1983 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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1983 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Teams	52
Finals Site	The Pit Albuquerque, New Mexico
Champions	NC State (2nd title)
Runner-Up	Houston (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Georgia (1st Final Four) Louisville (6th Final Four)
Winning Coach	Jim Valvano (1st title)
MOP	Akeem Olajuwon Houston
Attendance	364,356
Top scorer	Dereck Whittenburg NC State (120 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments «1982  1984»

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.

Contents 1 Bracket 1.1 East region 2 =West region 2.1 Mideast region 2.2 Midwest region 2.3 Final Four 3 Tournament notes 4 External links 5 References

[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

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