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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. [2] Hobbled by Clyde Drexler’s four first-half fouls, Houston trailed NC State at the end of the first half ...
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 ...
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 Wolfpack men and women advanced to the Elite Eight in the same year for the first time in program history. Myers, a program alumnus, gets a front-row seat.
The opponent in the championship game: Houston. A No. 1 NCAA seed in 1983, Houston is a No. 1 NCAA seed in 2024. And in Dallas. Maybe there are some shades of ‘83 in the Pack’s NCAA run, after ...
Ten members of the 1983 NC State men's basketball team are suing the NCAA for not compensating them for using their names, ... upset Houston 54–52 in the 1983 national championship game.
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.
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.