Overall: 26-10, .722 W-L% (39th of 274)
Conference: 8-6, 4th in ACC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jim Valvano (26-10)
PS/G: 74.2 (55th of 274) ▪ PA/G: 67.6 (111th of 274)
SRS: 15.22 (12th of 274) ▪ SOS: 8.66 (10th of 274)
NCAA Tournament: (#6 seed in West)
Won West First Round (69-67) versus #11 Pepperdine
Won West Second Round (71-70) versus #3 Nevada-Las Vegas
Won West Regional Semifinal (75-56) versus #10 Utah
Won West Regional Final (63-62) versus #1 Virginia
Won National Semifinal (67-60) versus #4 Georgia
Won National Final (54-52) versus #1 Houston
| Pre | 11/30 | 12/7 | 12/14 | 12/21 | 12/28 | 1/4 | 1/11 | 1/18 | 1/25 | 2/1 | 2/8 | 2/15 | 2/22 | 3/1 | 3/8 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 16 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Nov 29, 1982 | REG | Western Carolina | Southern | W | 103 | 66 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Dec 3, 1982 | REG | North Carolina A&T | MEAC | W | 100 | 70 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Wed, Dec 8, 1982 | REG | East Carolina | ECACS | W | 57 | 49 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 11, 1982 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 45 | 41 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Dec 21, 1982 | REG | @ | Louisville | Metro | L | 52 | 57 | 4 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Tue, Dec 28, 1982 | REG | N | West Virginia | A-10 | W | 67 | 59 | 5 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 7 | Mon, Jan 3, 1983 | REG | Fairleigh Dickinson | ECACM | W | 111 | 76 | 6 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 8 | Fri, Jan 7, 1983 | REG | @ | Clemson | ACC | W | 76 | 70 | 7 | 1 | W 3 | |
| 9 | Sun, Jan 9, 1983 | REG | @ | Missouri | Big 8 | L | 42 | 49 | 7 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Wed, Jan 12, 1983 | REG | Virginia | ACC | L | 80 | 88 | 7 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 15, 1983 | REG | Georgia Tech | ACC | W | 81 | 61 | 8 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Jan 19, 1983 | REG | @ | North Carolina | ACC | L | 81 | 99 | 8 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 22, 1983 | REG | @ | Wake Forest | ACC | L | 73 | 91 | 8 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 14 | Sun, Jan 23, 1983 | REG | Memphis | Metro | L | 53 | 57 | 8 | 6 | L 3 | ||
| 15 | Wed, Jan 26, 1983 | REG | Duke | ACC | W | 94 | 79 | 9 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 29, 1983 | REG | @ | Maryland | ACC | L | 81 | 86 | 9 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 17 | Wed, Feb 2, 1983 | REG | @ | Georgia Tech | ACC | W | 74 | 64 | 10 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 18 | Fri, Feb 4, 1983 | REG | N | Furman | Southern | W | 51 | 48 | 11 | 7 | W 2 | |
| 19 | Sat, Feb 5, 1983 | REG | N | Citadel | Southern | W | 57 | 47 | 12 | 7 | W 3 | |
| 20 | Wed, Feb 9, 1983 | REG | Clemson | ACC | W | 90 | 83 | 13 | 7 | W 4 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 12, 1983 | REG | Notre Dame | Ind | L | 42 | 43 | 13 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Feb 16, 1983 | REG | North Carolina-Wilmington | Ind | W | 90 | 69 | 14 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 19, 1983 | REG | North Carolina | ACC | W | 70 | 63 | 15 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 24 | Wed, Feb 23, 1983 | REG | @ | Duke | ACC | W | 96 | 79 | 16 | 8 | W 3 | |
| 25 | Sun, Feb 27, 1983 | REG | @ | Virginia | ACC | L | 75 | 86 | 16 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 26 | Thu, Mar 3, 1983 | REG | Maryland | ACC | L | 58 | 67 | 16 | 10 | L 2 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Mar 5, 1983 | REG | Wake Forest | ACC | W | 130 | 89 | 17 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Fri, Mar 11, 1983 | CTOURN | N | Wake Forest | ACC | W | 71 | 70 | 18 | 10 | W 2 | |
| 29 | Sat, Mar 12, 1983 | CTOURN | N | North Carolina | ACC | W | 91 | 84 | OT | 19 | 10 | W 3 |
| 30 | Sun, Mar 13, 1983 | CTOURN | N | Virginia | ACC | W | 81 | 78 | 20 | 10 | W 4 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Fri, Mar 18, 1983 | NCAA | N | Pepperdine | WCC | W | 69 | 67 | OT | 21 | 10 | W 5 |
| 32 | Sun, Mar 20, 1983 | NCAA | N | Nevada-Las Vegas | PCAA | W | 71 | 70 | 22 | 10 | W 6 | |
| 33 | Thu, Mar 24, 1983 | NCAA | N | Utah | WAC | W | 75 | 56 | 23 | 10 | W 7 | |
| 34 | Sat, Mar 26, 1983 | NCAA | N | Virginia | ACC | W | 63 | 62 | 24 | 10 | W 8 | |
| 35 | Sat, Apr 2, 1983 | NCAA | N | Georgia | SEC | W | 67 | 60 | 25 | 10 | W 9 | |
| 36 | Mon, Apr 4, 1983 | NCAA | N | Houston | SWC | W | 54 | 52 | 26 | 10 | W 10 |