1981–82 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team explained

Sport:	Basketball
Year:	1981–82
Team:	Virginia Cavaliers
Conference:	Atlantic Coast Conference
Short Conf:	ACC
Coachrank:	3
Aprank:	3
Record:	30–4
Conf Record:	12–2
Hc Year:	8th
Ac1 Year:	6th
Ac2 Year:	3rd
Champion:	ACC regular season co–champions
Bowl Result:	Sweet Sixteen

The 1981–82 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented University of Virginia and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Virginia was the top seed in the Mideast region of the 48-team NCAA tournament, but was upset by two points in the Sweet Sixteen by the UAB Blazers, before a partisan crowd in

Roster

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Schedule

|-!colspan=9 style="background:#00214e; color:#f56d22;"| Regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#00214e; color:#f56d22;"| ACC Tournament|-!colspan=9 style="background:#00214e; color:#f56d22;"| NCAA Tournament

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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]

NBA draft

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
	4	77
	1	1
1983	3	68	Craig Robinson
	2	35

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Notes and References

1. Book: Morris, Ron . ACC Basketball: An Illustrated History . Chapel Hill, North Carolina . Four Corners Press . 306 . 1988.
2. Web site: 1982-83 Box Scores. VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. 18 May 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111851/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/va/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/1981-box-scores.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: About Us . 2009-04-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090107024610/http://www.ruppawards.com/index_files/Page356.htm . 2009-01-07 .
4. Web site: Naismith Awards - Naismith Trophy . 2009-03-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090302160347/http://www.naismithawards.com/History/NaismithTrophy/tabid/58/Default.aspx . 2009-03-02 .
5. Web site: The Oscar Robertson Trophy - Past Oscar Robertson Trophy Winners . 2008-06-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080611112656/http://www.oscarrobertsontrophy.org/content/view/14/17/ . 2008-06-11 .
6. Web site: Wooden Award - Athletics . 2009-04-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090413170924/http://woodenaward.cstv.com/ot/award-winners.html . 2009-04-13 . dead .
7. Web site: 1982 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com . 2009-04-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090731110805/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1982&lg=N . 2009-07-31 .