1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Basketball season
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 .
Season headlines
Major rule changes
The penalty for a player violating the five-second "closely guarded" count was changed from a jump ball to a turnover, with the defense getting the ball at the out-of-bounds spot closest to where the violation occurred.[ 3]
Season outlook
Pre-season polls
The top 20 from the AP and UPI (Coaches) Polls during the pre-season.[ 4]
Conference membership changes
NOTE: Nicholls State began a two-season stint as a provisional member of the Trans America Athletic Conference, during which it played no conference games.
Regular season
Conferences
Conference winners and tournaments
Conference
Regular season winner[ 5]
Conference player of the year
Conference Coach of the Year
Conference tournament
Tournament venue (City)
Tournament winner
AMCU–8
Western Illinois
Joe Dykstra , Western Illinois
Jack Margenthaler , Western Illinois
No Tournament
Atlantic 10 Conference
Rutgers (East)St. Bonaventure & West Virginia (West)
Roy Hinson , Rutgers & Greg Jones , West Virginia[ 6]
Jim O'Brien , St. Bonaventure & Jim Satalin , Duquesne
1983 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
The Spectrum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania )
West Virginia
Atlantic Coast Conference
North Carolina & Virginia
Ralph Sampson , Virginia[ 7]
Bobby Cremins , Georgia Tech
1983 ACC men's basketball tournament
Omni Coliseum (Atlanta, Georgia )
NC State
Big East Conference
Boston College , St. John's & Villanova
Chris Mullin , St. John's[ 8]
Lou Carnesecca , St. John's
1983 Big East men's basketball tournament
Madison Square Garden (New York City, New York )
St. John's
Big Eight Conference
Missouri
Steve Stipanovich , Missouri &Wayman Tisdale , Oklahoma [ 9]
Norm Stewart , Missouri
1983 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament
Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri ) (Semifinals and Finals)
Oklahoma State
Big Sky Conference
Weber State
Derrick Pope , Montana [ 10]
Neil McCarthy , Weber State
1983 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
Centennial Coliseum (Reno, Nevada )
Weber State
Big Ten Conference
Indiana
None Selected
Eldon Miller , Ohio State
No Tournament
East Coast Conference
Rider (West)American , Hofstra & La Salle (East)
David Taylor , Hofstra
Dick Berg , Hofstra
1983 East Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
Kirby Sports Center (Easton, Pennsylvania )
La Salle
ECAC Metro
Robert Morris
Steve Smith , Marist
Matt Furjanic , Robert Morris
1983 ECAC Metro men's basketball tournament
John Jay Center (Moon Township, Pennsylvania )
Robert Morris
ECAC North
Boston University & New Hampshire
Jeff Cross , Maine [ 11]
Gerry Friel , New Hampshire
1983 ECAC North men's basketball tournament
Case Gym (Boston, Massachusetts )
Boston University
ECAC South
William & Mary
Dan Ruland , James Madison &Carlos Yates , George Mason
Bruce Parkhill , William & Mary
1983 ECAC South men's basketball tournament
Robins Center (Richmond, Virginia )
James Madison
Ivy League
Princeton
Craig Robinson , Princeton[ 12]
None selected
No Tournament
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Iona
Steve Burtt , Iona[ 13]
Gordon Chiesa , Manhattan
1983 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Meadowlands Arena (East Rutherford, New Jersey )
Fordham
Metro Conference
Louisville
Rodney McCray , Louisville
Denny Crum , Louisville
1983 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament
Riverfront Coliseum (Cincinnati, Ohio )
Louisville
Mid-American Conference
Bowling Green
Ray McCallum , Ball State [ 14]
Danny Nee , Ohio
1983 MAC men's basketball tournament
Anderson Arena (Bowling Green, Ohio )
Bowling Green
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Howard
Joe Binion , North Carolina A&T
1983 MEAC men's basketball tournament
Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, North Carolina )
North Carolina A&T
Midwestern City Conference
Loyola (IL)
Mark Acres , Oral Roberts & Alfredrick Hughes , Loyola (IL)[ 15]
Gene Sullivan , Loyola (IL)
1983 Midwestern City Conference men's basketball tournament
Roberts Municipal Stadium (Evansville, Indiana )
Xavier
Missouri Valley Conference
Wichita State
Antoine Carr , Wichita State[ 16]
Weldon Drew , New Mexico State
1983 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Horton Field House (Normal, Illinois )
Illinois State
Ohio Valley Conference
Murray State
Glen Green , Murray State & Joe Jakubick , Akron [ 17]
Ron Greene , Murray State
1983 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Racer Arena (Murray, Kentucky )
Morehead State
Pacific-10 Conference
UCLA
Kenny Fields , UCLA[ 18]
George Raveling , Washington State
No Tournament
Pacific Coast Athletic Association
UNLV
Sidney Green , UNLV[ 19]
Jerry Tarkanian , UNLV
1983 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament
The Forum (Inglewood, California )
UNLV
Southeastern Conference
Kentucky
Dale Ellis , Tennessee (AP) & Jeff Malone , Mississippi State (UPI)[ 20]
Joe B. Hall , Kentucky & Lee Hunt , Ole Miss
1983 SEC men's basketball tournament
Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex (Birmingham, Alabama )
Georgia
Southern Conference
Tennessee–Chattanooga
Troy Lee Mikell , East Tennessee State [ 21]
Murray Arnold , Tennessee–Chattanooga
1983 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Charleston Civic Center (Charleston, West Virginia )
Tennessee–Chattanooga
Southland Conference
Lamar
Karl Malone , Louisiana Tech [ 22]
Andy Russo , Louisiana Tech
1983 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
Beaumont Civic Center (Beaumont, Texas )
Lamar
Southwest Conference
Houston
Clyde Drexler , Houston & Darrell Walker , Arkansas [ 23]
Guy Lewis , Houston
1983 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament
Reunion Arena (Dallas, Texas )
Houston
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Alabama State & Texas Southern
Harry Kelly , Texas Southern[ 24]
James Oliver , Alabama State
1983 SWAC men's basketball tournament
Alcorn State
Sun Belt Conference
Old Dominion & VCU
Charlie Bradley , South Florida & Calvin Duncan , VCU[ 25]
J. D. Barnett , VCU
1983 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex (Birmingham, Alabama )
UAB
Trans America Athletic Conference
Arkansas–Little Rock
Willie Jackson , Centenary [ 26]
Frank Kerns , Georgia Southern
1983 TAAC men's basketball tournament
Barton Coliseum (Little Rock, Arkansas )
Georgia Southern
West Coast Athletic Conference
Pepperdine
Orlando Phillips , Pepperdine & Dane Suttle , Pepperdine[ 27]
Jim Harrick , Pepperdine
No Tournament
Western Athletic Conference
BYU , Utah & UTEP
Michael Cage , San Diego State , Devin Durrant , BYU & Pace Mannion , Utah[ 28]
Don Haskins , UTEP
No Tournament
Conference standings
1982–83 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
Princeton
12
–
2
.857
20
–
9
.690
Penn
11
–
3
.786
17
–
9
.654
Yale
7
–
7
.500
12
–
14
.462
Columbia
7
–
7
.500
10
–
16
.385
Cornell
6
–
8
.429
10
–
16
.385
Brown
6
–
8
.429
9
–
17
.346
Harvard
4
–
10
.286
12
–
14
.462
Dartmouth
3
–
11
.214
7
–
19
.269
Rankings from AP Poll [ 31]
[ 35]
1982–83 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
No. 1 Houston †
16
–
0
1.000
31
–
3
.912
No. 9 Arkansas
14
–
2
.875
26
–
4
.867
Texas A&M
10
–
6
.625
17
–
14
.548
TCU
9
–
7
.563
23
–
11
.676
SMU
9
–
7
.563
19
–
11
.633
Texas Tech
7
–
9
.438
11
–
20
.355
Baylor
4
–
12
.250
12
–
16
.429
Rice
2
–
14
.125
8
–
20
.286
Texas
1
–
15
.063
6
–
22
.214
† 1983 SWC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll
Division I independents
A total of 19 college teams played as Division I independents . Among them, New Orleans (23–7) had both the best winning percentage (.767) and the most wins.[ 37]
Villanova finished with a 3–1 record in head-to-head competition among the Philadelphia Big 5.
Statistical leaders
[ 38]
Postseason tournaments
NCAA tournament
National semifinals
National championship game
E4
Georgia
60
W6
NC State
67
W6
NC State
54
MW1
Houston
52
ME1
Louisville
81
MW1
Houston
94
National Invitation tournament
NIT Semifinals and Final
Semifinals
Final
Wake Forest
62
Fresno State
86
Fresno State
69
DePaul
60
Nebraska
58
DePaul
68
Award winners
Consensus All-American teams
Major player of the year awards
Major coach of the year awards
Other major awards
Coaching changes
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See also
References
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^ sports-reference.com 1982-83 Big East Conference Season Summary
^ sports-reference.com 1982-83 Ivy Group Season Summary
^ sports-reference.com 1982-83 Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference Season Summary
^ sports-reference.com 1982-83 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Season Summary
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