2023 tennis championships: Selections, schedule for men's tournament - NCAA Myers remembers both him and George McClain wearing them on the plane traveling back to Raleigh. He was 47. Pam Valvano, the wife of NC State coach Jim Valvano, had already left her seat as she often walked out with two minutes left in the games since the Wolfpack would win every time, she did it. Edition of USA college basketball tournament, 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. 1983: North Carolina State (26-10) Jim . Lowe passed it in to Terry Gannon and then Gannondished it back to Lowe. 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. Georgetown's Patrick Ewing won Most Outstanding Player, while the Hoyas' John Thompson became the first African-American head. DII Men's Basketball Championship History | NCAA.com Houston's free throw shooting was very suspect entering the game, which worked greatly in NC State's favor as they were able to rally back and even the score at 52 in the final two minutes. Houston couldnt make its foul shots and N.C. State capitalized. The No. Their first championship was in 1974, when they defeated the Marquette Warriors. The following double-digit seeds won games: Here are the tournament leaders, with games in parentheses (minimum three games): Enter your information to receive emails about offers, promotions from NCAA.com and our partners. Defensive Player of the Year. Houston needed a defensive stop so they could get another chance to close out the game. The Wolfpack won their 10th game in a row to finish the season 26-10, with six of those season-ending victories by four points or less. Having a successful custom t-shirt and hat business while in school, they decided to buy a batch of 500 relatively cheap painter caps and have a local screen printer embroider 1983 NCAA FINAL FOUR on the front of them. Once he regained control, Whittenburg turned and launched a desperation shot, later claimed by Whittenburg to be a pass, to try and win the game for NC State. Because the Cavaliers earned the worst record at 1567, they would have earned the top overall pick via a coin toss with the 1765 San Diego Clippers. At that time, it was Phi Slama Jamas world (1982-84) and everyone else was just living in it. On Easter Sunday, with 400 or so 1983 NCAA Final Four hats remaining, the four college kids got creative. Not only did the Wolfpack lead 3325, but Houston's Clyde Drexler picked up four first-half fouls. Malone was named MVP of the 1983 Finals, as well as league MVP for the third time in his career. 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game, NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship games, NC State Wolfpack men's basketball 198283 NCAA champions, 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 198283 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, 198283 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team, 198283 Houston Cougars men's basketball team, "State of shock: 25 years later, NC State miracle lives on", "Ultimate Tournament Moments: Jim Valvano and N.C. State's upset of Houston in 1983", "NC State vs. Houston Box Score, April 4, 1983", "The slipper fits fine for N.C. State as Wolfpack stuns Houston for NCAA title, 54-52", "1982-83 Houston Cougars Roster and Stats", "N.C. STATE WINS TITLE ON FINAL-SECOND DUNK", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1983_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_championship_game&oldid=1148300238, NCAA Division I men's basketball championship games, April 1983 sports events in the United States, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 5 April 2023, at 09:25.
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