The 1981–82 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Their head coach was Murray Arnold and the team played their home games at Maclellan Gymnasium for the final season.

The Mocs won the regular season and SoCon tournament titles, the latter earning the Mocs an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA tournament.

Participating in the tournament for the second consecutive season, Chattanooga knocked off No.

7 seed NC State in the first round before losing to No.