| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 1982–83 |
| Team: | Houston Cougars |
| Conference: | Southwest Conference |
| Short Conf: | SWC |
| Coachrank: | 1 |
| Aprank: | 1 |
| Record: | 31–3 |
| Conf Record: | 16–0 |
| Hc Year: | 27th |
| Asst Coach1: | Terry Kirkpatrick |
| Asst Coach2: | Don Schverak |
| Champion: | NCAA tournament, Runner-up SWC tournament champions SWC regular season champions |
| Bowl Result: | L 52–54 vs. NC State |
The 1982–83 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston. The team was led by head coach Guy Lewis, played their home games in the Hofheinz Pavilion in Houston, Texas, and was then a member of the Southwest Conference.
This was the second of Houston's famous Phi Slama Jama teams, led by Michael Young, Larry Micheaux, and future Hall of Famers Clyde Drexler and Akeem Olajuwon. The Cougars swept through the Southwest Conference schedule and were ranked #1 for the final three polls of the 1982–83 season. Riding a 26-game winning streak, they advanced to the 1983 National Championship Game, where they fell 54-52 to Jim Valvano's NC State Wolfpack. Despite the loss, Olajuwon was named Tournament MOP. To date, this remains the last time the MOP was from the losing team.
|-!colspan=12 style=| Regular Season|-!colspan=12 style=| SWC Tournament|-!colspan=12 style=| NCAA TournamentSources[2]
See main article: 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. [3]
| Year | Player | Round | Pick | NBA club |
| 1 | 14 | Portland Trail Blazers | ||
| 1983 | 2 | 29 | Chicago Bulls | |
| 1 | 1 | Houston Rockets | ||
| 1984 | 1 | 24 | Boston Celtics | |
| 5 | 103 | Chicago Bulls | ||
| Alvin Franklin | 4 | 80 | Sacramento Kings | |