The 1982–83 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1982–83 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Bill Frieder, the team finished ninth in the Big Ten Conference. The team failed to earn an invitation to either the 1983 National Invitation Tournament or the 1983 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The team was unranked for all eighteen weeks of Associated Press Top Twenty-Five Poll, and it also ended the season unranked in the final USA Today/CNN Poll.
Schedule and results
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Team players drafted into the NBA Eight players from this team were selected in the NBA draft. Year Round Pick Overall Player NBA Club 1983 10 7 213 Ike Person Detroit Pistons 1984 1 12 12 Tim McCormick Cleveland Cavaliers 1984 2 8 32 Eric Turner Detroit Pistons 1984 10 19 225 Dan Pelekoudas Detroit Pistons 1986 1 7 7 Roy Tarpley Dallas Mavericks 1986 5 2 95 Richard Rellford Indiana Pacers 1986 6 1 117 Butch Wade New York Knicks 1986 7 5 144 Robert Henderson Chicago Bulls
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