appalachian State Quarterfinals	W 62–53	24–3	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee
Mar 6, 1982*		vs. East Tennessee State Semifinals	W 70–65	25–3	Charleston Civic Center Charleston, West Virginia
Mar 7, 1982*		vs. Davidson Championship game	W 69–58	26–3	Charleston Civic Center Charleston, West Virginia
NCAA tournament
Mar 12, 1982*	(10 ME)	vs. (7 ME) NC State First round	W 58–51	27–3	Market Square Arena Indianapolis, Indiana
Mar 14, 1982*	(10 ME)	vs. (2 ME) No. 7 Minnesota Second round	L 61–62	27–4	Market Square Arena Indianapolis, Indiana
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ME=Mideast. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[3]

v t e Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball
Venues	Maclellan Gymnasium (1961–1982) McKenzie Arena (1982–present)
Culture & lore	Chief Moccanooga Scrappy Moc Marching Mocs Pep Band
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1915–16 1916–19 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 1942–45 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
NCAA national championship in bold