1982–83 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
{{short description|American college basketball season}}
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|mode=Basketball
|year=1982–83
|team=Idaho Vandals
|image= Idaho Vandals logo.svg
|image_size=80
|conference=Big Sky Conference
|division=
|short_conf=Big Sky
|record=20–9
|conf_record=9–5
|head_coach=Don Monson
|hc_year = 5th
|asst_coach1=Barry Collier
|asst_coach2=Rod Snook
|mvp=
|stadium=Kibbie Dome
|champion=Far West Classic Champions
|bowl= NIT
|bowl_result=First round
}}
{{1982–83 Big Sky men's basketball standings}}
The 1982–83 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The two-time defending champions of the Big Sky Conference, Vandals were led by fifth-year head coach Don Monson and played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.
With expanded student seating, the Vandals set basketball attendance records at the Kibbie Dome with 11,000 against Washington State on {{nowrap|December 4,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-rxeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CDEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2347%2C1621064|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho|last=Killen |first=John |title=Vandals nip Cougars in OT, 62-58 |date=December 5, 1982 |page=1B}}}} and eight hundred more on February 12 against Montana for a conference {{nowrap|record.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=R5xfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ojEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4823%2C3714993 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho|last=Killen |first=John |title=SNAP! Montana breaks it all to stop Idaho |date=February 13, 1983 |page=1B}}}} The former was an overtime victory, the third straight over the Cougars in the Battle of the Palouse, on the same night that the resurgent Vandal football team narrowly lost a I-AA playoff game on the road, televised on cable by WTBS of {{nowrap|Atlanta.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-rxeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CDEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4182%2C1633153 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho|last=Ramsdell |first=Paul |title=Controversial EKU interception ends Idaho hopes |date=December 5, 1982 |page=1B}}}} The latter with Montana was a deflating nineteen-point defeat to snap the 43-game home winning streak, begun over three years earlier {{nowrap|in 1980.}} Idaho won its final three home games, but attendance fell; the highest was 8,000 for the finale against Boise State, Monson's hundredth and final win at {{nowrap|the helm.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9pdfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PjEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5094%2C1698754 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho|last=Bull |first=Andy |title=Idaho warms up for Big Sky tourney with rocket performance over BSU |date=March 6, 1983 |page=1C}}}} Consecutive road losses the week prior at Idaho State and Weber State had eliminated any chance of another regular season title and the opportunity to host the conference {{nowrap|tourney.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=R4NfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5635%2C3614612 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho|title=Vandals: Free throws help Weber beat Idaho in overtime |date=February 27, 1983 |page=1C}}}}
The Vandals successfully defended their title in the Far West Classic at Portland in late December,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=APRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QuIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6503%2C7596057 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon |last=Henkel |first=Cathy |title=Idaho, in a classic, 42-41 |date=December 30, 1982 |page=1B}} and had a {{nowrap|12–1}} record in mid-January, and appeared capable of a third consecutive conference title. Four road defeats in conference and the home loss to Montana resulted in a tie for third place in the regular season with the Grizzlies, who swept their two-game series. With an opportunity to three-peat, the Vandals were the low seed in the four-team Big Sky tourney in Reno. They lost by five points to host Nevada-Reno in the semifinals, and neither was selected for the 52-team NCAA tournament; Weber State won the final {{nowrap|and advanced.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_ZdfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PjEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5988%2C4317678 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |agency=Associated Press |title=Wildcats stop Nevada-Reno to win title |date=March 13, 1983 |page=1B}}}}
Idaho became the first Big Sky team to earn an invitation to {{nowrap|the NIT,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7tkvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qe4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2836%2C6829039 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |last=Blanchette |first=John |title=NIT picks – surprise – Idaho |date=March 14, 1983 |page=13}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gqFfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2565%2C121082 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho|last=Killen |first=John |title=Idaho-OSU rematch has plenty riding on it for Vandals |date=March 16, 1983 |page=1C}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=66ZYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QOIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6239%2C3288600 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon |last=Henkel |first=Cathy |title=Beavers at home but not for NCAA |date=March 14, 1983 |page=1C}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7aZYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QOIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6780%2C3647207 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon |last=Henkel |first=Cathy |title=NIT game ends season for one of them tonight |date=March 16, 1983 |page=2B}}}} but lost in the first round at {{nowrap|Oregon State;{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ru0vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nu4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7199%2C746050 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=Washington |last=Blanchette |first=John |title=Beavers pelt Vandals out of tourney |date=March 17, 1983 |page=25}}}} they led by three at the half at Gill Coliseum, but lost by {{nowrap|eighteen.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7qZYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QOIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6376%2C3927571 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon |last=Henkel |first=Cathy |title=Beavers win first NIT|date=March 17, 1983 |page=1C}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g6FfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5163%2C488384 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho|last=Killen |first=John |title=OSU's strong second half stymies UI |date=March 17, 1983 |page=1B}}}} the Beavers had also ended UI's season the previous year, in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA tournament. In both seasons, Idaho defeated OSU in the Far West Classic in late December, but lost the rematch {{nowrap|in March.}}
Between semesters on December 20, the Vandals played a home game at Columbia High School in Richland, Washington, where senior guard Brian Kellerman had starred, and 4,100 packed the Art Dawald Gym for the homecoming. The popular Monson had coached at nearby Pasco High School for nine years {{nowrap|(1967–76),}} and senior center Kelvin Smith was a PHS {{nowrap|graduate.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WvxLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ne4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1713%2C2846970 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |last=Smith |first=Bruce |title=Idaho wins 'Homecoming' date|date=December 21, 1982 |page=25}}}} Idaho made a lengthy trip to South Carolina in January for a nationally televised {{nowrap|game on CBS.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6p9fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3TEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5231%2C2055017 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |title=Vandals, Cougars await national attention|date=January 22, 1983 |page=1C}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=659fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3TEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5309%2C2302053|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |title=Late steal, bucket help Gamecocks ruin Idaho's television appearance |date=January 23, 1983 |page=1C}}}}
Aftermath
Several days after the NIT loss in Corvallis, Monson expectedly left his alma mater for the University of Oregon in Eugene;{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s-0vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nu4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5504%2C3208661 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |title=Monson accepts Duck job |date=March 22, 1983 |page=19}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iKFfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5308%2C2040256 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho)|last=Killen |first=John |title=Monson chooses challenge at Oregon: Bids farewell to Idaho after five seasons |date=March 22, 1983 |page=1C}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=86ZYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QOIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6531%2C5168955 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |last=Kayfes |first=Dave |title=Monson brightens a dark day |date=March 22, 1983 |page=1C}} he led the Ducks for nine seasons in the Pac-10, with three NIT appearances. Assistant coach Barry Collier applied for the Idaho vacancy, but athletic Bill Belknap hired Bill Trumbo, a junior college head coach from northern {{nowrap|California}};{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qdURAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oO4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6723%2C534771 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Devlin |first=Vince |title=JC coach handed the Vandal reins |date=April 2, 1983 |page=13}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=voRfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5jAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4644%2C3220750 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |last=Ramsdell |first=Paul |title=Trumbo to continue Vandal excitement |date=November 25, 1983 |page=1C}} the Vandals returned to the cellar of the conference in each of the next three seasons and attendance {{nowrap|plummeted.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l7ISAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wfkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7021%2C2071659 |work=Spokane Chronicle |location=Washington |last=Devlin |first=Vince |title=Close shaves cut Trumbo from UI |date=March 11, 1986 |page=B1}}{{cite news |url=https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/argonaut/id/9802?_ga=2.163362622.329500117.1519024941-632479480.1517437024 |work=Argonaut |location=(Moscow, Idaho) |agency=(University of Idaho) |last=McCanlies |first=Kathy |title=28-59 spells doom for Trumbo |date=March 18, 1986 |page=11}}}} In March 1986, Trumbo was succeeded by Tim Floyd, an assistant under hall of fame head coach Don Haskins at {{nowrap|Texas-El Paso.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OtxVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LeEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2029%2C5801032 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon |agency=Associated Press |title=Idaho selects Floyd for basketball coach |date=March 23, 1986 |page=7B}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LetWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zfkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7162%2C1911656 |work=Spokane Chronicle |location=(Washington) |last=Devlin |first=Vince |title=Vandals feel landing 'finest assistant' was a real steal |date=March 24, 1986 |page=C2}}}}
With Monson for all five seasons at Idaho, Collier joined him at Oregon for three more, then was at Stanford for three seasons under Mike Montgomery. He became a head coach at his alma mater Butler in 1989, led the Bulldogs for eleven years, then went to Nebraska for six seasons.
This ended the best four-year stretch in the history of the program; the freshmen that entered in the fall of 1979 (Brian Kellerman, Phil Hopson, and reserve Ben Ross){{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-pdfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PjEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2472%2C3435229 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |last=Killen |first=John |title=Doing his part |date=March 10, 1983 |page=1B}} and Monson led the Vandals to an overall record of {{winning percentage|89|26|record=y}} and three national postseason appearances. (In each of the previous five seasons of the late 1970s, Idaho had finished last in the Big Sky.) A four-year starter, Kellerman was first-team all-conference for three years (honorable mention as a {{nowrap|freshman),{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=re0vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nu4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5597%2C169865 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|agency=Associated Press |title=Kellerman honored |date=March 16, 1983 |page=C2}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gqFfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4192%2C132029 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |title=Big Sky: Kellerman, Smith, Hopson, and Arnold honored |date=March 16, 1983 |page=2C}}}} and was the Big Sky player of the year as a sophomore,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v1ZOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QPkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6886%2C2911507 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |title=Kellerman honored |date=March 12, 1981 |page=52}} the second of three consecutive years in which that honor went to a Vandal guard. (From the Tri-Cities, Kellerman was the player of the year in Washington as high school senior in 1979, but was passed on by the Pac-10 schools.)
For the four seasons, Idaho had a home record of {{winning percentage|51|2|record=y}} with a 43-game winning streak. With only two home games, they went {{nowrap|10–5}} overall against the four Northwest schools of the Pac-10, the strongest at the time was Oregon State; the Beavers won three of the five. Oregon dropped all three, the Cougars lost the last three, and Washington the last two. The Vandals also swept all four games from Gonzaga, (with hall of fame point guard John Stockton for the last {{nowrap|three),{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2PhLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y-4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4187%2C3050122 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|last=Blanchette |first=John |title=DePaul can wait: Idaho a tougher test for Bulldogs |date=January 8, 1983 |page=16}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2fhLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y-4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5859%2C3405252 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|last=Blanchette |first=John |title=UI's Zane zaps Zags|date=January 9, 1983 |page=C1}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V3pfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uS8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1902%2C2256775|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho)|title=Vandals: UI holds on to beat Zags |date=January 9, 1983 |page=1B}}}} and won consecutive Far West Classics {{nowrap|in Portland.}}
All-conference
In addition to Kellerman, senior center Kelvin Smith was also named to the All-Big Sky team; he was honorable mention the previous season. Senior forward Phil Hopson was on the second team for a third consecutive year, and junior point guard Stan Arnold was honored as the conference's newcomer of the year.
Roster
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{{CBB roster/Player|first=Pete|last=Prigge|num=24|pos=F|ft=6|in=7|lbs=190|class=JR|rs=|home=Vancouver, WA|high_school=Fort Vancouver HS}}
{{CBB roster/Player|first=Zane|last=Frazier|link=y|num=30|pos=F|ft=6|in=5|lbs=205|class=SO|cur_rs=|rs=yes|home=Los Angeles, CA|high_school=Fairfax HS}}
{{CBB roster/Player|first=Antwine|last=Murchison|num=31|pos=F|ft=6|in=7|lbs=190|class=SO|cur_rs=yes|rs=|home=Stockton, CA|high_school=St. Mary's HS}}
{{CBB roster/Player|first=Ben|last=Ross|num=32|pos=G|ft=6|in=4|lbs=180|class=SR|rs=|home=Coeur d'Alene, ID|high_school=Coeur d'Alene HS}}
{{CBB roster/Player|first=E.C.|last=Morgan|num=33|pos=F|ft=6|in=8|lbs=|class=FR|rs=|home=Portland, OR|high_school=Jesuit HS}}
{{CBB roster/Player|first=Matt|last=Haskins|num=34|pos=G|ft=6|in=3|lbs=170|class=SO|cur_rs=yes|rs=|home=Richland, WA|high_school=Columbia HS}}
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{{CBB roster/Player|first=Pete|last=Reitz|num=52|pos=F|ft=6|in=11|lbs=210|class=FR|rs=|home=Auburn, CA|high_school=Placer HS}}
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Schedule and results
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| time = 8:00 pm
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| opponent = Athletes in Action {{small|(Canada)}}
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| site_stadium = Kibbie Dome
| site_cityst = Moscow, Idaho
| gamename = (Exhibition)
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| score = 78–73
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| record = —
| attend = 5,000
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| date = Fri, Nov 26
| time = 7:00 pm
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| opponent = Loyola Marymount
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| site_stadium = Selland Arena
| site_cityst = Fresno, California
| gamename = Sun Met Classic
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| score = 67–60
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| record = 1–0
| attend = 6,530
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{{CBB schedule entry
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| time = 9:00 pm
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| opponent = Fresno State
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| site_stadium = Selland Arena
| site_cityst = Fresno, California
| gamename = Sun Met Classic (final)
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| score = 34–38
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| record = 1–1
| attend = 6,530
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| opponent = Washington
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| site_stadium = Kibbie Dome
| site_cityst = Moscow, Idaho
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| score = 51–46
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| record = 2–1
| attend = 6,100
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{{CBB schedule entry
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| time = 8:00 pm
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| opponent = Washington State
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| site_stadium = Kibbie Dome
| site_cityst = Moscow, Idaho
| gamename = Battle of the Palouse
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| score = 62–58
| overtime = OT
| record = 3–1
| attend = 11,000
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{{CBB schedule entry
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| time = 8:00 pm
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| opponent = Eastern Washington
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| site_stadium = Kibbie Dome
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| score = 67–56
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| record = 4–1
| attend = 5,000
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{{CBB schedule entry
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| time = 8:00 pm
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| opponent = St. Martin's
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| site_stadium = Kibbie Dome
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| score = 65–44
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| attend = 4,800
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{{CBB schedule entry
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| time = 8:00 pm
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| opponent = UC Irvine
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| score = 84–73
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| attend = 6,500
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{{CBB schedule entry
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| time = 8:00 pm
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| opponent = Midwestern State (TX)
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| site_stadium = Art Dawald Gym
| site_cityst = Richland, Washington
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| score = 87–59
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| record = 7–1
| attend = 4,100
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{{CBB schedule entry
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| time = 9:00 pm
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| opponent = Portland
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| site_stadium = Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Portland, Oregon
| gamename = Far West Classic
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| score = 63–57
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| record = 8–1
| attend = 5,511
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{{CBB schedule entry
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| time = 7:00 pm
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| opponent = Oregon
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| site_stadium = Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Portland, Oregon
| gamename = Far West Classic (semifinal)
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| score = 56–53
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| record = 9–1
| attend = 9,506
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{{CBB schedule entry
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| time = 9:00 pm
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| opponent = Oregon State
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| site_stadium = Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Portland, Oregon
| gamename = Far West Classic (final)
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| score = 42–41
| overtime = 2OT
| record = 10–1
| attend = 12,117
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Sat, Jan 8
| time = 7:30 pm
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| away = yes
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| opponent = Gonzaga
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| site_stadium = Kennedy Pavilion
| site_cityst = Spokane, Washington
| gamename = Rivalry
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| score = 65–57
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| record = 11–0
| attend = 4,477
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{{CBB schedule entry
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| time = 6:30 pm
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| opponent = Northern Arizona
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| site_stadium = Walkup Skydome
| site_cityst = Flagstaff, Arizona
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| score = 58–55
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| conference = 1–0
| attend = 4,135
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{{CBB schedule entry
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| time = 7:30 pm
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| site_stadium = Centennial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Reno, Nevada
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| score = 69–73
| overtime = OT
| record = 12–2
| conference = 1–1
| attend = 5,048
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{{CBB schedule entry
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| time = 8:00 pm
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| conference = 2–1
| attend = 7,700
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{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Sat, Jan 22
| time = 2:00 pm
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| opponent = South Carolina
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| site_stadium = Carolina Coliseum
| site_cityst = Columbia, South Carolina
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| score = 54–56
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| record = 13–3
| attend = 9,673
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{{CBB schedule entry
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| time = 6:30 pm
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| site_cityst = Missoula, Montana
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| score = 49–59
| overtime =
| record = 13–4
| conference = 2–2
| attend = 9,310
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Sat, Jan 29
| time = 7:00 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Montana State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Brick Breeden Fieldhouse
| site_cityst = Bozeman, Montana
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 66–38
| overtime =
| record = 14–4
| conference = 3–2
| attend = 3,304
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Tue, Feb 1
| time = 8:00 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Idaho State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Kibbie Dome
| site_cityst = Moscow, Idaho
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 87–70
| overtime =
| record = 15–4
| conference = 4–2
| attend = 8,500
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Sat, Feb 5
| time = 6:30 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Boise State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = BSU Pavilion
| site_cityst = Boise, Idaho
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 67–56
| overtime =
| record = 16–4
| conference = 5–2
| attend = 10,145
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Thu, Feb 10
| time = 8:00 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Montana State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Kibbie Dome
| site_cityst = Moscow, Idaho
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 73–69
| overtime =
| record = 17–4
| conference = 6–2
| attend = 6,000
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Sat, Feb 12
| time = 8:00 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Montana
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Kibbie Dome
| site_cityst = Moscow, Idaho
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 61–80
| overtime =
| record = 17–5
| conference = 6–3
| attend = 11,800
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Thu, Feb 17
| time = 8:00 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Nevada-Reno
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Kibbie Dome
| site_cityst = Moscow, Idaho
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 88–78
| overtime =
| record = 18–5
| conference = 7–3
| attend = 6,500
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Sat, Feb 19
| time = 8:00 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Northern Arizona
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Kibbie Dome
| site_cityst = Moscow, Idaho
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 75–48
| overtime =
| record = 19–5
| conference = 8–3
| attend = 6,500
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Thu, Feb 24
| time = 6:30 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Idaho State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = ISU Minidome
| site_cityst = Pocatello, Idaho
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 69–77
| overtime =
| record = 19–6
| conference = 8–4
| attend = 5,273
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Sat, Feb 26
| time = 6:30 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Weber State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Dee Events Center
| site_cityst = Ogden, Utah
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 47–53
| overtime = OT
| record = 19–7
| conference = 8–5
| attend = 11,454
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Sat, Mar 5
| time = 8:00 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Boise State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Kibbie Dome
| site_cityst = Moscow, Idaho
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 86–70
| overtime =
| record = 20–7
| conference = 9–5
| attend = 8,000
}}
|-
!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Idaho Vandals}}| 1983 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Fri, Mar 11
| time = 7:00 pm
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| seed = 4
| opponent = Nevada-Reno
| opprank =
| oppseed = 1
| site_stadium = Centennial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Reno, Nevada
| gamename = Semifinal
| tv =
| score = 73–78
| overtime =
| record = 20–8
| attend = 5,100
}}
|-
!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Idaho Vandals}}| 1983 National Invitation Tournament
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = Wed, Mar 16
| time = 7:30 pm
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Oregon State
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Gill Coliseum
| site_cityst = Corvallis, Oregon
| gamename = First round
| tv =
| score = 59–77
| overtime =
| record = 20–9
| attend = 7,800
}}
{{CBB schedule end|ncg=|rank=|poll=AP poll|timezone=Pacific Time}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/idaho/1983-schedule.html Sports Reference] – Idaho Vandals: 1982–83 basketball season
- [https://issuu.com/uidahodigital/docs/gem1983/194 Gem of the Mountains: 1983 University of Idaho yearbook] – 1982–83 basketball season
- [http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/argonaut/years/1983.html Idaho Argonaut] – student newspaper – 1983 editions
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