1981-82
OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL CONFERENCE PLACE CONF. TOURNEY POST-SEASON
 13-14 12-4 1-10 0-0 4-10 7th 0-1 None

ROSTER:

NO. POS. NAME CLASS HGT. WGT. Hometown (Previous School)
       RETURNEES:        
34 G Tony Guy *** Cpt. Sr. 6'6 200 Towson, MD  (Loyola HS)
35 F Dave Magley *** Cpt. Sr. 6'8 202 South Bend, IN  (LaSalle HS)
23 F Mark Summers * Jr. 6'7 201

Dimmitt, TX (Dimmitt HS/Amarillo (TX) Juco)

24 C Kelly Knight * So. 6'7 240 Salina, KS  (South HS)
       NEW FACES:        
10 G Tim Banks % Jr. 6'2 180

New York, NY  (Long Island City HS/Colby (NY) Juco

33 G Tad Boyle Fr. 6'4 167 Greeley, CO (Central HS)
20 F Jeff Dishman Jr. 6'5 213

Medicine Lodge, KS Medicine Lodge HS/Hutchison (KS) Junior College)

22 C Mark Ewing Jr. 6'9 191

McPherson, KS (McPherson HS/Cloud Co. Juco)

25 G/F Lance Hill Jr. 6'5 197

Baltimore, MD  (Lake Clifton HS/San Diego City College

45 F Brian Martin So. 6'8 192

Wichita, KS  (Northwest HS/Hutchison (KS) Juco)

30 F Ron McHenry % Jr. 6'5 203

McClouth, KS (McClouth HS/Coffeyville (KS) Juco)

12 G Tyke Peacock Jr. 6'1 173

Urbana, IL (Urbana HS/Modesto (CA) Juco)

      * Varsity Letters      Cpt. = Captain       % = Nonlettermen

HEAD COACH

Ted Owens, 18th Year

 

Asst Coaches:
Bob Hill, Asst., 5th year
JoJo White, Asst., 1st year
Randolph Carroll, PT Asst.

LOSSES FROM LAST YEAR ('81 stats):

PLAYER LOSSES Class Hgt. POS. G/GS PTS PPG RBS RPG PPts STATUS
John Crawford Sr. 6'7 F 32/15 260 8.1 170 5.3 11.91 Graduated
Art Housey Sr. 6'10 C 32/26 240 7.5 208 6.5 12.41 Graduated
Mark Knight Sr. 6'5 G/F 11/0 4 0.4 2 0.2 0.18 Graduated
Jeff Konek Fr. 6'2 G 13/0 24 1.8 3 0.2 1.46  
Victor Mitchell Jr. 6'9 C 31/23 252 8.1 173 5.6 11.39  
Booty Neal Sr. 6'5 G 31/0 228 7.4 43 1.4 5.81 Graduated
George Thompson Sr. 6'7 F 10/0 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.80 Graduated
Darnell Valentine Sr. 6'2 G 32/32 498 15.6 118 3.7 20.03 Graduated
Mark Welch So. 6'1 G 6/0 3 0.5 0 0.0 0.50  
Richard Worrell So. 6'6 F 11/0 8 0.7 5 0.5 0.73  
TOTALS       32 1521 47.5 721 22.5 65.22  
Percent losses from 1981         64.7%   59.8%   65.6%  

 

PRESEASON OUTLOOK:
With the loss of four starters from last year, including All-American Darnell Valentine, the Jayhawks lost almost 2/3 of it's production from the 1981 team. To replace them, Coach Owens recruited seven junior college players and only one freshman, none of which were very highly rated.  Thus, this year doesn't look to be much of an improvement, if any, over last years very disappointing season.

 

SEASON SUMMARY:
Coach Ted Owens 18th and next to last season at KU was a disaster, as the Hawks finished 7th in the league and 13-14 overall.  The team was short, slow, relatively inexperienced and lacked depth.  Bright spots were Sr. co-captains Dave Magley and Tony Guy, and 6’7 soph center Kelly Knight.  These three contributed 43 ppg, while the balance of players added only 23 ppg.  Freshman Tad Boyle couldn’t come close to filling the shoes of Darnell Valentine, who led the Hawks to the Final 16 the year before.

Although JoJo White came back to Lawrence as Owen’s assistant coach, after 11 seasons in the NBA, the season started off on a bad note, when 6’9 center Victor Mitchell decided not to come out for his senior season.  At home, the Jayhawks were respectable, but could only manage a 1-10 record away from Allen Fieldhouse.

Source:  Ken Johnson’s KU Basketball Report, Vol. 91/91, No. 3

February 9, 2010

I watched the November 28, 1981 debut of Michael Jordan’s first game against the Jayhawks on ESPN Classics this evening (you can click on the You Tube video below) .  This was the short pants and no tattoo era, and was the first game of the 1982 season for both teams. The Tarheels starred All-Americans James Worthy and Sam Perkins, with skinny freshman Jordan showing signs of becoming a major star. Matt Doherty, a former KU assistant coach (1993-98), was also a starter. These Heels, were the team that eventually won the national championship the following March,  giving former KU player, Coach Dean Smith his first title.

Fighting against the preseason #1 Tarheels, the undermanned Hawks tied the Tarheels 37- up at the half, even though the game was in ‘neutral’ Charlotte, North Carolina.  The game was decided early in the second half however, after Ted Owens put in Mark Summers, a largely ineffective juco transfer, to give Knight a rest after getting 4 fouls. Things immediately went awry as Summers committed a couple of turnovers which led to points for UNC. So he put Knight back in and he almost immediately fouled out, and the Hawks were eight down. But, even without Knight, during the last eight minutes the Jayhawks actually outscored the Tarheels by one.

Although being beaten 67-74, the Jayhawks made a valiant game of it, and won eight of its next ten games, losing only to ranked Kentucky and to St. John’s in New York.  Things looked pretty good at that stage, but then the bottom fell out.  In spite of quality senior stars Tony Guy and Dave Magley, coupled with junior Jeff Dishman, clearly the Hawks were missing a center and a point guard, two of the most important positions in basketball, and lacked a bench, their holes were taken advantage of by subsequent opponents.

Kelly Knight, a 6’7 power forward who manned the center position, had to give away several inches almost every game. Even so, he captured an average of 12.3 points per game and 5.6 rebounds for the season.  Unfortunately, his backups were Brian Martin and little-used Mark Ewing. And obviously, freshman Tad Boyle was only a shadow of a substitute for Darnell Valentine, who led the Jayhawks the four previous seasons. And backing him up was track star Tyke Peacock, a world class high jumper, but a mediocre point guard. Lance Hill, a 6’5 juco transfer showed promise early as a guard/forward, but faded later.

So, after starting the season a respectable 8-3, they dropped 3 of the next 4 games, including getting creamed by Nebraska. After 3 wins at home, they then dropped 8 of the next nine games, including the last five in a row to finish a losing season 13-14.  What a disappointing end to a very promising start.

Link to KU-UNC video on YouTube: http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/07/19/random-youtube-magic-michael-jordans-first-game-at-unc/  -- Michael Jordan's first collegiate game.

1982  FINAL TEAM STATISTICS (Team highs in bold)

CATEGORY

KU

OPP

DIFF

Magley,
Dave
Guy,
Tony
Knight,
Kelly
Dishman, Jeff Peacock, Tyke Hill,
Lance

Games Played/Started

 27 27   27/27 27/27 23/22 27/27 20/1 25/5

Minutes

5450 5450   1053 1013 704 896 212 399

    Per Game

 201.9 201.9   39.0 37.5 30.6 33.2 10.6 16.0

Points

 1789 1771 18 467 402 284 250 93 90

    Per Game

66.3 65.6 0.7 17.3 14.9 12.3 9.3 4.7 3.6

Rebounds

912 939 -27 227 95 128 159 18 34

    Per Game

 33.8 34.8 -1.0 8.4 3.5 5.6 5.9 0.9 1.4

Blocks

71 61 10 27 2 13 9 0 0

Assists

341 358 -17 52 103 10 30 9 47

Steals

 157 142 15 36 31 13 19 3 16

Turnovers

 349 356 -7 42 - - - - -

(Assists+Steals)/TO

 1.43 1.12 0.31 2.10 - - - - -

FG -Attempts

1483 1512 -29 390 351 199 206 101 63

       Made

 694 712 -18 183 152 119 95 44 25

       Percent

46.8 47.1 -0.3 46.9 43.3 59.8 46.1 43.6 39.7

FT-Attempts

 573 489 84 121 144 63 96 9 61

     Made

 401 347 54 101 98 46 60 5 40

     Percent

 70.0 71.0 -1.0 83.5 68.1 73.0 62.5 55.6 65.6

Production Points/Game

 72.59 73.07 -0.48 21.56 14.37 15.26 11.85 3.10 5.12
Production Points/Minute .360 .362 -.002 .553 .383 .499 .357 .292 .321

Statistics, Cont'd

CATEGORY Martin,
Brian
Boyle,
Tad
Summers, Mark Ewing,
Mark
Banks,
Tim
McHenry,
Ron
Team
Games Played/ Started 25/3 27/21 18/2 8/0 2/0 2/0  
Minutes 389 588 148 30 8 5  
   Per Game 15.6 21.8 8.2 3.8 4.0 2.5  
Points 89 78 27 7 2 0  
   Per Game 3.6 2.9 1.5 0.9 1.0 0.0  
Rebounds 80 38 22 5 2 2 102
   Per Game 3.2 1.4 1.2 0.6 1.0 1.0 3.8
Blocks 18 0 2 0 0 0  
Assists 6 79 4 1 0 0  
Steals 4 26 8 1 0 0  
Turnovers - - - - - -  
(Assists+Steals)/TO - - - - - -  
FG - Attempts 76 76 19 9 1 2  
         Made 36 30 6 3 1 0  
         Percent 47.4 39.5 31.6 33.3 100.0 0.0  
FT - Attempts 25 29 18 5 0 2  
        Made 17 18 15 1 0 0  
        Percent 68.0 62.1 83.3 20.0 0.0 0.0  
Production Points/Game 5.96 6.07 2.61 0.50 2.00 -1.00  
Production Points/Minute .383 .279 .318 .133 .500 -0.44  

Source:   KU Basketball Media Guide

GAME-BY-GAME

North Carolina*

L

67-74


Nov. 28

at Charlotte, N.C.

Arizona State

W

63-62


Nov. 30

at Lawrence

Texas Southern

W

67-65


Dec. 2

at Lawrence

Michigan State

W

74-56


Dec. 5

at Lawrence

Arizona

W

86-57


Dec. 7

at Lawrence

Kentucky

L

74-77

*

Dec. 12

at Lawrence

Southern Methodist

W

81-71


Dec. 19

at Lawrence

St. John’s

L

75-76


Dec. 28

at New York, N.Y.

Indiana

W

71-61


Dec. 29

at New York, N.Y.

Evansville

W

72-65

*

Jan. 6

at Lawrence

Rollins College

W

82-69


Jan. 9

at Lawrence

Nebraska

L

55-75


Jan. 13

at Lincoln, Neb.

Oklahoma State

W

77-72


Jan. 16

at Lawrence

Missouri

L

35-41


Jan. 20

at Columbia, Mo.

Kansas State

L

53-70


Jan. 23

at Manhattan, Kan.

Alcorn State

W

72-60


Jan. 25

at Lawrence

Colorado

W

74-60


Jan. 27

at Lawrence

Oklahoma

W

55-53


Jan. 30

at Lawrence

Iowa State

L

53-55


Feb. 3

at Ames, Iowa

Oklahoma State

L

64-79


Feb. 6

at Stillwater, Okla.

Missouri

L

41-42


Feb. 9

at Lawrence

Nebraska

W

66-63


Feb. 13

at Lawrence

Colorado

L

80-89


Feb. 17

at Boulder, Colo.

Kansas State

L

53-63


Feb. 20

at Lawrence

Oklahoma

L

76-79


Feb. 24

at Norman, Okla.

Iowa State

L

61-63


Feb. 27

at Lawrence

Kansas State

L

62-74


Mar. 2

at Manhattan, Kan.

 

LINK TO 1982 NATIONAL STATISTICS

Link to Big 8 Conference for 1982