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The 1981–82 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented University of North Carolina. The Head Coach was Dean Smith. 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 – Dean Smith's first.

1 Roster
2 Player stats
3 Post-season Schedule
4 Awards and honors
5 Team players drafted into the NBA
6 References

Roster [edit]

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 [edit]

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

Post-season Schedule [edit]

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Record
ACC Tournament
03/05/82	Georgia Tech	#1	Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, NC (Quarterfinals)	W 55-39	25-2
03/06/82	NC State	#1	Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, NC (Semifinals)	W 58-46	26-2
03/07/82	#3 Virginia	#1	Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, NC (Championship Game)	W 47-45	27-2
NCAA Tournament
03/13/82*	#9E James Madison	#1E	Charlotte Coliseum • Charlotte, NC (NCAA round of 32)	W 52-50	28-2
03/19/82*	#4E Alabama	#1E	Reynolds Coliseum • Raleigh, NC (Sweet Sixteen)	W 74-69	29-2
03/21/82*	#3E Villanova	#1E	Reynolds Coliseum • Raleigh, NC (Elite Eight)	W 70-60	30-2
03/27/82*	#6M Houston	#1E	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Final Four)	W 68-63	31-2
03/29/82*	#1W Georgetown	#1E	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (National Championship Game)	W 63-62	32-2
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. 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 [edit]

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

Team players drafted into the NBA [edit]

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 [edit]

North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Arenas: Bynum Gymnasium (now Bynum Hall, 1910–24); Tin Can (Indoor Athletic Center, 1924–38); Woollen Gymnasium (1938–65); Carmichael Auditorium (1965–86); Dean Smith Center (1986–)

Records: History of team Records

Radio Announcers: Woody Durham (1971-2011); Jones Angell (2011-present)

Coaches: Cartmell; Doak; Peacock; Boye; N. Shepard; McDonald; Sanborn; Ashmore; B. Shepard; Skidmore; Lange; Carnevale; Scott; McGuire; Smith; Guthridge; Doherty; Williams

Honored Players: Carmichael; Cobb; Glamack; Jordan; Dillon; Rosenbluth; Brennan; Kearns; Shaffer; Larese; Moe; Brown; Cunningham; Lewis; Miller; Scott; Chamberlain; Wuycik; McAdoo; Jones; Kupchak; Davis; LaGarde; Ford; O'Koren; Wood; Worthy; Perkins; Jordan; Daugherty; Smith; Reid; Lynch; Montross; Stackhouse; Wallace; Carter; Jamison; Haywood; Forte; Felton; May; McCants; Hansbrough; Lawson; Ellington; Zeller; Barnes

NBA Draft: NBA draftees

National Championships

NCAA pre-tournament awarded championship 1924 NCAA tournament champions 1957 1982 1993 2005 2009 NIT champions 1971

ACC Conference Championships

Tournament champions 1957 1967 1968 1969 1972 1975 1977 1979 1981 1982 1989 1991 1994 1997 1998 2007 2008 Regular season champions 1956 1957 1959 1960 1961 1967 1968 1969 1971 1972 1976 1977 1978 1979 1982 1983 1984 1985 1987 1988 1993 1995 2001 2005 2007 2008 2009 2011

Southern Conference Championships

Conference tournament champions 1921-22 1924 1925 1926 1935 1936 1940 1945 Conference regular season champions 1935 1938 1941 1944 1946

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

Bold denotes national championship, Italic denotes Final Four appearance

v t e North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball 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

Bold denotes national championship, Italic denotes Final Four appearance

v t e 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

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