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The game was played on April 4, 1983, at The Pit in Albuquerque, New Mexico and paired top-ranked, #1 seed Midwest Regional Champions, the Houston Cougars, and sixteenth-ranked, #6 seed West Regional Champions, the NC State Wolfpack.
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 ...
North Carolina State's victory has often been considered one of the greatest upsets in college basketball history, and is the fourth biggest point-spread upset in Championship Game 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 ...
Ten members of the 1983 NC State men's basketball ... upset Houston 54–52 in the 1983 national championship game. ... and likenesses — associated with that game and that play, reaping scores ...
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 ...
NC State basketball struck a blow for the underdog by winning the NCAA Tournament in 1983. The Wolfpack are trying to do it again, 41 years later.
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 .
The NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team represents North Carolina State University in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. NC State is one of the seven founding members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Prior to joining the ACC in 1954, the Wolfpack were members of the Southern Conference, where they won seven conference ...