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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 ...
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).
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 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.
N.C. State’s victory over Houston on the Lorenzo Charles dunk still resonates with those who were there. ‘We couldn’t lose’: Behind the scenes of NC State basketball’s improbable 1983 ...
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 ...