1982–83 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

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.

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

1982–83 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

	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

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

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	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.