1981–82 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

1981–82 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball

National Champions ACC Tournament Champions ACC Regular Season Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, National Champions
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
1981–82 record	32–2 (12–2 ACC)
Head coach	Dean Smith
Assistant coach	Bill Guthridge
Assistant coach	Eddie Fogler
Assistant coach	Roy Williams
Home arena	Carmichael Auditorium

The 1981–82 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented University of North Carolina. The team played its home games in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Led by James Worthy, Sam Perkins and freshman Michael Jordan, the Tar Heels won the National Championship. It was head coach Dean Smith's first title.

Roster

Name	#	Position	Height	Year	Home Town
Lynwood Robinson	4	Guard	6–1	Freshman	Mt. Olive, NC
Jimmy Black	21	Guard	6–3	Senior	Bronx, NY
Buzz Peterson	22	Guard	6–3	Freshman	Asheville, NC
Michael Jordan	23	Guard/Forward	6–6	Freshman	Wilmington, NC
Jim Braddock	24	Guard	6–2	Junior	Chattanooga, TN
John Brownlee	32	Forward/Center	6–10	Freshman	Fort Worth, TX
Sam Perkins	41	Center/Forward	6–9	Sophomore	Latham, NY
Jeb Barlow	43	Forward	6–7	Senior	Fuquay-Varina, NC
Matt Doherty	44	Forward	6–7	Sophomore	East Meadow, NY
Chris Brust	45	Center/Forward	6–9	Senior	Babylon, NY
Cecil Exum	50	Forward	6–6	Sophomore	Dudley, NC
Timo Makkonen	51	Center	6–11	Sophomore	Lahti, Finland
James Worthy	52	Forward	6–8	Junior	Gastonia, NC
Warren Martin	54	Center	6–11	Sophomore	Axton, VA

Player stats

Player	Games	Minutes	Field Goals	Three Pointers	Free Throws	Rebounds	Blocks	Steals	Points
Michael Jordan^[1]	34	1079	191	N/A	78	149	8	41	460
Sam Perkins^[2]	32	1141	174	N/A	109	250	53	33	457

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 28*	No. 1	vs. Kansas	W 74–67	1–0	Charlotte Coliseum
November 30*	No. 1	vs. USC	W 73–62	2–0	Greensboro Coliseum
December 3*	No. 1	No. 9 Tulsa	W 78–70	3–0	Carmichael Auditorium
December 12*	No. 1	South Florida	W 75–39	4–0	Carmichael Auditorium
December 19*	No. 1	vs. Rutgers	W 59–36	5–0	Madison Square Garden
December 26*	No. 1	vs. No. 2 Kentucky	W 82–69	6–0	Meadowlands Arena
December 28*	No. 1	vs. Penn St Cable Car Classic	W 56–50 ^OT	7–0	Toso Pavilion
December 29*	No. 1	at Santa Clara	W 76–57	8–0	Santa Clara, CA
January 4*	No. 1	William & Mary	W 64–40	9–0	Carmichael Auditorium
January 6	No. 1	Maryland	W 66–50	10–0 (1–0)	Cole Field House
January 9	No. 1	No. 2 Virginia	W 65–60	11–0 (2–0)	Carmichael Auditorium
January 13	No. 1	No. 12 NC State Rivalry	W 61–41	12–0 (3–0)	Reynolds Coliseum
January 16	No. 1	Duke Rivalry	W 73–63	13–0 (4–0)	Cameron Indoor Stadium
January 21	No. 1	Wake Forest	L 48–55	13–1 (4–1)	Carmichael Auditorium
January 23	No. 1	at Georgia Tech	W 66–54	14–1 (5–1)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
January 27	No. 2	Clemson	W 77–72	15–1 (6–1)	Carmichael Auditorium
January 30	No. 2	No. 17 NC State	W 58–44	16–1 (7–1)	Carmichael Auditorium
February 3	No. 2	at No. 3 Virginia	L 58–74	16–2 (7–2)	University Hall
February 5*	No. 2	vs. Furman North-South Doubleheader	W 96–69	17–2	Charlotte Coliseum
February 6*	No. 2	vs. The Citadel North-South Doubleheader	W 67–46	18–2	Charlotte Coliseum
February 11	No. 2	Maryland	W 59–56	19–2 (8–2)	Carmichael Auditorium
February 14*	No. 2	vs. Georgia	W 66–57	20–2	Greensboro Coliseum
February 17	No. 2	at No. 14 Wake Forest	W 69–51	21–2 (9–2)	Greensboro Coliseum
February 20	No. 2	at Clemson	W 55–49	22–2 (10–2)	Littlejohn Coliseum
February 24		Georgia Tech	W 77–54	23–2 (11–2)	Carmichael Auditorium
February 27	No. 2	Duke	W 84–66	24–2 (12–2)	Carmichael Auditorium
March 5* no, no	No. 1	Georgia Tech ACC Tournament • Quarterfinals	W 55-39	25-2	Greensboro Coliseum
March 6* no, no	No. 1	NC State ACC Tournament • Semifinals	W 58-46	26-2	Greensboro Coliseum
March 7* no, no	No. 1	No. 3 Virginia ACC Tournament • Final	W 47-45	27-2	Greensboro Coliseum
March 13* no, no	No. 1 (E1)	(E9) James Madison NCAA Tournament • Round of 32	W 52-50	28-2	Charlotte Coliseum
March 19* no, no	No. 1 (E1)	No. 13 (E4) Alabama NCAA Tournament • Sweet Sixteen	W 74-69	29-2	Reynolds Coliseum
March 21* no, no	No. 1 (E1)	(E3) Villanova NCAA Tournament • Elite Eight	W 70-60	30-2	Reynolds Coliseum
March 27* no, no	No. 1 (E1)	(M6) Houston NCAA Tournament • Final Four	W 68-63	31-2	Louisiana Superdome
March 29* no, no	No. 1 (E1)	No. 6 (W1) Georgetown NCAA Tournament • Championship Game	W 63-62	32-2	Louisiana Superdome
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time Rank in NCAA tournament indicates seed in the region, E-East region, M-Midwest region, W-West region.

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Awards and honors

Michael Jordan, ACC Rookie of the Year
James Worthy, NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player

Team players drafted into the NBA

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1982	1	1	James Worthy	Los Angeles Lakers
1982	3	59	Jimmy Black	New Jersey Nets
1982	6	131	Chris Brust	Denver Nuggets
1982	7	153	Jeb Barlow	Denver Nuggets
1983	5	107	Jim Braddock	Denver Nuggets
1984	1	3	Michael Jordan	Chicago Bulls
1984	1	4	Sam Perkins	Dallas Mavericks
1984	6	118	Matt Doherty	Cleveland Cavaliers
1984	9	194	Cecil Exum	Denver Nuggets
1985	7	147	Buzz Peterson	Cleveland Cavaliers
1986	4	78	John Brownlee	Los Angeles Clippers
1986	4	73	Warren Martin	Cleveland Cavaliers

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References

North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball

Venues	Bynum Gymnasium (1920–1924) Tin Can (1924–1938) Woollen Gymnasium (1938–1965) Carmichael Auditorium (1965–1986) Dean Smith Center (1986–present)

Rivalries	Duke (Carlyle Cup) Kentucky NC State

Culture & lore	Rameses The Marching Tar Heels Junior varsity team Inside Carolina Four corners offense Dixie Classic Tobacco Road Scandal

People	Head coaches Honorees Honored players NBA draftees

Seasons	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

North Carolina Tar Heels Men's Basketball 1981–82 NCAA Champions

21 Jimmy Black 22 Buzz Peterson 23 Michael Jordan 32 John Brownlee 41 Sam Perkins 44 Matt Doherty 50 Cecil Exum 52 James Worthy (MOP) Head Coach Dean Smith Assistant Coaches Bill Guthridge Eddie Fogler Roy Williams

NCAA Division I Men's Basketball champions

1939: Oregon
1940: Indiana
1941: Wisconsin
1942: Stanford
1943: Wyoming
1944: Utah
1945: Oklahoma A&M
1946: Oklahoma A&M
1947: Holy Cross
1948: Kentucky
1949: Kentucky
1950: CCNY
1951: Kentucky
1952: Kansas
1953: Indiana
1954: La Salle
1955: San Francisco
1956: San Francisco
1957: North Carolina
1958: Kentucky
1959: California
1960: Ohio State
1961: Cincinnati
1962: Cincinnati
1963: Loyola (IL)
1964: UCLA
1965: UCLA
1966: Texas Western
1967: UCLA
1968: UCLA
1969: UCLA
1970: UCLA
1971: UCLA
1972: UCLA
1973: UCLA
1974: NC State
1975: UCLA
1976: Indiana
1977: Marquette
1978: Kentucky
1979: Michigan State
1980: Louisville
1981: Indiana
1982: North Carolina
1983: NC State
1984: Georgetown
1985: Villanova
1986: Louisville
1987: Indiana
1988: Kansas
1989: Michigan
1990: UNLV
1991: Duke
1992: Duke
1993: North Carolina
1994: Arkansas
1995: UCLA
1996: Kentucky
1997: Arizona
1998: Kentucky
1999: Connecticut
2000: Michigan State
2001: Duke
2002: Maryland
2003: Syracuse
2004: Connecticut
2005: North Carolina
2006: Florida
2007: Florida
2008: Kansas
2009: North Carolina
2010: Duke
2011: Connecticut
2012: Kentucky
2013: Louisville
2014: Connecticut
2015: Duke
2016: Villanova

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