1981–82 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
1981–82 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
ACC Regular Season Co-Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Lost Third Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#3
AP	#3
1981–82 record	30–4 (12–2 ACC)
Head coach	Terry Holland (8th year)
Assistant coach	Craig Littlepage (6th year)
Assistant coach	Jim Larranaga (3rd year)
Home arena	University Hall
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The 1981–82 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented University of Virginia and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
F	4	Jim Miller	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Fr	Princeton, West Virginia
F	10	Craig Robinson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Jr	Montclair, New Jersey
G	11	Othell Wilson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	So	Woodbridge, Virginia
F/C	12	Dean Carpenter	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Sr	New Orleans
G	14	Ricky Stokes	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	—	So	Richmond, Virginia
G	21	Jim Runcie	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	Fr	Hyde Park, New York
G	24	Jeff Jones (C)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Sr	Owensboro, Kentucky
F	30	Kenton Edelin	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	So	Alexandria, Virginia
G	32	Doug Newburg	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Jr	McLean, Virginia
G	33	Kenny Johnson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	Fr	Baltimore
F	42	Peter MacBeth	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	Jr	Indialantic, Florida
G/F	45	Tim Mullen	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Fr	Ridgewood, New Jersey
F	51	Dan Merrifield	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Fr	Linwood, New Jersey
C	55	Ralph Sampson	7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)	—	Jr	Harrisonburg, Virginia

Head coach

Terry Holland (Davidson)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular season
Nov. 21*	#7	vs. BYU	W 63–61	1–0	Springfield Civic Center (8,808) Springfield, Massachusetts
Nov. 27*	#7	Fairfield	W 107–66	2–0	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Nov. 29*	#7	George Mason	W 76–57	3–0	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec. 2*	#5	Randolph–Macon	W 82–50	4–0	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec. 5*	#5	at VMI	W 76–49	5–0	Cameron Hall (4,460) Lexington, Virginia
Dec. 9	#5	Duke	W 92–83	6–0 (1–0)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Maryland
Dec. 19*	#5	at Chaminade	W 75–59	7–0 (1–0)	Neal S. Blaisdell Center (3,052) Laie, HI
Dec. 21*	#5	at BYU–Hawaii	W 118–84	8–0 (1–0)	Cannon Activities Center (1,739) Laie, HI
Dec. 29*	#3	vs. Richmond	W 74–43	9–0 (1–0)	Richmond Coliseum (10,716) Richmond, Virginia
Dec. 30*	#3	vs. James Madison	W 57–44	10–0 (1–0)	Richmond Coliseum (10,716) Richmond, Virginia
Jan. 2*	#3	James Madison	W 73–65	11–0 (1–0)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 6*	#2	Notre Dame	W 87–54	12–0 (1–0)	Capital Centre (17,422) Landover, Maryland
Jan. 9	#2	at #1 North Carolina	L 60–65	12–1 (1–1)	Carmichael Arena (10,000) Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jan. 12	#3	Maryland	W 45–40 ^OT	13–1 (2–1)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 14*	#3	Wagner	W 99–67	14–1 (2–1)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Georgia
Jan. 16	#3	Georgia Tech	W 79–60	15–1 (3–1)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 17	#3	Clemson	W 89–68	16–1 (4–1)	University Hall (5,000) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 20*	#3	at George Washington	W 80–54	17–1 (4–1)	Charles E. Smith Center (5,000) Washington, D.C.
Jan. 24*	#3	at #17 Louisville	W 74–56	18–1 (4–1)	Freedom Hall (16,613) Louisville, Kentucky
Jan. 27	#3	at #18 Wake Forest	W 69–66	19–1 (5–1)	Greensboro Coliseum (15,867) Greensboro, North Carolina
Jan. 30	#3	at Duke	W 77–65	20–1 (6–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (8,564) Durham, North Carolina
Feb. 3	#3	#2 North Carolina	W 74–58	21–1 (7–1)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 6*	#3	vs. Virginia Tech	W 80–66	22–1 (7–1)	Roanoke Civic Center (10,056) Roanoke, Virginia
Feb. 10	#1	at NC State	W 39–36	23–1 (8–1)	Reynolds Coliseum (12,400) Raleigh, North Carolina
Feb. 13	#1	at Clemson	W 56–54	24–1 (9–1)	Littlejohn Coliseum (11,000) Clemson, South Carolina
Feb. 15	#1	at Georgia Tech	W 56–52	25–1 (10–1)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (6,939) Atlanta
Feb. 20	#1	NC State	W 45–40	26–1 (11–1)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville,
Feb. 24	#1	#18 Wake Forest	W 84–66	27–1 (12–1)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville,
Feb. 27	#1	at Maryland	L 46–47 ^OT	27–2 (12–2)	Cole Field House (14,500) College Park, Maryland
ACC Tournament
Mar. 5	#3	vs. Clemson ACC Quarterfinals	W 56–54	28–2	Greensboro Coliseum (15,875) Greensboro, North Carolina
Mar. 6	#3	vs. #16 Wake Forest ACC Semifinals	W 51–49	29–2	Greensboro Coliseum (16,034) Greensboro, North Carolina
Mar. 7	#3	vs. #1 North Carolina ACC Championship	L 45–47	29–3	Greensboro Coliseum (16,034) Greensboro, North Carolina
NCAA Tournament
Mar. 14	#3	vs. Tennessee NCAA First Round	W 54–51	30–3	Market Square Arena Indianapolis
Mar. 18	#3	vs. #17 UAB NCAA Second Round	L 66–68	30–4	Birmingham–Jefferson Civic Center (16,754) Birmingham, Alabama
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Awards and honors

Ralph Sampson, Adolph Rupp Trophy^[3]
Ralph Sampson, Naismith College Player of the Year ^[4]
Ralph Sampson, USBWA College Player of the Year^[5]
Ralph Sampson, John R. Wooden Award^[6]

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
4	77	Jeff Jones	Indiana Pacers

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References

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[6] ttp://woodenaward.cstv.com/ot/award-winners.html

[7] ttp://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1982

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