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.

Contents 1 The championship game 2 Locations 3 Teams 4 Bracket 4.1 East region 4.2 Midwest region 4.3 Mideast region 4.4 West region 4.5 Final Four 5 External links

[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

[edit] 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

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	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	St. 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

[edit] Midwest region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	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

[edit] Mideast region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	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	Tennessee-Chattanooga	61
	7	N.C. State	51
	10	Tennessee-Chattanooga	58

[edit] West region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
	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

[edit] Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Finals
	1	North Carolina	68
	6	Houston	63
						1	North Carolina	63
						1	Georgetown	62
	3	Louisville	46
	1	Georgetown	50

[edit] 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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