1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 27, 1981, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1982 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Championship Game on March 29, 1982, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The North Carolina Tar Heels won their second NCAA national championship with a 63–62 victory over the Georgetown Hoyas.
| 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
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| Preseason AP #1 | North Carolina |
| NCAA Tournament | 1982 |
| Tournament dates | March 11, 1982 – March 29, 1982 |
| National Championship | Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana |
| NCAA Champions | North Carolina Tar Heels |
| Helms National Champions | North Carolina Tar Heels |
| Other champions | Bradley Braves (NIT) |
| Player of the Year (Naismith, Wooden) | Ralph Sampson, Virginia |
Season headlines
- Dean Smith won his first national championship as his North Carolina Tar Heels defeated the Georgetown Hoyas 63–62 in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was Smith's first win after three losses in the championship game – including losing the previous year to Indiana.
- John Thompson became the first African-American head coach to lead his team to the Final Four.
- Cincinnati defeated Bradley 75–73 in seven overtimes – the longest game in NCAA Division I history.
- Following the season, the University of San Francisco dropped its basketball program following a scandal involving All-American guard Quintin Dailey. In the process of pleading guilty to assault of a USF coed, Dailey revealed that he had been paid $1000 per month by a Dons booster for a job he never showed up for. This, combined with other blemishes to the program, caused university president John Lo Schiavo to shut down the program.[1] USF would reinstate its basketball program in 1985.
- Texas Southern's Harry Kelly led the nation is scoring and had the highest single-game output with 51 points against Texas College.
- Eastern Illinois, Illinois–Chicago, Loyola (MD), Marist, Maryland–Eastern Shore, Texas–San Antonio, U.S. International, Utica, Western Illinois, Wisconsin–Green Bay and Youngstown State began Division I play.[2]
- The national third-place game was abolished from the NCAA Tournament.
Major rule changes
Beginning in 1981–1982, the following rules changes were implemented:
- The jump ball was only used at the beginning of the game and at the start of each overtime. An alternating arrow was used to indicate possession in jump-ball situations during the game.
- All fouls charged to bench personnel were assessed to the head coach.[3]
- To decrease stalling, two defensive players are required to enter the mid-court area and "continuously and aggressively" attempt to gain control of the ball.
- Causing a backboard to vibrate during a shot or tap is a technical foul.
- Purposely faking a free throw is a violation.
- During free throw attempts, the free throw shooter and any players not in a marked space around the lane are not allowed to enter the lane until the ball touches either the rim or backboard.
- "Break-away" rims, implemented by the NBA after the Darryl Dawkins backboard-shattering dunks, are now permitted.[4]
Season outlook
Pre-season polls
The top 20 from the AP Poll during the pre-season.[5]
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Regular season
Conference winners and tournaments
Note: From 1975 to 1982, the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), a loosely organized sports federation of Northeastern colleges and universities, organized Division I ECAC regional tournaments for those of its members that were independents in basketball. Each 1982 ECAC tournament winner received an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament in the same way that the tournament champions of conventional athletic conferences did. After this season, all remaining Northeastern independents joined conventional conferences, and the ECAC discontinued Division I basketball tournaments. The ECAC North was a separate, conventional conference.[30]
Statistical leaders
| Player | School | PPG | Player | School | RPG | Player | School | FG% | Player | School | FT% | |||
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| Harry Kelly | TX Southern | 29.7 | LaSalle Thompson | Texas | 13.5 | Mark McNamara | California | 70.2 | Rod Foster | UCLA | 95.0 | |||
| Ricky Pierce | Rice | 26.8 | Wayne Sappleton | Loyola (IL) | 13.0 | Dale Ellis | Tennessee | 65.4 | Jack Moore | Nebraska | 93.9 | |||
| Dan Callandrillo | Seton Hall | 25.9 | Darren Tillis | Cleveland St. | 12.8 | Orlando Phillips | Pepperdine | 64.6 | Joe Dykstra | W. Illinois | 91.3 | |||
| Kevin Magee | UC Irvine | 25.2 | Mark McNamara | California | 12.6 | Albert Culton | TX-Arlington | 64.3 | Byron Williams | Idaho St. | 89.7 | |||
| Quintin Dailey | San Francisco | 25.2 | Riley Clarida | LIU | 12.3 | Kevin Magee | UC Irvine | 64.2 | Jim Master | Kentucky | 89.6 | |||
Conference standings
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Key
| Team won the conference tournament and the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament | ||||||
| Conference does not have conference tournament, so team won the autobid for finishing in first | ||||||
| Team received at-large bid to NCAA Tournament | ||||||
Postseason tournaments
NCAA Tournament
North Carolina freshman Michael Jordan hit the game-winning shot as Dean Smith won his first national championship after many near-misses over his career, defeating the Georgetown Hoyas 63–62 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. Fred Brown's errant pass to James Worthy in the closing seconds sealed the game, which featured star freshmen Jordan and the Hoyas' Patrick Ewing. Worthy was named Final Four Most Outstanding Player.
Final Four – Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans
| National Semifinals | National Championship Game | ||||||||
| E1 | North Carolina | 68 | |||||||
| MW6 | Houston | 63 | |||||||
| E1 | North Carolina | 63 | |||||||
| W1 | Georgetown | 62 | |||||||
| ME3 | Louisville | 46 | |||||||
| W1 | Georgetown | 50 | |||||||
National Invitation Tournament
The Bradley Braves, led by coach Dick Versace, defeated the Purdue Boilermakers 67–58 to win their fourth National Invitation Tournament, tying them with St. John's for the most NIT championships (St. John's has since won two additional titles). Bradley's Mitchell Anderson was named NIT Most Valuable Player.
Awards
Consensus All-American teams
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Cummings | F | Junior | DePaul |
| Quintin Dailey | G | Junior | San Francisco |
| Eric Floyd | G | Senior | Georgetown |
| Ralph Sampson | C | Junior | Virginia |
| James Worthy | F | Junior | North Carolina |
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
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| Dale Ellis | F | Junior | Tennessee |
| Kevin Magee | F | Senior | UC Irvine |
| John Paxson | G | Junior | Notre Dame |
| Sam Perkins | F/C | Sophomore | North Carolina |
| Paul Pressey | F/G | Senior | Tulsa |
Major player of the year awards
- Wooden Award: Ralph Sampson, Virginia
- Naismith Award: Ralph Sampson, Virginia
- Associated Press Player of the Year: Ralph Sampson, Virginia
- UPI Player of the Year: Ralph Sampson, Virginia
- NABC Player of the Year: Ralph Sampson, Virginia
- Oscar Robertson Trophy (USBWA): Ralph Sampson, Virginia
- Adolph Rupp Trophy: Ralph Sampson, Virginia
- Sporting News Player of the Year: Ralph Sampson, Virginia
Major coach of the year awards
- Associated Press Coach of the Year: Ralph Miller, Oregon State
- Henry Iba Award (USBWA): John Thompson, Georgetown
- NABC Coach of the Year: Don Monson, Idaho
- UPI Coach of the Year: Norm Stewart, Missouri
- Associated Press Coach of the Year: Ralph Miller, Oregon State
- CBS/Chevrolet Coach of the Year: Gene Keady, Purdue
- Sporting News Coach of the Year: Ralph Miller, Oregon State
Other major awards
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (Best player under 6'0): Jack Moore, Nebraska
- Robert V. Geasey Trophy (Top player in Philadelphia Big 5): Jeffery Clark, St. Joseph's & John Pinone, Villanova
- NIT/Haggerty Award (Top player in NYC): Dan Callandrillo, Seton Hall
Coaching changes
A number of teams changed coaches throughout the season and after the season ended.[31]
| Team | Former Coach |
Interim Coach |
New Coach |
Reason |
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| American | Gary Williams | Ed Tapscott | ||
| Arizona | Fred Snowden | Ben Lindsey | Snowden announced his resignation, effective at the end of the season, on January 8, 1982.[32] | |
| Arizona State | Ned Wulk | Bob Weinhauer | ||
| Army | Pete Gaudet | Les Wothke | Gaudet took an assistant coaching position at Duke under his predecessor at Army, Mike Krzyzewski. | |
| Ball State | Steve Yoder | Al Brown | ||
| Boston College | Tom Davis | Gary Williams | When Dr. Tom Davis left BC, the Eagles replaced him with former Davis assistant Gary Williams. | |
| Colgate | Mike Griffin | Tony Relvas | ||
| Detroit | Willie McCarter | Don Sicko | ||
| Duquesne | Mike Rice | Jim Satalin | ||
| East Carolina | Dave Odom | Charlie Harrison | ||
| East Tennessee State | Jim Hallahan | Barry Dowd | ||
| Furman | Eddie Holbrook | Jene Davis | ||
| Idaho State | Lynn Archibald | Wayne Ballard | ||
| Indiana State | Bill Hodges | Dave Schellhase | ||
| Kent State | Ed Douma | Jim McDonald | ||
| Loyola (MD) | Bill Burke | Mark Amatucci | ||
| Mississippi | Bob Weltlich | Lee Hunt | ||
| Mississippi Valley State | Pop Gaines | Jerry Lewis | ||
| Pacific | Dick Fichtner | Tom O'Neill | ||
| Penn | Bob Weinhauer | Craig Littlepage | ||
| Prairie View A&M | Calvin White | Jim Duplantier | ||
| St. Bonaventure | Jim Satalin | Jim O'Brien | ||
| Saint Louis | Ron Ekker | Rich Grawer | ||
| Seton Hall | Bill Raftery | Hoddy Mahon | P. J. Carlesimo | After Raftery unexpectedly quit in November, long-time assistant Mahon was tapped as interim coach. After the season, Seton Hall hired Wagner's Carlesimo. Raftery never coached again, instead embarking on a long and highly successful career as a television analyst. |
| Siena | William Kirsch | John Griffin | ||
| Stanford | Dick DiBiaso | Tom Davis | ||
| Temple | Don Casey | John Chaney | Casey left to become an assistant for the Chicago Bulls. Temple hired successful Division II coach Chaney. | |
| Texas | Abe Lemons | Bob Weltlich | Lemons was fired after a season that saw the Longhorns start 14–0, but derailed after forward Mike Wacker went down to injury. | |
| Texas–Pan American | Bill White | Lon Kruger | The Broncs gave Kansas State assistant Kruger his first head coaching job. | |
| UNC Charlotte | Mike Pratt | Hal Wissel | ||
| VMI | Charlie Schmaus | Marty Fletcher | ||
| Wagner | P. J. Carlesimo | Neil Kennett | ||
| Western Michigan | Les Wothke | Vernon Payne | ||
| Wisconsin | Bill Cofield | Steve Yoder | ||
| Wisconsin-Green Bay | Dave Buss | Dick Lien | ||
| Yale | Ray Carazo | Tom Brennan | ||
| Youngstown State | Dom Roselli | Mike Rice |
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