1982 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1982 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament involved 48 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 11, 1982, and ended with the championship game on March 29 in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. A total of 47 games were played.

1982 NCAA Division I
Men's Basketball Tournament
Season1981–82
Teams48
Finals siteLouisiana Superdome
New Orleans, Louisiana
ChampionsNorth Carolina Tar Heels (2nd title, 6th title game,
9th Final Four)
Runner-upGeorgetown Hoyas (2nd title game,
2nd Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coachDean Smith (1st title)
MOPJames Worthy (North Carolina)
Attendance427,251
Top scorerRob Williams Houston
(88 points)
NCAA Division I Men's Tournaments
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North Carolina, coached by Dean Smith, won the national title with a 63–62 victory in the final game over Georgetown, coached by John Thompson. James Worthy of North Carolina was named the Tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

This Tournament was the first to eliminate the national third place game, which had been held every year since the 1946 tournament. It was also the first tournament to be televised by CBS after it acquired the broadcasting rights from NBC. Gary Bender and Billy Packer (also from NBC Sports) called the Final Four and National Championship games. In addition, it was the first tournament to include the word "Men's" in its official title, as the NCAA began sponsoring national championships in women's sports (including basketball) in the 1981–82 school year.

This was the last NCAA Tournament to grant automatic bids to the winners of ECAC regional tournaments for Northeastern Division I independents organized by the Eastern College Athletic Conference, a loose sports federation of Northeastern colleges and universities. The practice had begun with the 1975 Tournament to ensure that Northeastern independents would not be excluded, but was discontinued when all remaining Northeastern independents formed new conferences or joined existing ones after this season.[1]

For the first time since 1961, the tournament field did not include UCLA.

Championship game
Main article: 1982 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game

The 1982 NCAA Division I Men's Championship Game was between the Georgetown Hoyas and the North Carolina Tar Heels. Both teams had Hall of Fame coaches, Dean Smith for the Tar Heels and John Thompson for the Hoyas. As for players, five future NBA All-Stars were included between the two sides—the Hoyas featured center Patrick Ewing and Eric "Sleepy" Floyd, while the Tar Heels answered with forward James Worthy, forward and center Sam Perkins, and young guard Michael Jordan. This also marked the only NCAA championship game to feature three of the NBA 50 Greatest Players (Jordan, Ewing and Worthy) chosen in 1996 on the occasion of the NBA's 50th anniversary.

The championship matchup was tightly contested throughout, with no team ever leading by more than a few points, and 15 lead changes in the game overall. With slightly over a minute to go, Floyd scored to put Georgetown on top, 62–61. During the ensuing timeout, Smith predicted that Georgetown would heavily guard Worthy and Perkins and drew up a play that would work the ball around to Jordan and then met Jordan's eyes and told him to not be afraid to shoot if he was open. When the ball was worked around, Jimmy Black found Jordan on the left wing, and he rose and hit a jumper with 17 seconds to go to put Carolina back on top, 63–62. Georgetown did not call timeout but immediately pushed the ball up the court. However, guard Fred Brown mistook Carolina's James Worthy for a teammate and passed the ball right to his opponent. Worthy was fouled by Eric Smith with two seconds to go. He missed both free throws, but with no timeouts left (Georgetown coach John Thompson, in a questionable move, used his last one before Worthy's free throws rather than save it to set up a final play) the Hoyas' last desperation shot fell short. On the other hand, Dean Smith's decision to draw up a play for Jordan, rather than Worthy or Perkins, is often regarded as a brilliant coaching move.

His Airness. MJ. Air Jordan. Before Michael Jordan was any of these things, before he was the most recognizable athlete in the world, he was Mike Jordan, the freshman for North Carolina. Then he hit a game-winning shot in the 1982 national championship game, and Mike became Michael Jordan, who became all of the above.

Powell Latimer in the Daily Tar Heel before Jordan's 2009 Hall of Fame induction[2]

Aside from the dramatic finish in the final minute, the 1982 NCAA championship game is today primarily remembered as being the stage on which several eventual basketball legends were introduced to a national audience, particularly North Carolina's Jordan and Georgetown's Ewing, both 19-year-old freshmen at the time of this game. Both had outstanding games - Jordan with 16 points including the game-winner, and Ewing with 23 points and 10 rebounds (but also a few goaltends on blocks that John Thompson supported for intimidation purposes). Jordan and Ewing would go on to have more memorable clashes in the National Basketball Association with the Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks respectively, and both would be inducted into the Hall of Fame. For Jordan's part, his game-winner is often seen as the launching point of his career - the moment that gave him the confidence to become what many believe to be the greatest basketball player of all time, in no small part due to his clutch performance. Jordan has said multiple times that before he would take game-winning shots with the Bulls, he would sometimes think back to his shot in the 1982 game that propelled North Carolina past Georgetown.

The real star of the 1982 title game, and a third player in this game who would eventually be inducted to the pro basketball Hall of Fame, was Carolina's James Worthy. Worthy scored a game-high 28 points, showing the blazing speed and some of the same authoritative drives to the basket that later became familiar sights during his career with the powerful Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s. Beyond these three legendary players, two other outstanding pro players of the 1980s and early 90s appeared in this 1982 game: Georgetown's Sleepy Floyd, who went on to an All-Star career in the NBA (including a still-standing record for most points in a quarter and in a half for a playoff game) and Carolina's Sam Perkins, who distinguished himself over a durable NBA career lasting 17 seasons.

Locations
Charlotte
Dallas
Indianapolis
Logan
Nashville
Pullman
Tulsa
Uniondale
1982 sites for first and second round games
Raleigh
Birmingham
St. Louis
Provo
New Orleans
1983 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

First & Second Rounds
RegionSiteVenueHost
East Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte Coliseum UNC Charlotte
Uniondale, New York Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Long Island
Mideast Indianapolis, Indiana Market Square Arena Butler/IUPUI
Nashville, Tennessee Memorial Gymnasium Vanderbilt
Midwest Dallas, Texas Reunion Arena Southwest Conference
Tulsa, Oklahoma Mabee Center Oral Roberts/Tulsa
West Logan, Utah Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Utah State
Pullman, Washington Beasley Coliseum Washington State

Regional Sites and Final Four
RegionSiteVenueHost
East Raleigh, North Carolina Reynolds Coliseum North Carolina State
Mideast Birmingham, Alabama BJCC Coliseum Southeastern Conference
Midwest St. Louis, Missouri The Checkerdome Missouri Valley Conference/St. Louis
West Provo, Utah Marriott Center Brigham Young
Final Four New Orleans, Louisiana Louisiana Superdome New Orleans/Tulane

The 1982 Tournament marked the first of five to end at the Superdome, the second domed stadium after the Astrodome and twentieth venue overall to host a Final Four. The tournament was the first to feature Birmingham and Uniondale, as well as the first for Reunion Arena after four previous appearances for SMU's Moody Coliseum in Dallas. The games played at Uniondale were the first in the New York Metropolitan Area since 1974.

Teams
RegionSeedTeamCoachFinishedFinal OpponentScore
East
East1North CarolinaDean SmithChampion1 GeorgetownW 63–62
East2Memphis State (Vacated)Dana KirkSweet Sixteen3 VillanovaL 70–66
East3VillanovaRollie MassiminoRegional Runner-up1 North CarolinaL 70–60
East4AlabamaWimp SandersonSweet Sixteen1 North CarolinaL 74–69
East5St. John'sLou CarneseccaRound of 324 AlabamaL 69–68
East6Saint Joseph'sJim BoyleRound of 4811 NortheasternL 63–62
East7Wake ForestCarl TacyRound of 322 Memphis StateL 56–55
East8Ohio StateEldon MillerRound of 489 James MadisonL 55–48
East9James MadisonLou CampanelliRound of 321 North CarolinaL 52–50
East10Old DominionPaul WebbRound of 487 Wake ForestL 74–57
East11NortheasternJim CalhounRound of 323 VillanovaL 76–72
East12PennBob WeinhauerRound of 485 St. John'sL 66–56
Mideast
Mideast1VirginiaTerry HollandSweet Sixteen4 UABL 68–66
Mideast2MinnesotaJim DutcherSweet Sixteen3 LouisvilleL 67–61
Mideast3LouisvilleDenny CrumNational Semifinals1 GeorgetownL 50–46
Mideast4UABGene BartowRegional Runner-up3 LouisvilleL 75–68
Mideast5IndianaBob KnightRound of 324 UABL 80–70
Mideast6KentuckyJoe B. HallRound of 4811 Middle Tennessee StateL 50–44
Mideast7NC StateJim ValvanoRound of 4810 ChattanoogaL 58–51
Mideast8Southwestern LouisianaBobby PaschalRound of 489 TennesseeL 61–57
Mideast9TennesseeDon DeVoeRound of 321 VirginiaL 54–51
Mideast10ChattanoogaMurray ArnoldRound of 322 MinnesotaL 62–61
Mideast11Middle Tennessee StateStan SimpsonRound of 323 LouisvilleL 81–56
Mideast12Robert MorrisMatt FurjanicRound of 485 IndianaL 94–62
Midwest
Midwest1DePaulRay MeyerRound of 328 Boston CollegeL 82–75
Midwest2MissouriNorm StewartSweet Sixteen6 HoustonL 79–78
Midwest3TulsaNolan RichardsonRound of 326 HoustonL 78–74
Midwest4ArkansasEddie SuttonRound of 325 Kansas StateL 65–64
Midwest5Kansas StateJack HartmanSweet Sixteen8 Boston CollegeL 69–65
Midwest6HoustonGuy LewisNational Semifinals1 North CarolinaL 68–63
Midwest7MarquetteHank RaymondsRound of 322 MissouriL 73–69
Midwest8Boston CollegeTom DavisRegional Runner-up6 HoustonL 99–92
Midwest9San FranciscoPeter BarryRound of 488 Boston CollegeL 70–66
Midwest10EvansvilleDick WaltersRound of 487 MarquetteL 67–62
Midwest11Alcorn StateDavey WhitneyRound of 486 HoustonL 94–84
Midwest12Northern IllinoisJohn McDougalRound of 485 Kansas StateL 77–68
West
West1GeorgetownJohn ThompsonRunner Up1 North CarolinaL 63–62
West2Oregon StateRalph MillerRegional Runner-up1 GeorgetownL 69–45
West3IdahoDon MonsonSweet Sixteen2 Oregon StateL 60–42
West4Fresno StateBoyd GrantSweet Sixteen1 GeorgetownL 58–40
West5West VirginiaGale CatlettRound of 324 Fresno StateL 50–46
West6IowaLute OlsonRound of 323 IdahoL 69–67
West7PepperdineJim HarrickRound of 322 Oregon StateL 70–51
West8WyomingJim BrandenburgRound of 321 GeorgetownL 51–43
West9USCStan MorrisonRound of 488 WyomingL 61–58
West10PittsburghRoy ChipmanRound of 487 PepperdineL 99–88
West11Northeast LouisianaMike ViningRound of 486 IowaL 70–63
West12North Carolina A&TDon CorbettRound of 485 West VirginiaL 102–72

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

East region
  First round Second round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals
                                     
8 Ohio State 48  
9 James Madison 55  
  9 James Madison 50  
    1 North Carolina 52  
     
       
  1 North Carolina 74  
  4 Alabama 69  
       
       
  4 Alabama 69
    5 St. John's 68  
5 St. John's 66
12 Penn 56  
  1 North Carolina 70
  3 Villanova 60
6 Saint Joseph's 62  
11 Northeastern 63  
  11 Northeastern 72***
    3 Villanova 76  
     
       
  3 Villanova 70
  2 Memphis State 66  
       
       
  2 Memphis State 56
    7 Wake Forest 55  
7 Wake Forest 74
10 Old Dominion 57  

Midwest region
  First round Second round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals
                                     
8 Boston College 70  
9 San Francisco 66  
  8 Boston College 82  
    1 DePaul 75  
     
       
  8 Boston College 69  
  5 Kansas State 65  
       
       
  4 Arkansas 64
    5 Kansas State 65  
5 Kansas State 77
12 Northern Illinois 68  
  8 Boston College 92
  6 Houston 99
6 Houston 94  
11 Alcorn State 84  
  6 Houston 78
    3 Tulsa 74  
     
       
  6 Houston 79
  2 Missouri 78  
       
       
  2 Missouri 73
    7 Marquette 69  
7 Marquette 67
10 Evansville 62  

Mideast region
  First round Second round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals
                                     
8 Southwest Louisiana 57  
9 Tennessee 61  
  9 Tennessee 51  
    1 Virginia 54  
     
       
  1 Virginia 66  
  4 UAB 68  
       
       
  4 UAB 80
    5 Indiana 70  
5 Indiana 94
12 Robert Morris 62  
  4 UAB 68
  3 Louisville 75
6 Kentucky 44  
11 Middle Tennessee State 50  
  11 Middle Tennessee State 56
    3 Louisville 81  
     
       
  3 Louisville 67
  2 Minnesota 61  
       
       
  2 Minnesota 62
    10 Chattanooga 61  
7 NC State 51
10 Chattanooga 58  

West region
  First round Second round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals
                                     
8 Wyoming 61  
9 USC 58  
  8 Wyoming 43  
    1 Georgetown 51  
     
       
  1 Georgetown 58  
  4 Fresno State 40  
       
       
  4 Fresno State 50
    5 West Virginia 46  
5 West Virginia 102
12 North Carolina A&T 72  
  1 Georgetown 69
  2 Oregon State 45
6 Iowa 70  
11 Northeast Louisiana 63  
  6 Iowa 67*
    3 Idaho 69  
     
       
  3 Idaho 42
  2 Oregon State 60  
       
       
  2 Oregon State 70
    7 Pepperdine 51  
7 Pepperdine 99
10 Pittsburgh 88  

Final Four
National Semifinals National Championship Game
      
E1 North Carolina 68
MW6 Houston 63
E1 North Carolina 63
W1 Georgetown 62
ME3 Louisville 46
W1 Georgetown 50

See also

References
  1. Varsity Pride: ECAC Men's Basketball Tournaments
  2. Latimer, Powell (September 11, 2009). "Michael Jordan earns Hall of Fame honors". Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
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