1982–83 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

The 1982–83 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented the University of Virginia and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

1982–83 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
ACC regular season co–champions
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4
Record	29–5 (12–2 ACC)
Head coach	Terry Holland (9th season)
Assistant coaches	Jim Larrañaga (4th season) Jeff Jones (1st season) Dave Odom (1st season)
Home arena	University Hall
Seasons ← 1981–82 1983–84 →

1982–83 ACC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 North Carolina	12	–	2		.857			28	–	8		.778
No. 4 Virginia	12	–	2		.857			29	–	5		.853
Maryland	8	–	6		.571			20	–	10		.667
No. 16 NC State †	8	–	6		.571			26	–	10		.722
Wake Forest	7	–	7		.500			20	–	10		.667
Georgia Tech	4	–	10		.286			13	–	15		.464
Duke	3	–	11		.214			11	–	17		.393
Clemson	2	–	12		.143			11	–	20		.355
† 1983 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

On December 23, 1982, the Chaminade Silverswords of Honolulu defeated the No. 1 ranked Cavaliers 77–72.^[1] Silverswords players 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.^[2][3]

Virginia's two losses in conference were to co-champion North Carolina,^[4][5] 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 (Elite Eight) of the NCAA tournament.^[6][7][8]

Roster

1982–83 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F 4 Jim Miller 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — So Princeton, West Virginia F 10 Craig Robinson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — So Montclair, New Jersey G 11 Othell Wilson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) — Jr Woodbridge, Virginia G 15 Ricky Stokes 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) — Jr Richmond, Virginia F 30 Kenton Edelin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Jr Alexandria, Virginia G 32 Doug Newburg 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Sr McLean, Virginia G 33 Kenny Johnson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) — So Baltimore, Maryland G 34 Rick Carlisle 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Jr Ogdensburg, New York C 42 Wingo Smith 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — Jr Indialantic, Florida G 44 Kenny Lambiotte 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — Fr Woodstock, Virginia G/F 45 Tim Mullen 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — So Ridgewood, New Jersey F 51 Dan Merrifield 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — So Linwood, New Jersey C 50 Ralph Sampson (C) 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) — Sr Harrisonburg, Virginia	Head coach Terry Holland (Davidson) Assistant coach(es) Jim Larrañaga (Providence) Jeff Jones (Virginia) Dave Odom (Guilford) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Source:^[9]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition game
Mar. 10		Richmond YMCA	W 18–9		Richmond, Virginia
Regular season
Nov. 26*	No. 1	Johns Hopkins	W 124–60	1–0	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Nov. 27*	No. 1	VCU	W 69–63	2–0	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec. 1*	No. 1	at James Madison	W 51–34	3–0	JMU Convocation Center (7,700) Harrisonburg, Virginia
Dec. 4*	No. 1	VMI	W 86–41	4–0	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec. 8	No. 1	at Duke	W 104–91	5–0 (1–0)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (8,564) Durham, North Carolina
Dec. 11*	No. 1	at No. 3 Georgetown	W 68–63	6–0 (1–0)	Capital Centre (19,035) Landover, Maryland
Dec. 16*	No. 1	vs. No. 14 Houston	W 72–63	7–0 (1–0)	Aoyama Gakuin Memorial Hall (5,000) Tokyo, Japan
Dec. 18*	No. 1	vs. Utah	W 80–57	8–0 (1–0)	Aoyama Gakuin Memorial Hall (5,000) Tokyo, Japan
Dec. 23*	No. 1	at Chaminade	L 72–77	8–1 (1–0)	Neal S. Blaisdell Center (3,383) Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec. 29*	No. 4	vs. Richmond	W 102–85	9–1 (1–0)	Richmond Coliseum (10,716) Richmond, Virginia
Dec. 30*	No. 4	vs. Old Dominion	W 75–59	10–1 (1–0)	Richmond Coliseum (10,716) Richmond, Virginia
Jan. 8	No. 4	at Maryland	W 83–64	11–1 (2–0)	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
Jan. 12	No. 2	at No. 19 NC State	W 88–80	12–1 (3–0)	Reynolds Coliseum (12,400) Raleigh, North Carolina
Jan. 15	No. 2	No. 11 North Carolina	L 95–101	12–2 (3–1)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 17	No. 2	at Georgia Tech	W 66–52	13–2 (4–1)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (10,543) Atlanta, Georgia
Jan. 19*	No. 7	at No. 17 Virginia Tech	W 74–64	14–2 (4–1)	Richmond Coliseum (10,716) Richmond, Virginia
Jan. 22	No. 7	Clemson	W 105–87	15–2 (5–1)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 26*	No. 6	George Washington	W 59–44	16–2 (5–1)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 29*	No. 6	No. 8 Louisville	W 98–81	17–2 (5–1)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 3	No. 3	Wake Forest	W 89–75	18–2 (6–1)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 5	No. 3	Duke	W 105–84	19–2 (7–1)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 10	No. 3	at No. 1 North Carolina	L 63–64	19–3 (7–2)	Carmichael Arena (10,000) Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Feb. 14	No. 3	Georgia Tech	W 92–69	20–3 (8–2)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 20*	No. 5	vs. No. 12 Missouri	W 68–53[10]	21–3 (8–2)	Byrne Meadowlands Arena (15,767) East Rutherford, New Jersey
Feb. 23	No. 3	at Clemson	W 85–83 OT	22–3 (9–2)	Littlejohn Coliseum (11,000) Clemson, South Carolina
Feb. 27	No. 3	NC State	W 86–75	23–3 (10–2)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Mar. 2	No. 2	at Wake Forest	W 107–74	24–3 (11–2)	Greensboro Coliseum (15,300) Greensboro, North Carolina
Mar. 6	No. 2	Maryland	W 83–81	25–3 (12–2)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
ACC Tournament
Mar. 11	(2) No. 2	vs. (7) Duke Quarterfinals	W 109–66	26–3	Omni Coliseum (16,723) Atlanta, Georgia
Mar. 12	(2) No. 2	vs. (6) Georgia Tech Semifinals	W 96–67	27–3	Omni Coliseum (16,723) Atlanta, Georgia
Mar. 13	(2) No. 2	vs. (4) NC State Championship	L 78–81	27–4	Omni Coliseum (16,723) Atlanta, Georgia
NCAA Tournament
Mar. 19	(1 W) No. 4	vs. (8 W) Washington State Second Round	W 54–49	28–4	BSU Pavilion (12,177) Boise, Idaho
Mar. 24	(1 W) No. 4	vs. (4) No. 11 Boston College Sweet Sixteen	W 95–92	29–4	Dee Events Center (12,084) Ogden, Utah
Mar. 26	(1 W) No. 4	vs. (6 W) No. 16 NC State Elite Eight	L 62–63	29–5	Dee Events Center (12,087) Ogden, Utah
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern time.

Source:^[11][12]

Rankings

Main article: 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	2	7	6	3	3	5	3	2	2	4
Coaches	1	—	1	1	1	3	4	2	6	4	2	2	5	3	2	2	4

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Awards and honors

• Ralph Sampson, Adolph Rupp Trophy^[14]
• Ralph Sampson, Naismith College Player of the Year^[15]
• Ralph Sampson, USBWA College Player of the Year^[16]
• Ralph Sampson, John R. Wooden Award^[17]

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:^[18]