1982–83 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1982–83 Virginia Cavaliers Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 4 4 29–5 12–2 Terry Holland 9th Jim Larrañaga 4th Jeff Jones 1st Dave Odom 1st University Hall ACC regular season co–champions NCAA tournament Elite Eight thumb | right | alt=A photograph of a Duke University student newspaper article including pictures of players and a few paragraphs of text. | A Duke University student newspaper article on the Cavaliers. The 1982–83 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented the University of Virginia and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. On November 17, 1982, in an exhibition game played in Richmond, Virginia at the Richmond Coliseum, preseason No. 1 Virginia defeated the USSR National Team, that was led by a then 17-year-old Arvydas Sabonis, 94-87 in double overtime. Ralph Sampson scored 13 points, 25 rebounds, and 9 blocked shots, and Othell Wilson scored 21 points. On December 23, 1982, the Chaminade Silverswords of Honolulu defeated the No. 1 ranked Cavaliers 77–72.http://www.mmbolding.com/basketball/Chaminade.htm Chaminade Upsets Virginia, 1982 2009-04-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20091119190820/http://www.mmbolding.com/basketball/Chaminade.htm 2009-11-19 dead Silverswords player Tony Randolph scored 19 points, and Jim Dunham scored 17. Chaminade was ranked fourth in the NAIA rankings; center Ralph Sampson played the entire game and was held to twelve points.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-vNVAAAAIBAJ&pg=5943%2C6273015 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon wire services Yes, Virginia, there is a Chaminade December 24, 1982 3Fhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OdoxAAAAIBAJ&pg=1668%2C1885455 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania wire services Virginia reeling after loss December 25, 1982 18 Virginia's two losses in conference were to co-champion North Carolina,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1tQxAAAAIBAJ&pg=4041%2C240812 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania Knight-Ridder Newspapers Whicker Mark Jordan helps Carolina steal victory February 11, 1983 22https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZfVVAAAAIBAJ&pg=2685%2C2552526 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon wire services No. 1 Tar Heels catch No. 3 Cavs with their guard down February 11, 1983 3D and their two losses in the postseason were to eventual national champion North Carolina State; by three points in the final of the ACC tournament and by one point in the West region finals of the NCAA tournament.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N94qAAAAIBAJ&pg=5985%2C4562515 Deseret News Salt Lake City, Utah Robinson Doug NC State trips Cavs at the wire 63-62 March 27, 1983 D1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4BsiAAAAIBAJ&pg=2760%2C4424707 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania Associated Press North Carolina State ends Sampson's quest March 27, 1983 97https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-KZYAAAAIBAJ&pg=6738%2C6537335 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon (Los Angeles Times) Dodds Tracy Wolfpack ends Sampson's career, 63-62 March 27, 1983 3F Roster 1982 Virginia Cavaliers y Jim Miller 4 F 6 8 SO Princeton, West Virginia Craig Robinson 10 F 6 8 SO Montclair, New Jersey Othell Wilson y 11 G 6 0 JR Woodbridge, Virginia Ricky Stokes y 15 G 5 10 JR Richmond, Virginia Kenton Edelin y 30 F 6 7 JR Alexandria, Virginia Doug Newburg 32 G 6 2 SR McLean, Virginia Kenny Johnson 33 G 6 0 SO Baltimore, Maryland Rick Carlisle y 34 G 6 5 JR Ogdensburg, New York Wingo Smith 42 C 6 9 JR Indialantic, Florida Kenny Lambiotte 44 G 6 4 FR Woodstock, Virginia Tim Mullen 45 G/F 6 5 SO Ridgewood, New Jersey Dan Merrifield 51 F 6 6 SO Linwood, New Jersey Ralph Sampson y 50 C 7 4 SR Harrisonburg, Virginia C Terry Holland (Davidson) Jim Larrañaga (Providence) Jeff Jones (Virginia) Dave Odom (Guilford) 14 December 2014 Source:Ron Morris ACC Basketball: An Illustrated History Chapel Hill, North Carolina Four Corners Press 307 1988 Schedule no no yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00214e; color:#f56d22;"| Exhibition game Mar. 10 Richmond YMCA Richmond, Virginia 18–9   |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00214e; color:#f56d22;"| Regular season Nov. 26 yes 1 Johns Hopkins University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 124–60 9,000 1–0 Nov. 27 yes 1 VCU University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 69–63 9,000 2–0 Dec. 1 yes yes 1 James Madison JMU Convocation Center Harrisonburg, Virginia 51–34 7,700 3–0 Dec. 4 yes 1 VMI University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 86–41 9,000 4–0 Dec. 8 yes 1 Duke Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina 104–91 8,564 5–0 1–0 Dec. 11 yes yes 1 Georgetown 3 Capital Centre Landover, Maryland 68–63 19,035 6–0 1–0 Dec. 16 yes yes 1 Houston 14 Aoyama Gakuin Memorial Hall Tokyo, Japan 72–63 5,000 7–0 1–0 Dec. 18 yes yes 1 Utah Aoyama Gakuin Memorial Hall Tokyo, Japan 80–57 5,000 8–0 1–0 Dec. 23 yes yes 1 Chaminade Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii 72–77 3,383 8–1 1–0 Dec. 29 yes yes 4 Richmond Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia 102–85 10,716 9–1 1–0 Dec. 30 yes yes 4 Old Dominion Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia 75–59 10,716 10–1 1–0 Jan. 8 yes 4 Maryland Cole Field House College Park, Maryland 83–64 14,500 11–1 2–0 Jan. 12 yes 2 NC State 19 Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina 88–80 12,400 12–1 3–0 Jan. 15 2 North Carolina 11 University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 95–101 9,000 12–2 3–1 Jan. 17 yes 2 Georgia Tech Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia 66–52 10,543 13–2 4–1 Jan. 19 yes yes 7 Virginia Tech 17 Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia 74–64 10,716 14–2 4–1 Jan. 22 7 Clemson University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 105–87 9,000 15–2 5–1 Jan. 26 yes 6 George Washington University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 59–44 9,000 16–2 5–1 Jan. 29 yes 6 Louisville 8 University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 98–81 9,000 17–2 5–1 Feb. 3 3 Wake Forest University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 89–75 9,000 18–2 6–1 Feb. 5 3 Duke University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 105–84 9,000 19–2 7–1 Feb. 10 yes 3 North Carolina 1 Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, North Carolina 63–64 10,000 19–3 7–2 Feb. 14 3 Georgia Tech University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 92–69 9,000 20–3 8–2 Feb. 20 yes yes 5 Missouri 12 Byrne Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey 68–53Missouri Tires, Virginia Solves Some Problems https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1983/02/21/missouri-tires-virginia-solves-some-problems/ee7a38c8-15b2-4030-99b8-b547a272400c/ The Washington Post February 21, 1983 April 24, 2022 15,767 21–3 Feb. 23 yes 3 Clemson Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina 85–83 OT 11,000 22–3 9–2 Feb. 27 3 NC State University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 86–75 9,000 23–3 10–2 Mar. 2 yes 2 Wake Forest Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina 107–74 15,300 24–3 11–2 Mar. 6 2 Maryland University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia 83–81 9,000 25–3 12–2 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00214e; color:#f56d22;"| ACC Tournament Mar. 11 yes 2 2 Duke 7 Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia Quarterfinals 109–66 16,723 26–3 Mar. 12 yes 2 2 Georgia Tech 6 Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia Semifinals 96–67 16,723 27–3 Mar. 13 yes 2 2 NC State 4 Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia Championship 78–81 16,723 27–4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00214e; color:#f56d22;"| NCAA Tournament Mar. 19 yes 4 1 W Washington State 8 W BSU Pavilion Boise, Idaho Second Round 54–49 12,177 28–4 Mar. 24 yes 4 1 W Boston College 11 4 Dee Events Center Ogden, Utah Sweet Sixteen 95–92 12,084 29–4 Mar. 26 yes 4 1 W NC State 16 6 W Dee Events Center Ogden, Utah Elite Eight 62–63 12,087 29–5 AP poll Eastern time Source: All-Time Results http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/va-m-baskbl-record-sched.html VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site 30 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141006112556/http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/va-m-baskbl-record-sched.html 2014-10-06 dead 1982-83 Box Scores http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/va/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/1982-box-scores.pdf VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site 30 December 2014 2 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150102021715/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/va/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/1982-box-scores.pdf dead Rankings 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings AP 0 16 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 7 6 3 3 5 3 2 2 4 Coaches 0 16 1 – 1 1 1 3 4 2 6 4 2 2 5 3 2 2 4 *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game Random House 899–900 2009 978-0-345-51392-2 Awards and honors Ralph Sampson, Adolph Rupp Trophyhttp://www.ruppawards.com/index_files/Page356.htm About Us 2009-04-17 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090107024610/http://www.ruppawards.com/index_files/Page356.htm 2009-01-07 Ralph Sampson, Naismith College Player of the Yearhttp://www.naismithawards.com/History/NaismithTrophy/tabid/58/Default.aspx Naismith Awards - Naismith Trophy 2009-03-13 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090302160347/http://www.naismithawards.com/History/NaismithTrophy/tabid/58/Default.aspx 2009-03-02 Ralph Sampson, USBWA College Player of the Yearhttp://www.oscarrobertsontrophy.org/content/view/14/17/ The Oscar Robertson Trophy - Past Oscar Robertson Trophy Winners 2008-06-11 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080611112656/http://www.oscarrobertsontrophy.org/content/view/14/17/ 2008-06-11 Ralph Sampson, John R. Wooden Awardhttp://woodenaward.cstv.com/ot/award-winners.html Wooden Award - Athletics 2009-04-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20090413170924/http://woodenaward.cstv.com/ot/award-winners.html 2009-04-13 dead NBA draft Year Round Pick Player NBA club 1983 1 1 Ralph Sampson Houston Rockets 1983 3 68 Craig Robinson Boston Celtics 1984 2 35 Othell Wilson Golden State Warriors Source:http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1983 1983 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com 2014-04-06 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20140630100122/http://databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1983&lg=N 2014-06-30 References Category:Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball seasons Virginia Virginia Virgin Virgin