Overall: 28-8, .778 W-L% (15th of 274)
Conference: 12-2, 1st in ACC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Dean Smith (28-8)
PS/G: 80.8 (10th of 274) ▪ PA/G: 68.6 (125th of 274)
SRS: 19.90 (3rd of 274) ▪ SOS: 7.68 (18th of 274)
NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in East)
Won East Second Round (68-49) versus #10 James Madison
Won East Regional Semifinal (64-51) versus #3 Ohio State
Lost East Regional Final (82-77) versus #4 Georgia
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 8 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 20, 1982 | REG | N | St. John's (NY) | Big East | L | 74 | 78 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Nov 27, 1982 | REG | N | Missouri | Big 8 | L | 60 | 64 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 3 | Tue, Nov 30, 1982 | REG | Tulane | Metro | W | 70 | 68 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 4, 1982 | REG | N | Louisiana State | SEC | W | 47 | 43 | 2 | 2 | W 2 | |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 11, 1982 | REG | N | Santa Clara | WCC | W | 79 | 56 | 3 | 2 | W 3 | |
| 6 | Fri, Dec 17, 1982 | REG | N | Tulsa | MVC | L | 74 | 84 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 18, 1982 | REG | N | Texas-Pan American | Ind | W | 106 | 50 | 4 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 8 | Tue, Dec 21, 1982 | REG | @ | Chattanooga | Southern | W | 73 | 66 | 5 | 3 | W 2 | |
| 9 | Tue, Dec 28, 1982 | REG | N | Texas Tech | SWC | W | 79 | 47 | 6 | 3 | W 3 | |
| 10 | Wed, Dec 29, 1982 | REG | N | Oklahoma | Big 8 | W | 77 | 69 | 7 | 3 | W 4 | |
| 11 | Thu, Dec 30, 1982 | REG | N | Missouri | Big 8 | W | 73 | 58 | 8 | 3 | W 5 | |
| 12 | Wed, Jan 5, 1983 | REG | N | Rutgers | A-10 | W | 86 | 69 | 9 | 3 | W 6 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 8, 1983 | REG | N | Syracuse | Big East | W | 87 | 64 | 10 | 3 | W 7 | |
| 14 | Wed, Jan 12, 1983 | REG | Maryland | ACC | W | 72 | 71 | 11 | 3 | W 8 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 15, 1983 | REG | @ | Virginia | ACC | W | 101 | 95 | 12 | 3 | W 9 | |
| 16 | Wed, Jan 19, 1983 | REG | North Carolina State | ACC | W | 99 | 81 | 13 | 3 | W 10 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Jan 22, 1983 | REG | Duke | ACC | W | 103 | 82 | 14 | 3 | W 11 | ||
| 18 | Mon, Jan 24, 1983 | REG | Georgia State | Ind | W | 99 | 55 | 15 | 3 | W 12 | ||
| 19 | Thu, Jan 27, 1983 | REG | @ | Wake Forest | ACC | W | 80 | 78 | 16 | 3 | W 13 | |
| 20 | Sat, Jan 29, 1983 | REG | N | Georgia Tech | ACC | W | 72 | 65 | 17 | 3 | W 14 | |
| 21 | Wed, Feb 2, 1983 | REG | @ | Clemson | ACC | W | 84 | 81 | 18 | 3 | W 15 | |
| 22 | Fri, Feb 4, 1983 | REG | N | Citadel | Southern | W | 81 | 36 | 19 | 3 | W 16 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 5, 1983 | REG | N | Furman | Southern | W | 78 | 43 | 20 | 3 | W 17 | |
| 24 | Thu, Feb 10, 1983 | REG | Virginia | ACC | W | 64 | 63 | 21 | 3 | W 18 | ||
| 25 | Sun, Feb 13, 1983 | REG | Villanova | Big East | L | 53 | 56 | 21 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 26 | Wed, Feb 16, 1983 | REG | @ | Maryland | ACC | L | 94 | 106 | 21 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 27 | Sat, Feb 19, 1983 | REG | @ | North Carolina State | ACC | L | 63 | 70 | 21 | 6 | L 3 | |
| 28 | Thu, Feb 24, 1983 | REG | Wake Forest | ACC | W | 100 | 85 | 22 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 29 | Sun, Feb 27, 1983 | REG | Clemson | ACC | W | 93 | 80 | 23 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 30 | Wed, Mar 2, 1983 | REG | @ | Georgia Tech | ACC | W | 85 | 73 | 24 | 6 | W 3 | |
| 31 | Sat, Mar 5, 1983 | REG | @ | Duke | ACC | W | 105 | 81 | 25 | 6 | W 4 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 32 | Fri, Mar 11, 1983 | CTOURN | N | Clemson | ACC | W | 105 | 79 | 26 | 6 | W 5 | |
| 33 | Sat, Mar 12, 1983 | CTOURN | N | North Carolina State | ACC | L | 84 | 91 | OT | 26 | 7 | L 1 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 34 | Sat, Mar 19, 1983 | NCAA | N | James Madison | ECACS | W | 68 | 49 | 27 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 35 | Fri, Mar 25, 1983 | NCAA | N | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 64 | 51 | 28 | 7 | W 2 | |
| 36 | Sun, Mar 27, 1983 | NCAA | N | Georgia | SEC | L | 77 | 82 | 28 | 8 | L 1 |