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The 1982 NCAA Men's Division I 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 New Orleans, Louisiana. A total of 47 games were played.
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 1947 tournament.
[edit] The championship game
The 1982 NCAA Division 1 Championship Game was between the Georgetown Hoyas, led by Patrick Ewing, versus North Carolina's Tar Heels, led by James Worthy and a young Michael Jordan.
The game was evenly matched throughout. However, with 17 seconds left in the clock, and the Tar Heels losing by 1 point, Michael Jordan made the game-winning shot, 63-62. Georgetown ran all the way to the end of the court, and began to bide their time, hoping to take a last-second shot to end the game. However, guard Fred Brown was being guarded too tightly to take a shot, and his pass was intercepted by James Worthy. Worthy was then immediately fouled. Even though he missed both free throws, it didn't matter. Georgetown had no timeouts left, and they lost the game. Georgetown would eventually win the Championship Game in 1984, against Phi Slamma Jamma, led by Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler, but the 1982 game would be remembered by Jordan's shot and Brown's turnover.
The main players in the 1982 and 1984 game (Ewing, Worthy, Jordan, Olajuwon and Drexler) would all become future all-stars and shoo-in Hall of Famers, and led their respective teams to the Finals. Only Ewing retired without an NBA championship, losing to Olajuwon's Houston Rockets in a rematch 10 years after the 1984 game, in the 1994 NBA Finals (he would reach the finals again in 1999, but only to lose to the Tim Duncan/David Robinson-led San Antonio Spurs).
[edit] Locations
Region |
Site |
Other Locations |
East |
Raleigh, North Carolina |
Charlotte, North Carolina, Uniondale, New York |
Mideast |
Birmingham, Alabama |
Indianapolis, Indiana, Nashville, Tennessee |
Midwest |
St. Louis, Missouri |
Dallas, Texas, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
West |
Provo, Utah |
Logan, Utah, Pullman, Washington |
Finals |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
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[edit] Bracket
[edit] East region
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First round |
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Second round |
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Sweet Sixteen |
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Elite Eight |
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8 |
Ohio State |
48 |
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9 |
James Madison |
55 |
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9 |
James Madison |
50 |
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1 |
North Carolina |
52 |
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1 |
North Carolina |
74 |
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4 |
Alabama |
69 |
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4 |
Alabama |
69 |
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5 |
St. John's |
68 |
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5 |
St. John's |
66 |
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12 |
Penn |
56 |
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1 |
North Carolina |
70 |
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3 |
Villanova |
60 |
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6 |
St. Joseph's |
62 |
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11 |
Northeastern |
63 |
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11 |
Northeastern |
72 |
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3 |
Villanova |
76 |
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3 |
Villanova |
70 |
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2 |
Memphis State |
66 |
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2 |
Memphis State |
56 |
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7 |
Wake Forest |
55 |
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7 |
Wake Forest |
74 |
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10 |
Old Dominion |
57 |
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[edit] Midwest region
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First round |
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Second round |
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Sweet Sixteen |
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Elite Eight |
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8 |
Boston College |
70 |
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9 |
San Francisco |
66 |
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8 |
Boston College |
82 |
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1 |
DePaul |
75 |
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8 |
Boston College |
69 |
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5 |
Kansas State |
65 |
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4 |
Arkansas |
64 |
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5 |
Kansas State |
65 |
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5 |
Kansas State |
77 |
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12 |
Northern Illinois |
68 |
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8 |
Boston College |
92 |
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6 |
Houston |
99 |
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6 |
Houston |
94 |
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11 |
Alcorn State |
84 |
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6 |
Houston |
78 |
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3 |
Tulsa |
74 |
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6 |
Houston |
79 |
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2 |
Missouri |
78 |
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2 |
Missouri |
73 |
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7 |
Marquette |
69 |
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7 |
Marquette |
67 |
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10 |
Evansville |
62 |
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[edit] Mideast region
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First round |
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Second round |
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Sweet Sixteen |
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Elite Eight |
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8 |
Southwest Louisiana |
57 |
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9 |
Tennessee |
61 |
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9 |
Tennessee |
51 |
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1 |
Virginia |
54 |
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1 |
Virginia |
66 |
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4 |
UAB |
68 |
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4 |
UAB |
80 |
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5 |
Indiana |
70 |
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5 |
Indiana |
94 |
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12 |
Robert Morris |
62 |
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4 |
UAB |
68 |
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3 |
Louisville |
75 |
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6 |
Kentucky |
44 |
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11 |
Middle Tennessee State |
50 |
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11 |
Middle Tennessee State |
56 |
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3 |
Louisville |
81 |
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3 |
Louisville |
67 |
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2 |
Minnesota |
61 |
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2 |
Minnesota |
62 |
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10 |
Tennessee-Chattanooga |
61 |
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7 |
N.C. State |
51 |
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10 |
Tennessee-Chattanooga |
58 |
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[edit] West region
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First round |
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Second round |
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Sweet Sixteen |
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Elite Eight |
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8 |
Wyoming |
61 |
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9 |
USC |
58 |
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8 |
Wyoming |
43 |
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1 |
Georgetown |
51 |
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1 |
Georgetown |
58 |
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4 |
Fresno State |
40 |
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4 |
Fresno State |
50 |
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5 |
West Virginia |
46 |
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5 |
West Virginia |
102 |
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12 |
North Carolina A&T |
72 |
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1 |
Georgetown |
69 |
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2 |
Oregon State |
45 |
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6 |
Iowa |
70 |
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11 |
Northeast Louisiana |
63 |
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6 |
Iowa |
67* |
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3 |
Idaho |
69 |
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3 |
Idaho |
42 |
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2 |
Oregon State |
60 |
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2 |
Oregon State |
70 |
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7 |
Pepperdine |
51 |
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7 |
Pepperdine |
99 |
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10 |
Pittsburgh |
88 |
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[edit] Final Four
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National Semifinals |
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National Finals |
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1 |
North Carolina |
68 |
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6 |
Houston |
63 |
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1 |
North Carolina |
63 |
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1 |
Georgetown |
62 |
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3 |
Louisville |
46 |
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1 |
Georgetown |
50 |
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[edit] External links
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