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1981-82 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results

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Overall: 32-2, .941 W-L% (1st of 273)
Conference: 12-2, 1st in ACC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Dean Smith (32-2)

PS/G: 66.7 (142nd of 273) ▪ PA/G: 55.4 (10th of 273)
SRS: 20.17 (2nd of 273) ▪ SOS: 8.87 (3rd of 273)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in East)
Won East Second Round (52-50) versus #9 James Madison
Won East Regional Semifinal (74-69) versus #4 Alabama
Won East Regional Final (70-60) versus #3 Villanova
Won National Semifinal (68-63) versus #6 Houston
Won National Final (63-62) versus #1 Georgetown

NCAA Tournament Champion

AP Poll Summary

Pre 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 12/29 1/5 1/12 1/19 1/26 2/2 2/9 2/16 2/23 3/2 Final
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1

Schedule and Results

G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak
1 Sat, Nov 28, 1981 REG N Kansas Big 8 W 74 67 1 0 W 1
2 Mon, Nov 30, 1981 REG N Southern California Pac-10 W 73 62 2 0 W 2
3 Thu, Dec 3, 1981 REG Tulsa MVC W 78 70 3 0 W 3
4 Sat, Dec 12, 1981 REG South Florida Sun Belt W 75 39 4 0 W 4
5 Sat, Dec 19, 1981 REG N Rutgers EAA W 59 36 5 0 W 5
6 Sat, Dec 26, 1981 REG N Kentucky SEC W 82 69 6 0 W 6
7 Mon, Dec 28, 1981 REG N Penn State Ind W 56 50 7 0 W 7
8 Tue, Dec 29, 1981 REG @ Santa Clara WCC W 76 57 8 0 W 8
9 Mon, Jan 4, 1982 REG William & Mary ECACS W 64 40 9 0 W 9
10 Wed, Jan 6, 1982 REG @ Maryland ACC W 66 50 10 0 W 10
11 Sat, Jan 9, 1982 REG Virginia ACC W 65 60 11 0 W 11
12 Wed, Jan 13, 1982 REG @ North Carolina State ACC W 61 41 12 0 W 12
13 Sat, Jan 16, 1982 REG @ Duke ACC W 73 63 13 0 W 13
14 Thu, Jan 21, 1982 REG Wake Forest ACC L 48 55 13 1 L 1
15 Sat, Jan 23, 1982 REG @ Georgia Tech ACC W 66 54 14 1 W 1
16 Wed, Jan 27, 1982 REG Clemson ACC W 77 72 15 1 W 2
17 Sat, Jan 30, 1982 REG North Carolina State ACC W 58 44 16 1 W 3
18 Wed, Feb 3, 1982 REG @ Virginia ACC L 58 74 16 2 L 1
19 Fri, Feb 5, 1982 REG N Furman Southern W 96 69 17 2 W 1
20 Sat, Feb 6, 1982 REG N Citadel Southern W 67 46 18 2 W 2
21 Thu, Feb 11, 1982 REG Maryland ACC W 59 56 19 2 W 3
22 Sun, Feb 14, 1982 REG N Georgia SEC W 66 57 20 2 W 4
23 Wed, Feb 17, 1982 REG @ Wake Forest ACC W 69 51 21 2 W 5
24 Sat, Feb 20, 1982 REG @ Clemson ACC W 55 49 22 2 W 6
25 Wed, Feb 24, 1982 REG Georgia Tech ACC W 77 54 23 2 W 7
26 Sat, Feb 27, 1982 REG Duke ACC W 84 66 24 2 W 8
G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak
27 Fri, Mar 5, 1982 CTOURN N Georgia Tech ACC W 55 39 25 2 W 9
28 Sat, Mar 6, 1982 CTOURN N North Carolina State ACC W 58 46 26 2 W 10
29 Sun, Mar 7, 1982 CTOURN N Virginia ACC W 47 45 27 2 W 11
G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak
30 Sat, Mar 13, 1982 NCAA N James Madison ECACS W 52 50 28 2 W 12
31 Fri, Mar 19, 1982 NCAA N Alabama SEC W 74 69 29 2 W 13
32 Sun, Mar 21, 1982 NCAA N Villanova Big East W 70 60 30 2 W 14
33 Sat, Mar 27, 1982 NCAA N Houston SWC W 68 63 31 2 W 15
34 Mon, Mar 29, 1982 NCAA N Georgetown Big East W 63 62 32 2 W 16