1982–83 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1982–83 Idaho Vandals Idaho Vandals logo.svg 80 Big Sky Conference Big Sky 20–9 9–5 Don Monson 5th Barry Collier Rod Snook Kibbie Dome Far West Classic Champions NIT First round The 1982–83 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The two-time defending champions of the Big Sky Conference, Vandals were led by fifth-year head coach Don Monson and played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho. With expanded student seating, the Vandals set basketball attendance records at the Kibbie Dome with 11,000 against Washington State on December 4,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-rxeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CDEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2347%2C1621064 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Killen John Vandals nip Cougars in OT, 62-58 December 5, 1982 1B and eight hundred more on February 12 against Montana for a conference record.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=R5xfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ojEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4823%2C3714993 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Killen John SNAP! Montana breaks it all to stop Idaho February 13, 1983 1B The former was an overtime victory, the third straight over the Cougars in the Battle of the Palouse, on the same night that the resurgent Vandal football team narrowly lost a I-AA playoff game on the road, televised on cable by WTBS of Atlanta.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-rxeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CDEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4182%2C1633153 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Ramsdell Paul Controversial EKU interception ends Idaho hopes December 5, 1982 1B The latter with Montana was a deflating nineteen-point defeat to snap the 43-game home winning streak, begun over three years earlier in 1980. Idaho won its final three home games, but attendance fell; the highest was 8,000 for the finale against Boise State, Monson's hundredth and final win at the helm.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9pdfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PjEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5094%2C1698754 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Bull Andy Idaho warms up for Big Sky tourney with rocket performance over BSU March 6, 1983 1C Consecutive road losses the week prior at Idaho State and Weber State had eliminated any chance of another regular season title and the opportunity to host the conference tourney.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=R4NfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5635%2C3614612 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Vandals: Free throws help Weber beat Idaho in overtime February 27, 1983 1C The Vandals successfully defended their title in the Far West Classic at Portland in late December,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=APRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QuIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6503%2C7596057 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Henkel Cathy Idaho, in a classic, 42-41 December 30, 1982 1B and had a 12–1 record in mid-January, and appeared capable of a third consecutive conference title. Four road defeats in conference and the home loss to Montana resulted in a tie for third place in the regular season with the Grizzlies, who swept their two-game series. With an opportunity to three-peat, the Vandals were the low seed in the four-team Big Sky tourney in Reno. They lost by five points to host Nevada-Reno in the semifinals, and neither was selected for the 52-team NCAA tournament; Weber State won the final and advanced.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_ZdfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PjEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5988%2C4317678 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Wildcats stop Nevada-Reno to win title March 13, 1983 1B Idaho became the first Big Sky team to earn an invitation to the NIT,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7tkvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qe4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2836%2C6829039 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Blanchette John NIT picks – surprise – Idaho March 14, 1983 13https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gqFfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2565%2C121082 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Killen John Idaho-OSU rematch has plenty riding on it for Vandals March 16, 1983 1Chttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=66ZYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QOIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6239%2C3288600 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Henkel Cathy Beavers at home but not for NCAA March 14, 1983 1Chttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7aZYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QOIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6780%2C3647207 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Henkel Cathy NIT game ends season for one of them tonight March 16, 1983 2B but lost in the first round at Oregon State;https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ru0vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nu4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7199%2C746050 Spokesman-Review Washington Blanchette John Beavers pelt Vandals out of tourney March 17, 1983 25 they led by three at the half at Gill Coliseum, but lost by eighteen.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7qZYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QOIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6376%2C3927571 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Henkel Cathy Beavers win first NIT March 17, 1983 1Chttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g6FfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5163%2C488384 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Killen John OSU's strong second half stymies UI March 17, 1983 1B the Beavers had also ended UI's season the previous year, in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA tournament. In both seasons, Idaho defeated OSU in the Far West Classic in late December, but lost the rematch in March. Between semesters on December 20, the Vandals played a home game at Columbia High School in Richland, Washington, where senior guard Brian Kellerman had starred, and 4,100 packed the Art Dawald Gym for the homecoming. The popular Monson had coached at nearby Pasco High School for nine years (1967–76), and senior center Kelvin Smith was a PHS graduate.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WvxLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ne4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1713%2C2846970 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Smith Bruce Idaho wins 'Homecoming' date December 21, 1982 25 Idaho made a lengthy trip to South Carolina in January for a nationally televised game on CBS.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6p9fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3TEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5231%2C2055017 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Vandals, Cougars await national attention January 22, 1983 1Chttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=659fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3TEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5309%2C2302053 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Late steal, bucket help Gamecocks ruin Idaho's television appearance January 23, 1983 1C Aftermath Several days after the NIT loss in Corvallis, Monson expectedly left his alma mater for the University of Oregon in Eugene;https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s-0vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nu4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5504%2C3208661 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Monson accepts Duck job March 22, 1983 19https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iKFfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5308%2C2040256 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Killen John Monson chooses challenge at Oregon: Bids farewell to Idaho after five seasons March 22, 1983 1Chttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=86ZYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QOIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6531%2C5168955 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Kayfes Dave Monson brightens a dark day March 22, 1983 1C he led the Ducks for nine seasons in the Pac-10, with three NIT appearances. Assistant coach Barry Collier applied for the Idaho vacancy, but athletic Bill Belknap hired Bill Trumbo, a junior college head coach from northern California;https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qdURAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oO4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6723%2C534771 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Devlin Vince JC coach handed the Vandal reins April 2, 1983 13https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=voRfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5jAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4644%2C3220750 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Ramsdell Paul Trumbo to continue Vandal excitement November 25, 1983 1C the Vandals returned to the cellar of the conference in each of the next three seasons and attendance plummeted.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l7ISAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wfkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7021%2C2071659 Spokane Chronicle Washington Devlin Vince Close shaves cut Trumbo from UI March 11, 1986 B1https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/argonaut/id/9802?_ga=2.163362622.329500117.1519024941-632479480.1517437024 Argonaut Moscow, Idaho (University of Idaho) McCanlies Kathy 28-59 spells doom for Trumbo March 18, 1986 11 In March 1986, Trumbo was succeeded by Tim Floyd, an assistant under hall of fame head coach Don Haskins at Texas-El Paso.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OtxVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LeEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2029%2C5801032 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Idaho selects Floyd for basketball coach March 23, 1986 7Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LetWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zfkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7162%2C1911656 Spokane Chronicle Washington Devlin Vince Vandals feel landing 'finest assistant' was a real steal March 24, 1986 C2 With Monson for all five seasons at Idaho, Collier joined him at Oregon for three more, then was at Stanford for three seasons under Mike Montgomery. He became a head coach at his alma mater Butler in 1989, led the Bulldogs for eleven years, then went to Nebraska for six seasons. This ended the best four-year stretch in the history of the program; the freshmen that entered in the fall of 1979 (Brian Kellerman, Phil Hopson, and reserve Ben Ross)https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-pdfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PjEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2472%2C3435229 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Killen John Doing his part March 10, 1983 1B and Monson led the Vandals to an overall record of 89 26 y and three national postseason appearances. (In each of the previous five seasons of the late 1970s, Idaho had finished last in the Big Sky.) A four-year starter, Kellerman was first-team all-conference for three years (honorable mention as a freshman),https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=re0vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nu4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5597%2C169865 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Kellerman honored March 16, 1983 C2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gqFfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4192%2C132029 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Big Sky: Kellerman, Smith, Hopson, and Arnold honored March 16, 1983 2C and was the Big Sky player of the year as a sophomore,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v1ZOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QPkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6886%2C2911507 Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington Kellerman honored March 12, 1981 52 the second of three consecutive years in which that honor went to a Vandal guard. (From the Tri-Cities, Kellerman was the player of the year in Washington as high school senior in 1979, but was passed on by the Pac-10 schools.) For the four seasons, Idaho had a home record of 51 2 y with a 43-game winning streak. With only two home games, they went 10–5 overall against the four Northwest schools of the Pac-10, the strongest at the time was Oregon State; the Beavers won three of the five. Oregon dropped all three, the Cougars lost the last three, and Washington the last two. The Vandals also swept all four games from Gonzaga, (with hall of fame point guard John Stockton for the last three),https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2PhLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y-4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4187%2C3050122 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Blanchette John DePaul can wait: Idaho a tougher test for Bulldogs January 8, 1983 16https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2fhLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y-4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5859%2C3405252 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Blanchette John UI's Zane zaps Zags January 9, 1983 C1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V3pfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uS8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1902%2C2256775 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Vandals: UI holds on to beat Zags January 9, 1983 1B and won consecutive Far West Classics in Portland. All-conference In addition to Kellerman, senior center Kelvin Smith was also named to the All-Big Sky team; he was honorable mention the previous season. Senior forward Phil Hopson was on the second team for a third consecutive year, and junior point guard Stan Arnold was honored as the conference's newcomer of the year. Roster 1982 Idaho Vandals m y yes Stan Arnold 10 G 6 0 185 JR San Jose, CA San Jose City College Brian Kellerman y 12 G 6 5 190 SR Richland, WA Richland HS Joe Sweeney 14 G 5 11 JR San Bruno, CA Skyline College Pete Prigge 24 F 6 7 190 JR Vancouver, WA Fort Vancouver HS Zane Frazier y 30 F 6 5 205 SO yes Los Angeles, CA Fairfax HS Antwine Murchison 31 F 6 7 190 SO yes Stockton, CA St. Mary's HS Ben Ross 32 G 6 4 180 SR Coeur d'Alene, ID Coeur d'Alene HS E.C. Morgan 33 F 6 8 FR Portland, OR Jesuit HS Matt Haskins 34 G 6 3 170 SO yes Richland, WA Columbia HS Kelvin Smith 40 C 6 6 195 SR Pasco, WA Taft (CA), Pasco HS Freeman Watkins 42 G 6 4 187 JR Utica, MI Eisenhower HS Phil Hopson 44 F 6 6 190 SR Portland, OR Jefferson HS Pete Reitz 52 F 6 11 210 FR Auburn, CA Placer HS Don Monson (Idaho) Barry Collier (Butler) Rod Snook (Whittier) https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eqhfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hTIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2368%2C3244577 Schedule and results yes yes Fri, Nov 12 8:00 pm yes Athletes in Action (Canada) Kibbie Dome Moscow, Idaho (Exhibition) 78–73 — 5,000 Fri, Nov 26 7:00 pm yes yes Loyola Marymount Selland Arena Fresno, California Sun Met Classic 67–60 1–0 6,530 Sat, Nov 27 9:00 pm yes yes Fresno State Selland Arena Fresno, California Sun Met Classic (final) 34–38 1–1 6,530 Wed, Dec 1 8:00 pm yes Washington Kibbie Dome Moscow, Idaho 51–46 2–1 6,100 Sat, Dec 4 8:00 pm yes Washington State Kibbie Dome Moscow, Idaho Battle of the Palouse 62–58 OT 3–1 11,000 Tue, Dec 7 8:00 pm yes Eastern Washington Kibbie Dome Moscow, Idaho 67–56 4–1 5,000 Thu, Dec 9 8:00 pm yes St. Martin's Kibbie Dome Moscow, Idaho 65–44 5–1 4,800 Sat, Dec 18 8:00 pm yes UC Irvine Kibbie Dome Moscow, Idaho 84–73 6–1 6,500 Mon, Dec 20 8:00 pm yes yes Midwestern State (TX) Art Dawald Gym Richland, Washington 87–59 7–1 4,100 Sun, Dec 26 9:00 pm yes yes Portland Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon Far West Classic 63–57 8–1 5,511 Tue, Dec 28 7:00 pm yes yes Oregon Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon Far West Classic (semifinal) 56–53 9–1 9,506 Wed, Dec 29 9:00 pm yes yes Oregon State Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon Far West Classic (final) 42–41 2OT 10–1 12,117 Sat, Jan 8 7:30 pm yes yes Gonzaga Kennedy Pavilion Spokane, Washington Rivalry 65–57 11–0 4,477 Thu, Jan 13 6:30 pm yes Northern Arizona Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, Arizona 58–55 12–1 1–0 4,135 Sat, Jan 15 7:30 pm yes Nevada-Reno Centennial Coliseum Reno, Nevada 69–73 OT 12–2 1–1 5,048 Thu, Jan 20 8:00 pm Weber State Kibbie Dome Moscow, Idaho 59–49 13–2 2–1 7,700 Sat, Jan 22 2:00 pm yes yes South Carolina Carolina Coliseum Columbia, South Carolina CBS 54–56 13–3 9,673 Thu, Jan 27 6:30 pm yes Montana Dahlberg Arena Missoula, Montana 49–59 13–4 2–2 9,310 Sat, Jan 29 7:00 pm yes Montana State Brick Breeden Fieldhouse Bozeman, Montana 66–38 14–4 3–2 3,304 Tue, Feb 1 8:00 pm Idaho State Kibbie Dome Moscow, Idaho 87–70 15–4 4–2 8,500 Sat, Feb 5 6:30 pm yes Boise State BSU Pavilion Boise, Idaho 67–56 16–4 5–2 10,145 Thu, Feb 10 8:00 pm Montana State Kibbie Dome Moscow, Idaho 73–69 17–4 6–2 6,000 Sat, Feb 12 8:00 pm Montana Kibbie Dome Moscow, Idaho 61–80 17–5 6–3 11,800 Thu, Feb 17 8:00 pm Nevada-Reno Kibbie Dome Moscow, Idaho 88–78 18–5 7–3 6,500 Sat, Feb 19 8:00 pm Northern Arizona Kibbie Dome Moscow, Idaho 75–48 19–5 8–3 6,500 Thu, Feb 24 6:30 pm yes Idaho State ISU Minidome Pocatello, Idaho 69–77 19–6 8–4 5,273 Sat, Feb 26 6:30 pm yes Weber State Dee Events Center Ogden, Utah 47–53 OT 19–7 8–5 11,454 Sat, Mar 5 8:00 pm Boise State Kibbie Dome Moscow, Idaho 86–70 20–7 9–5 8,000 |- !colspan=9 style=Idaho Vandals| Big Sky tournament Fri, Mar 11 7:00 pm yes 4 Nevada-Reno 1 Centennial Coliseum Reno, Nevada Semifinal 73–78 20–8 5,100 |- !colspan=9 style=Idaho Vandals| National Invitation Tournament Wed, Mar 16 7:30 pm yes yes Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon First round 59–77 20–9 7,800 AP poll Pacific Time References 2 External links Sports Reference – Idaho Vandals: 1982–83 basketball season Gem of the Mountains: 1983 University of Idaho yearbook – 1982–83 basketball season Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 1983 editions Category:Idaho Vandals men's basketball seasons Idaho Idaho Idaho Idaho