1983 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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1983 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament |
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Teams | 52 | ||
Finals Site | The Pit Albuquerque, New Mexico |
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Champions | NC State (2nd title) | ||
Runner-Up | Houston (1st title game) | ||
Semifinalists | Georgia (1st Final Four) Louisville (6th Final Four) |
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Winning Coach | Jim Valvano (1st title) | ||
MOP | Akeem Olajuwon Houston | ||
Attendance | 364,356 | ||
Top scorer | Dereck Whittenburg NC State (120 points) |
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NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments
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The 1983 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 2, 1983, and ended with the championship game on April 4 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A total of 47 games were played.
North Carolina State, coached by Jim Valvano, won the national title with a 54-52 victory in the final game over Houston, coached by Guy Lewis. The ending of the final is one of the most famous in college basketball history, with Lorenzo Charles' dunk at the buzzer off a high, arching air ball from 30 feet out by Dereck Whittenburg providing the final margin. This contributed to the nickname given to North Carolina State, the "Cardiac Pack", a reference to their often close games that came down to the wire — in fact, the team won 7 of its last 9 games after trailing with a minute left in the game. Both Charles' dunk and Valvano's running around the court in celebration immediately after the game have been staples of NCAA tournament coverage ever since. North Carolina State's victory has often been considered one of the greatest upsets in college basketball history and one of the best in sports history.
Akeem Olajuwon of Houston was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, becoming the last player to date to earn this award while playing for a team that failed to win the national title.
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[edit] Bracket
[edit] East region
First round | Second round | Sweet Sixteen Syracuse, NY | Elite Eight Syracuse, NY | |||||||||||||||
8 | Southwest Louisiana | 53 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Rutgers | 60 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Rutgers | 55 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | St. John's | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | St. John's | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Georgia | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Georgia | 56 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Virginia Commonwealth | 54 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Virginia Commonwealth | 76 | ||||||||||||||||
12 | La Salle | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Georgia | 82 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | North Carolina | 77 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Syracuse | 74 | ||||||||||||||||
11 | Morehead State | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Syracuse | 74 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Ohio State | 79 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Ohio State | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | North Carolina | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | North Carolina | 68 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | James Madison | 49 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | West Virginia | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | James Madison | 57 |
=West region
First round | Second round | Sweet Sixteen Ogden, UT | Elite Eight Ogden, UT | |||||||||||||||
8 | Washington State | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Weber State | 52 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Washington State | 49 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Virginia | 54 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Virginia | 95 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Boston College | 92 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Boston College | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
12 | Princeton | 42 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Oklahoma State | 53 | ||||||||||||||||
12 | Princeton | 56 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Virginia | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | N.C. State | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | N.C. State | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
11 | Pepperdine | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | N.C. State | 71 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | UNLV | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | N.C. State | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Utah | 56 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | UCLA | 61 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Utah | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Illinois | 49 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Utah | 52 |
[edit] Mideast region
First round | Second round | Sweet Sixteen Knoxville,TN | Elite Eight Knoxville,TN | |||||||||||||||
8 | Tennessee | 57 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Marquette | 56 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Tennessee | 57 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Louisville | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Louisville | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Arkansas | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Arkansas | 78 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Purdue | 68 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Purdue | 55 | ||||||||||||||||
12 | Robert Morris | 53 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Louisville | 80 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Kentucky | 68* | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Illinois State | 49 | ||||||||||||||||
11 | Ohio | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
11 | Ohio | 40 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Kentucky | 57 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Kentucky | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Indiana | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Indiana | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Oklahoma | 49 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Oklahoma | 71 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | UAB | 63 |
[edit] Midwest region
First round | Second round | Sweet Sixteen Kansas City, MO | Elite Eight Kansas City, MO | |||||||||||||||
8 | Maryland | 52 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Maryland | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Houston | 60 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Houston | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Memphis State | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Memphis State | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Georgetown | 57 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Georgetown | 68 | ||||||||||||||||
12 | Alcorn State | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Houston | 89 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Villanova | 71 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Alabama | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
11 | Lamar | 73 | ||||||||||||||||
11 | Lamar | 58 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Villanova | 60 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Villanova | 55 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Iowa | 54 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Missouri | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Iowa | 77 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Iowa | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Utah State | 59 |
[edit] Final Four
National Semifinals | National Finals | |||||||
E4 | Georgia | 60 | ||||||
W6 | N.C. State | 67 | ||||||
W6 | N.C. State | 54 | ||||||
MW1 | Houston | 52 | ||||||
ME1 | Louisville | 81 | ||||||
MW1 | Houston | 94 |
[edit] Tournament notes
The Louisville vs Houston semi-final was a matchup of the #1 vs. #2 team.[1] The #1 ranked Houston Cougars (nicknamed Phi Slama Jama) vs. #2 the Louisville Cardinals (nicknamed "The Doctors of Dunk") was considered likely to produce the national champion. It featured two strong offensive teams that specialized in the slam dunk.[2] Both teams put on a show of offense, with Houston winning out over Louisville 94-81. This would have been the biggest game of the tournament had it not been eclipsed by the North Carolina State win over Houston in the championship game.
Another historically significant game in this tournament was the Mideast Regional final between Kentucky and Louisville, in-state rivals that had not played one another in basketball since the 1959 NCAA tournament, and had not played in the regular season since 1922. After Kentucky managed to tie the game at the buzzer, Louisville dominated the overtime to advance to the Final Four. This result directly led to the start of the Battle for the Bluegrass annual basketball series between the two schools that November.[2]
A historically significant run in the tournament was that of Georgia, who became the last team to date to advance to the Final Four in its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance.
[edit] External links
- 1983 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
- HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.
[edit] References
- ^ Johnson, Gary K.; Gary K. Johnson, Associate Director of Statistics, Sean W. Straziscar, Associate Director of Statistics, Jeff Williams, Assistant Director of Statistics, Kevin Buerge, Statistics Assistant (2007). Official 2007 NCAA Men's Basketball Records Book, NCAA Records Books. National Collegiate Athletic Association. ISSN 1089-5280.
- ^ a b Weintraub, Robert - Jamfest for the Ages. E-Ticket - ESPN.COM the magazine, March 29, 2007
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