1982 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Tournament
Year=1982


ImageSize=
Caption=
Teams=48
FinalFourArena=Louisiana Superdome
FinalFourCity=New Orleans, Louisiana
Champions=North Carolina
TitleCount=2nd
RunnerUp=Georgetown
GameCount=2nd
Semifinal1=Houston
FinalFourCount=3rd
Semifinal2=Louisville
FinalFourCount2=5th
Coach=Dean Smith
CoachCount=1st
MOP=James Worthy
MOPTeam=North Carolina
Attendance=427,251
OneTopScorer=*
TwoTopScorers=
TopScorer=Rob Williams
TopScorerTeam=Houston
Points=88The 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.

The National Championship Game

The 1982 NCAA Division 1 Championship Game was between the Georgetown Hoyas, led by Patrick Ewing and Eric "Sleepy" Floyd, versus the North Carolina 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 behind by 1 point, Michael Jordan made the game-winning shot, 63-62. Georgetown ran all the way to the end of the court, and held the ball, hoping to take a last-second shot to end the game. However, guard Fred Brown mistakenly passed the ball to 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 Houston's Phi Slama Jama, led by Hakeem Olajuwon, 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 and Olajuwon) would all become future all-stars and 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 (the Knicks reached the finals again in 1999 when Ewing was out with a major leg injury, but lost to the Tim Duncan/David Robinson-led San Antonio Spurs).

Locations

Teams

Bracket

East region

4RoundBracket-Byes | RD3=Sweet Sixteen | RD4=Elite Eight | RD1-seed01=8
RD1-team01=Ohio State
RD1-score01=48
RD1-seed02=9
RD1-team02=James Madison
RD1-score02=55
RD1-seed07=5
RD1-team07=St. John's
RD1-score07=66
RD1-seed08=12
RD1-team08=Penn
RD1-score08=56
RD1-seed09=6
RD1-team09=St. Joseph's
RD1-score09=62
RD1-seed10=11
RD1-team10=Northeastern
RD1-score10=63
RD1-seed15=7
RD1-team15=Wake Forest
RD1-score15=74
RD1-seed16=10
RD1-team16=Old Dominion
RD1-score16=57
RD2-seed01=9
RD2-team01=James Madison
RD2-score01=50
RD2-seed02=1
RD2-team02=North Carolina
RD2-score02=52
RD2-seed03=4
RD2-team03=Alabama
RD2-score03=69
RD2-seed04=5
RD2-team04=St. John's
RD2-score04=68
RD2-seed05=11
RD2-team05=Northeastern
RD2-score05=72
RD2-seed06=3
RD2-team06=Villanova
RD2-score06=76
RD2-seed07=2
RD2-team07=Memphis State
RD2-score07=56
RD2-seed08=7
RD2-team08=Wake Forest
RD2-score08=55
RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=North Carolina
RD3-score01=74
RD3-seed02=4
RD3-team02=Alabama
RD3-score02=69
RD3-seed03=3
RD3-team03=Villanova
RD3-score03=70
RD3-seed04=2
RD3-team04=Memphis State
RD3-score04=66
RD4-seed01=1
RD4-team01=North Carolina
RD4-score01=70
RD4-seed02=3
RD4-team02=Villanova
RD4-score02=60

Midwest region

4RoundBracket-Byes | RD3=Sweet Sixteen | RD4=Elite Eight | RD1-seed01=8
RD1-team01=Boston College
RD1-score01=70
RD1-seed02=9
RD1-team02=San Francisco
RD1-score02=66
RD1-seed07=5
RD1-team07=Kansas State
RD1-score07=77
RD1-seed08=12
RD1-team08=Northern Illinois
RD1-score08=68
RD1-seed09=6
RD1-team09=Houston
RD1-score09=94
RD1-seed10=11
RD1-team10=Alcorn State
RD1-score10=84
RD1-seed15=7
RD1-team15=Marquette
RD1-score15=67
RD1-seed16=10
RD1-team16=Evansville
RD1-score16=62
RD2-seed01=8
RD2-team01=Boston College
RD2-score01=82
RD2-seed02=1
RD2-team02=DePaul
RD2-score02=75
RD2-seed03=4
RD2-team03=Arkansas
RD2-score03=64
RD2-seed04=5
RD2-team04=Kansas State
RD2-score04=65
RD2-seed05=6
RD2-team05=Houston
RD2-score05=78
RD2-seed06=3
RD2-team06=Tulsa
RD2-score06=74
RD2-seed07=2
RD2-team07=Missouri
RD2-score07=73
RD2-seed08=7
RD2-team08=Marquette
RD2-score08=69
RD3-seed01=8
RD3-team01=Boston College
RD3-score01=69
RD3-seed02=5
RD3-team02=Kansas State
RD3-score02=65
RD3-seed03=6
RD3-team03=Houston
RD3-score03=79
RD3-seed04=2
RD3-team04=Missouri
RD3-score04=78
RD4-seed01=8
RD4-team01=Boston College
RD4-score01=92
RD4-seed02=6
RD4-team02=Houston
RD4-score02=99

Mideast region

4RoundBracket-Byes | RD3=Sweet Sixteen | RD4=Elite Eight | RD1-seed01=8
RD1-team01=Southwest Louisiana
RD1-score01=57
RD1-seed02=9
RD1-team02=Tennessee
RD1-score02=61
RD1-seed07=5
RD1-team07=Indiana
RD1-score07=94
RD1-seed08=12
RD1-team08=Robert Morris
RD1-score08=62
RD1-seed09=6
RD1-team09=Kentucky
RD1-score09=44
RD1-seed10=11
RD1-team10=Middle Tennessee State
RD1-score10=50
RD1-seed15=7
RD1-team15=N.C. State
RD1-score15=51
RD1-seed16=10
RD1-team16=Tennessee-Chattanooga
RD1-score16=58
RD2-seed01=9
RD2-team01=Tennessee
RD2-score01=51
RD2-seed02=1
RD2-team02=Virginia
RD2-score02=54
RD2-seed03=4
RD2-team03=UAB
RD2-score03=80
RD2-seed04=5
RD2-team04=Indiana
RD2-score04=70
RD2-seed05=11
RD2-team05=Middle Tennessee State
RD2-score05=56
RD2-seed06=3
RD2-team06=Louisville
RD2-score06=81
RD2-seed07=2
RD2-team07=Minnesota
RD2-score07=62
RD2-seed08=10
RD2-team08=Tennessee-Chattanooga
RD2-score08=61
RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=Virginia
RD3-score01=66
RD3-seed02=4
RD3-team02=UAB
RD3-score02=68
RD3-seed03=3
RD3-team03=Louisville
RD3-score03=67
RD3-seed04=2
RD3-team04=Minnesota
RD3-score04=61
RD4-seed01=4
RD4-team01=UAB
RD4-score01=68
RD4-seed02=3
RD4-team02=Louisville
RD4-score02=75

West region

4RoundBracket-Byes | RD3=Sweet Sixteen | RD4=Elite Eight | RD1-seed01=8
RD1-team01=Wyoming
RD1-score01=61
RD1-seed02=9
RD1-team02=USC
RD1-score02=58
RD1-seed07=5
RD1-team07=West Virginia
RD1-score07=102
RD1-seed08=12
RD1-team08=North Carolina A&T
RD1-score08=72
RD1-seed09=6
RD1-team09=Iowa
RD1-score09=70
RD1-seed10=11
RD1-team10=Northeast Louisiana
RD1-score10=63
RD1-seed15=7
RD1-team15=Pepperdine
RD1-score15=99
RD1-seed16=10
RD1-team16=Pittsburgh
RD1-score16=88
RD2-seed01=8
RD2-team01=Wyoming
RD2-score01=43
RD2-seed02=1
RD2-team02=Georgetown
RD2-score02=51
RD2-seed03=4
RD2-team03=Fresno State
RD2-score03=50
RD2-seed04=5
RD2-team04=West Virginia
RD2-score04=46
RD2-seed05=6
RD2-team05=Iowa
RD2-score05=67*
RD2-seed06=3
RD2-team06=Idaho
RD2-score06=69
RD2-seed07=2
RD2-team07=Oregon State
RD2-score07=70
RD2-seed08=7
RD2-team08=Pepperdine
RD2-score08=51
RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=Georgetown
RD3-score01=58
RD3-seed02=4
RD3-team02=Fresno State
RD3-score02=40
RD3-seed03=3
RD3-team03=Idaho
RD3-score03=42
RD3-seed04=2
RD3-team04=Oregon State
RD3-score04=60
RD4-seed01=1
RD4-team01=Georgetown
RD4-score01=69
RD4-seed02=2
RD4-team02=Oregon State
RD4-score02=45

Final Four

4TeamBracket | RD1=National Semifinals | RD2=National Championship Game
RD1-seed1=E1
RD1-team1=North Carolina
RD1-score1=68
RD1-seed2=MW6
RD1-team2=Houston
RD1-score2=63
RD1-seed3=ME3
RD1-team3=Louisville
RD1-score3=46
RD1-seed4=W1
RD1-team4=Georgetown
RD1-score4=50
RD2-seed1=E1
RD2-team1=North Carolina
RD2-score1=63
RD2-seed2=W1
RD2-team2=Georgetown
RD2-score2=62

External links

* [http://www.shrpsports.com/collbask/1982.htm 1982 NCAA Basketball Tournament] on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
* [http://www.hoopstournament.net/index.html HoopsTournament.Net] , source for much of the information on this page.