1982 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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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.
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 ring, ironically 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).
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 |
Teams
| Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | ||||||
| East | 1 | North Carolina | Dean Smith | Champion | 1 Georgetown | W 63-62 |
| East | 2 | Memphis State | Dana Kirk | Sweet Sixteen | 3 Villanova | L 70-66 |
| East | 3 | Villanova | Rollie Massimino | Elite Eight | 1 North Carolina | L 70-60 |
| East | 4 | Alabama | Wimp Sanderson | Sweet Sixteen | 1 North Carolina | L 74-69 |
| East | 5 | St. John's | Lou Carnesecca | Round of 32 | 4 Alabama | L 69-68 |
| East | 6 | Saint Joseph's | Jim Boyle | Round of 64 | 11 Northeastern | L 63-62 |
| East | 7 | Wake Forest | Carl Tacy | Round of 32 | 2 Memphis State | L 56-55 |
| East | 8 | Ohio State | Eldon Miller | Round of 64 | 9 James Madison | L 55-48 |
| East | 9 | James Madison | Lou Campanelli | Round of 32 | 1 North Carolina | L 52-50 |
| East | 10 | Old Dominion | Paul Webb | Round of 64 | 7 Wake Forest | L 74-57 |
| East | 11 | Northeastern | Jim Calhoun | Round of 32 | 3 Villanova | L 76-72 |
| East | 12 | Penn | Bob Weinhauer | Round of 64 | 5 St. John's | L 66-56 |
| Mideast | ||||||
| Mideast | 1 | Virginia | Terry Holland | Sweet Sixteen | 4 UAB | L 68-66 |
| Mideast | 2 | Minnesota | Jim Dutcher | Sweet Sixteen | 3 Louisville | L 67-61 |
| Mideast | 3 | Louisville | Denny Crum | National Semifinals | 1 Georgetown | L 50-46 |
| Mideast | 4 | UAB | Gene Bartow | Elite Eight | 3 Louisville | L 75-68 |
| Mideast | 5 | Indiana | Bob Knight | Round of 32 | 4 UAB | L 80-70 |
| Mideast | 6 | Kentucky | Joe Hall | Round of 64 | 11 Middle Tennessee State | L 50-44 |
| Mideast | 7 | North Carolina State | Jim Valvano | Round of 64 | 10 UT-Chattanooga | L 58-51 |
| Mideast | 8 | Southwestern Louisiana | Bobby Paschal | Round of 64 | 9 Tennessee | L 61-57 |
| Mideast | 9 | Tennessee | Don DeVoe | Round of 32 | 1 Virginia | L 54-51 |
| Mideast | 10 | UT-Chattanooga | Murray Arnold | Round of 32 | 2 Minnesota | L 62-61 |
| Mideast | 11 | Middle Tennessee State | Stan Simpson | Round of 32 | 3 Louisville | L 81-56 |
| Mideast | 12 | Robert Morris | Matt Furjanic | Round of 64 | 5 Indiana | L 94-62 |
| Midwest | ||||||
| Midwest | 1 | DePaul | Ray Meyer | Round of 32 | 8 Boston College | L 82-75 |
| Midwest | 2 | Missouri | Norm Stewart | Sweet Sixteen | 6 Houston | L 79-78 |
| Midwest | 3 | Tulsa | Nolan Richardson | Round of 32 | 6 Houston | L 78-74 |
| Midwest | 4 | Arkansas | Eddie Sutton | Round of 32 | 5 Kansas State | L 65-64 |
| Midwest | 5 | Kansas State | Jack Hartman | Sweet Sixteen | 8 Boston College | L 69-65 |
| Midwest | 6 | Houston | Guy Lewis | National Semifinals | 1 North Carolina | L 68-63 |
| Midwest | 7 | Marquette | Hank Raymonds | Round of 32 | 2 Missouri | L 73-69 |
| Midwest | 8 | Boston College | Tom Davis | Elite Eight | 6 Houston | L 99-92 |
| Midwest | 9 | San Francisco | Peter Barry | Round of 64 | 8 Boston College | L 70-66 |
| Midwest | 10 | Evansville | Dick Walters | Round of 64 | 7 Marquette | L 67-62 |
| Midwest | 11 | Alcorn State | Davey Whitney | Round of 64 | 6 Houston | L 94-84 |
| Midwest | 12 | Northern Illinois | John McDougal | Round of 64 | 5 Kansas State | L 77-68 |
| West | ||||||
| West | 1 | Georgetown | John Thompson | Runner Up | 1 North Carolina | L 63-62 |
| West | 2 | Oregon State | Ralph Miller | Elite Eight | 1 Georgetown | L 69-45 |
| West | 3 | Idaho | Don Monson | Sweet Sixteen | 2 Oregon State | L 60-42 |
| West | 4 | Fresno State | Boyd Grant | Sweet Sixteen | 1 Georgetown | L 58-40 |
| West | 5 | West Virginia | Gale Catlett | Round of 32 | 4 Fresno State | L 50-46 |
| West | 6 | Iowa | Lute Olson | Round of 32 | 3 Idaho | L 69-67 |
| West | 7 | Pepperdine | Jim Harrick | Round of 32 | 2 Oregon State | L 70-51 |
| West | 8 | Wyoming | Jim Brandenburg | Round of 32 | 1 Georgetown | L 51-43 |
| West | 9 | USC | Stan Morrison | Round of 64 | 8 Wyoming | L 61-58 |
| West | 10 | Pittsburgh | Roy Chipman | Round of 64 | 7 Pepperdine | L 99-88 |
| West | 11 | Northeastern Louisiana | Mike Vining | Round of 64 | 6 Iowa | L 70-63 |
| West | 12 | North Carolina A&T | Don Corbett | Round of 64 | 5 West Virginia | L 102-72 |
Bracket
East region
Midwest region
Mideast region
West region
Final Four
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External links
- [1982 NCAA Basketball Tournament] on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
- [HoopsTournament.Net], source for much of the information on this page.
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