1982–83 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 1982–83 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illiniois.

Regular season
One of Illinois’ best groups arrived on campus for the 1982-83 season. Guards Bruce Douglas and Doug Altenberger, and forwards Scott Meents and Efrem Winters joined sophomores George Montgomery and Anthony Welch to form the nucleus for a team that would win 95 games during the next four seasons. During this season, the Fighting Illini became the nation’s 25th team to cap the 1,000-win mark with a 72-70 victory over Texas A&M in the Great Alaska Shootout. Later that year, Derek Harper was selected First-Team All-Big Ten, falling one vote shy of being a unanimous pick, before leaving school early for the NBA draft. He was a first round selection of the Dallas Mavericks.

Schedule and Results
Source

!colspan=12 style="background:#DF4E38; color:white;"| Non-Conference regular season

!colspan=9 style="background:#DF4E38; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big Ten regular season

!colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#DF4E38"| NCAA Tournament

Awards and honors

 * Derek Harper
 * Associated Press 2nd team All-American
 * Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
 * Team Most Valuable Player
 * Bruce Douglas
 * Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)