1981–82 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

1981–82 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball
ACC Regular season & Tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 3
Record	25–7 (6–1 ACC)
Head coach	Chris Weller (7th season)
Home arena	Cole Field House
Seasons← 1980–81 1982–83 →

1981–82 ACC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Maryland †	6	–	1	.857	25	–	7	.781
No. 12 NC State	11	–	2	.846	24	–	7	.774
North Carolina	10	–	3	.769	17	–	12	.586
Clemson	6	–	3	.667	20	–	12	.625
Virginia	3	–	7	.300	17	–	11	.607
Georgia Tech	2	–	9	.182	9	–	16	.360
Wake Forest	1	–	9	.100	13	–	17	.433


† 1982 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 1981–82 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, College Park as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference during 1981–82 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Chris Weller and played their home games at Cole Field House. The Lady Terrapins won the ACC regular season championship and the 1982 ACC women's basketball tournament. Maryland received an automatic bid to the inaugural NCAA women's basketball tournament where they advanced to the Final Four, losing to No. 2 Cheney State.

Roster

1981–82 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown

Date time, TV	Rank	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Feb 10, 1982* 7:30 p.m.	No. 5	No. 4 Cheyney State	L 51–67	18–4	Cole Field House College Park, Maryland
Feb 20, 1982*	No. 9	at No. 13 Tennessee	L 62–70	19–6	Stokely Athletic Center Knoxville, Tennessee
ACC tournament
NCAA tournament
Mar 21, 1982*	(2 W) No. 3	vs. (4 W) No. 19 Drake Regional Final – Elite Eight	W 89–78	25–6	Maples Pavilion Palo Alto, California
Mar 26, 1982*	(2 W) No. 3	vs. (2 E) No. 2 Cheyney State National Semifinal – Final Four	L 66–76	25–7	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll, ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

v t e Maryland Terrapins women's basketball
Venues	Cole Field House (1971–2002) Comcast/Xfinity Center (2002–present)
Culture & lore	Testudo
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
AIAW and NCAA national championships in bold; AIAW and NCAA Final Four appearances in italics