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NCAA Final Four Champion > North Carolina > 1982 |
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1982 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Teams 48 Finals Site Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana Champions North Carolina (2nd title) Runner-Up Georgetown (2nd title game) Semifinalists Houston (3rd Final Four) Louisville (5th Final Four) Winning Coach Dean Smith (1st title) MOP James Worthy North Carolina Attendance 427,251 Top scorer Rob Williams Houston (88 points) |
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. 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 |
March 18, 2008 UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Host: University of Dayton UD Arena Concierge March 20 and 22, 2008 Honda Center Anaheim, California Host: Big West Conference Honda Center Concierge Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado Hosts: Colorado State University Pepsi Center Concierge Qwest Center Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Hosts: Creighton University Qwest Center Omaha Concierge Verizon Center Washington, D.C. Host: Georgetown University Verizon Center Concierge March 21 and 23, 2008 BJCC Arena Birmingham, Alabama Host: Southeastern Conference BJCC Arena Concierge Alltel Arena Little Rock, Arkansas Host: University of Arkansas Alltel Arena Concierge RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina Host: North Carolina State University RBC Center Concierge St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, Florida Host: University of South Florida St Pete Times Forum Concierge March 27 and 29, 2008 East Regional Charlotte Bobcats Arena Charlotte, North Carolina Host: University of North Carolina Charlotte Arena Concierge West Regional US Airways Center Phoenix, Arizona Host: Arizona State University US Airways Center Concierge March 28 and 30, 2008 Midwest Regional Ford Field Detroit, Michigan Host: University of Detroit Mercy Ford Field Concierge South Regional Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas Host: University of Houston and Rice Reliant Stadium Concierge Final Four: April 5 and 7, 2008 Alamodome San Antonio, Texas Host: Univ. of Texas-San Antonio Alamodome Concierge |
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The University of North Carolina's men's basketball program is among the most prominent
and successful college basketball programs in the nation. The Tar Heels
have won four NCAA championships and 16 Atlantic Coast Conference tournament titles.
The program is most well-known for its famous alumni, such as Michael Jordan,
illustrious coaching history, and a fierce rivalry with the Duke University
Blue Devils (a team located only eight miles away in Durham, North Carolina).
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The rivalry is widely regarded as one of the most intense in all of sports. On January 21, 2007, UNC became only the second college basketball program to reach 1,900 wins in its history. The University of Kentucky was the only previous school to reach this mark. The Kansas Jayhawks have since become the third team to reach 1,900 wins. UNC played its first basketball game against Virginia Christian, on January 27, 1910, a 42-21 win for UNC. |
Since then the Tar Heels have amassed an all-time 1,935-697 (.735) record (through
the 2007-2008 season). UNC's 1,935 wins are second all time, behind the University
of Kentucky's 1,958 wins. The 1924 Tar Heels squad went 26-0 and was retroactively awarded the national championship by the Helms Athletic Foundation in 1936. The Helms Foundation named its own national college basketball champion for each year from 1936 through 1982. The foundation also retroactively awarded championships from 1901 through 1935. While the 1924 team was undefeated, they did not play a single opponent from north of the Mason-Dixon Line; indeed, intersectional play would not start on a regular basis for another decade. |