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The Wolfpack knocked off Wake Forest in the first game and North Carolina in the semifinals [1] before recording their first victory over then-#2 Virginia in the finals. [2] On Selection Sunday, NC State found out it would be playing in the West Region of the tournament as the number six seed. This region presented the Wolfpack with a ...
Three close victories in the ACC Tournament saved NC State from missing the NCAA Tournament altogether. Three of the team's four victories on the road to the Final Four came by one or two points. The Wolfpack trailed with a minute or less to play in six of their eight postseason games before this game. West (6) NC State 69, (11) Pepperdine 67
The Wolfpack did not assure themselves of a tournament bid until they upset Virginia in the championship game of the ACC tournament. North Carolina State became the first team in tournament history to win six games en route to the title (the tournament being 32 teams or fewer prior to 1979, and all champions from 1979 to 1982 had first-round byes).
The late Dave Gavitt, chair of the 1983 NCAA basketball selection committee, said his group had the Pack in the field before beating Virginia in the title game in Atlanta. N.C. State cheerleaders ...
The 1983 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Omni Coliseum from March 11–13. NC State defeated Virginia, 81–78, to win the championship. [1] Sidney Lowe of NC State was named tournament MVP. [1] It was the first time the event was held in Atlanta.
Lowe, a senior point guard on the Wolfpack’s ’83 NCAA title team, later coached NC State for five seasons, but did not have same success. NC State basketball honors Sidney Lowe, 1983 national ...
The 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1982 and ended with the Final Four in Albuquerque, New Mexico on April 4, 1983. The NC State Wolfpack won their second NCAA national championship with a 54–52 victory over the No. 1-ranked and heavily favored Houston Cougars.
Jarkel Joiner, DJ Burns led the way for NC State, which pulled away in the second half to improve its NCAA resume. But the Wolfpack lost Jack Clark to injury. NC State basketball makes a statement ...