1981–82 Cheyney State Lady Wolves basketball team

The 1981–82 Cheyney State Lady Wolves basketball team represented Cheyney State College as an NCAA independent during the 1981–82 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team was led by 11th–year head coach C. Vivian Stringer and played their home games at Cope Hall in Cheyney, Pennsylvania. Fueled by a roster with eight high school All-Americans and an eventual Hall of Fame coach, the Lady Wolves earned a record of 28–3 and a No. 2 ranking, and finished runner-up for the inaugural NCAA Division I women's basketball championship – despite being a Division II school with limited resources.

To date, this Cheyney State team is the only HBCU to reach the NCAA women's Final Four and play for an NCAA championship. Years later, Stringer became the first coach to lead three different teams to the NCAA Final Four, following her success at Cheyney with strong runs at Iowa and Rutgers, and ended her 50-year career with over 1,000 victories.

Schedule and results
!colspan=6 style=""| Regular season

!colspan=6 style=""| PSAC tournament

!colspan=6 style=""| NCAA tournament



Awards and honors

 * Valerie Walker – All-American