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The 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 52 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 17, 1983, and ended with the championship game on April 4 at The Pit , then officially known as University Arena, on the campus of the ...
Their first championship was in 1974, when they defeated the Marquette Warriors. The Wolfpack became the first team to win the NCAA Tournament with at least 10 losses. It also marked Drexler's final college game, as he entered the 1983 NBA draft with a year of eligibility remaining and was selected 14th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers.
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.
Valvano coached the Pack to the 1983 NCAA championship, through a run in which the terms “Survive and advance” and “Cardiac Pack” entered the college basketball lexicon. Another Wolfpack ...
At the time, the NCAA had a 52-team field for its annual tournament; the expansion took place just in time for the 1983 tournament, meaning that there were four extra spots available for potential qualifiers.
Ten players from North Carolina State's 1983 national champion basketball team have sued the NCAA and the Collegiate Licensing Company seeking compensation for unauthorized use of their name ...
Oregon won the inaugural tournament, defeating Ohio State 46–33 in the first championship game. Before the 1941 tournament, control of the event was given to the NCAA. [11] In the early years of the tournament, it was considered less important than the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), a New York City-based event.
Riding a 26-game winning streak, they advanced to the 1983 National Championship Game, where they fell 54-52 to Jim Valvano's NC State Wolfpack. Despite the loss, Olajuwon was named Tournament MOP . To date, this remains the last time the MOP was from the losing team.