1983 Miller High Life 500, Race report
Tim Richmond acquired the pole position with a top speed of 163.073 miles per hour (262.441 km/h) in qualifying while the average race speed was 139.998 miles per hour (225.305 km/h). Richmond led 99 laps in the race and finished in fifth-place. The race developed a sudden and chaotic turn of events on lap 184, Darrell Waltrip managed to keep the lead for an entire lap on a field of speedy drivers before being overtaken by Bill Elliott in time for lap 185.


1983 Miller High Life 500, Race report
J.D. McDuffie would fail to qualify for this race along with Laurent Rioux (#38), Bosco Lowe, Randy Baker and Travis Tiller.


1983 Miller High Life 500, Race report
On the day of the race, 0.11 inches of precipitation were recorded around the speedway.


1983 Miller High Life 500, Race report
Following the last caution flag and pit stops of the race, Darrell Waltrip, driving Junior Johnson's #11 Chevy led the race over Tim Richmond in the #27 Raymond Beadle Pontiac after the restart with 23 laps to go. Richard Petty was in third place. With less than ten laps to go Waltrip's car noticeably slowed and appeared to wiggle slightly exiting turn two and allowed Petty to duck below for the lead and race win. Cale Yarborough in the #28 Ranier Racing Chevy was two laps down and also passed Waltrip and was on Petty's rear bumper when the checkered flag fell. The race highlights are available to view on YouTube. No direct link is allowed.


1983 Miller High Life 500, Race report
During victory lane celebrations a NASCAR official noticed that Petty's race car had left side tires mounted on the right side of the car, which was a violation of the rules. NASCAR sent Petty's Pontiac into the enclosed Union 76 garage inspection area for a complete engine teardown and detailed inspection.


1983 Miller High Life 500, Race report
After a four-hour inspection of the Petty Enterprises race car, NASCAR determined the engine in Petty's car was over the limit in cubic inches as specified in the rule book. The Petty team was penalized 104 points and fined $35,000. for the rule violations involving the tires and engine. The engine was determined to be 381.983 cubic inches (6,259.58 cc), well over the specifications in the NASCAR rulebook for 1983 which stipulated a maximum of 358 cubic inches (5,870 cc).


1983 Miller High Life 500, Race report
Petty co-crew chiefs, Robin Pemberton and Larry Pollard, stated that during the last pit stop of the race they put softer compound bias-ply tires designed for the left side of the cars on the right side of Petty's race car. The softer left side tires provided more traction when attached to the right side of a stock car and worked best when used during cool cloudy weather days which prevents the softer tires from quickly wearing out if mounted on the right side of the cars.


1983 Miller High Life 500, Race report
NASCAR allowed the win to stand because the second place car of Waltrip was quickly removed from the track in the team hauler rig after the race ended and could not be inspected to determine if it was legal or not. NASCAR stated that they wanted fans to leave the track knowing who won the race.


1983 Miller High Life 500, Race report
Ironically, ten years earlier at this race the winning Chevy of Cale Yarborough (owned by Junior Johnson) and Richard Petty's second place Dodge were both submitted to long inspections after the race for allegedly having oversized engines. NASCAR admitted in the days after the 1973 race controversy that their pre-race inspection system needed to be improved.


1983 Miller High Life 500, Race report
This was the 198th race win in Petty's career. The total amount of prize money offered to all NASCAR Winston Cup Series drivers for this race was a then-incredible $352,430. and was one of the top paying races of the 1983 season.


1983 Milwaukee Brewers season
The 1983 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers finishing 5th in the American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses.


1983 Milwaukee Brewers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1983 Milwaukee Brewers season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1983 Milwaukee Brewers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1983 Milwaukee Brewers season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1983 Milwaukee Brewers season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1983 Milwaukee Brewers season, Farm system
The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1983. The Paintsville Brewers won the Appalachian League championship.


1983 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The 1983 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth and final year under head coach Joe Salem, the Golden Gophers compiled a 1–10 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 518 to 181.


1983 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Offensive tackle Randy Rasmussen received the team's Most Valuable Player award, while tight end Jay Carroll was named offensive MVP, and linebacker Peter Najarian was named the defensive MVP. Najarian was named All-Big Ten second team. Najarian and split end Fred Hartwig were named Academic All-Big Ten.


1983 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Total attendance for the season was 243,674, which averaged to 48,734. The season high for attendance was against Wisconsin, although the game against Nebraska drew only two people less.


1983 Minnesota Twins season
The 1983 Minnesota Twins finished 70–92, fifth in the AL West. 858,939 fans attended Twins games, the third-lowest total in the American League.


1983 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season
Only one Twins player made the All-Star Game, outfielder Gary Ward.


1983 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Pitching
Starter Ken Schrom was 15-8. Reliever Ron Davis had 30 saves.


1983 Minnesota Twins season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


1983 Minnesota Vikings season
The 1983 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 23rd in the National Football League, and the 17th under head coach Bud Grant. After starting 6-2, the Vikings lost six of seven, including an embarrassing home setback to the 0-9 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, to be eliminated from playoff contention with one week to play.


1983 Minnesota Vikings season
Even with the loss to Tampa Bay, Minnesota would have won the NFC Central Division championship if not for a 13-2 loss in week 14 to the Detroit Lions on Monday Night Football.


1983 Minnesota Vikings season
The team finished  8–8 record and failed to reach the playoffs for the third time in five seasons. At the end of the season, Grant retired as head coach, although he returned for a final season in 1985.


1983 Minnesota Vikings season, Regular season, Schedule
Against the Detroit Lions in Week 14, the Vikings became the 35th team in NFL history and only the fifth since the 1970 NFL/AFL merger, to score just a safety in a game. This has happened only three times since: by the 1993 Cincinnati Bengals, the 2011 Atlanta Falcons, and the 2013 Jacksonville Jaguars.


1983 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team
The 1983 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. With a 45–26 win over LSU, Bulldog quarterback John Bond became the first and only quarterback to register four wins over LSU.


1983 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Mississippi State
"The Immaculate Deflection" - Artie Crosby missed a 27-yard field goal attempt with 24 seconds left when 40 mile-per-hour winds knocked down the football before it could pass the crossbar.


1983 Mississippi gubernatorial election
The 1983 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1983, in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Democrat William Winter was term-limited, and could not run for reelection to a second term. As of 2021, this is the last time Hinds County voted for the Republican candidate.


1983 Mississippi gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
No candidate received a majority in the Democratic primary, so a runoff was held between the top two candidates. The runoff election was won by Attorney General William Allain, who defeated former Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Gandy.


1983 Mississippi gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
In the campaign, the private detective Rex Armistead, formerly with the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, helped to spread rumors that Allain had sexual intercourse with two African-American male transvestites. Allain denied the charges. The transvestites went on the record with a lie detector but in 1984, after the election had been held, they claimed that they had never met Allain and had been paid for their testimony. Bramlett lost the general election, 288,764 (38.9 percent) to Allain's 409,209 (55.1 percent). Charles Evers, the African American civil rights activist from Fayette, ran as an Independent and polled 30,593 (4.1 percent). Carmichael ran in 1983 for lieutenant governor against the incumbent Democrat Brad Dye, who prevailed with 464,080 votes (64.3 percent) to Carmichael's 257,623 (35.7 percent). Bramlett hence outpolled Carmichael by just over 31,000 votes when both were on the ballot as ticket mates.


1983 Missouri Tigers football team
The 1983 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Eight Conference (Big 8) during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team compiled a 7–5 record (5–2 against Big 8 opponents), finished in a tie for second place in the Big 8, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 292 to 202. Warren Powers was the head coach for the sixth of seven seasons. The team played its home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri.


1983 Missouri Tigers football team
The team's statistical leaders included Eric Drain with 685 rushing yards, Marlon Adler with 1,603 passing yards, and George Shorthose with 483 receiving yards.


1983 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1983 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was after the conclusion of the 1982–1983 regular season. The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds were played on campus sites, with the final contested at Horton Field House on the campus of Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois.


1983 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Illinois State Redbirds defeated the Tulsa Golden Hurricane in the championship game, 84-64, and as a result won their first MVC Tournament title and earned an automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Tournament.


1983 Molde FK season
The 1983 season was Molde's 21st season in the second tier of Norwegian football and their first since their relegation from 1. divisjon in 1982. This season Molde competed in 2. divisjon group B and the Norwegian Cup.


1983 Molde FK season
In the league, Molde finished group B in 1st position, 5 points ahead of runners-up Strindheim.


1983 Molde FK season
Molde participated in the 1983 Norwegian Cup. They were knocked out by Kristiansund in the Second Round. The team lost 1–2 away at Kristiansund and were eliminated from the competition.


1983 Molde FK season, Squad
Source:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1983 Monaco Grand Prix
The 1983 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 15 May 1983. It was the fifth race of the 1983 Formula One World Championship. The 76-lap race was won by Finnish driver Keke Rosberg, driving a Williams-Ford, with Brazilian Nelson Piquet second in a Brabham-BMW and Frenchman Alain Prost third in a Renault.


1983 Monaco Grand Prix
Thirty years later, Rosberg's son Nico won the 2013 race, making them the first father and son to win in the principality.


1983 Monegasque general election
General elections were held in Monaco on 9 January 1983. The result was a victory for the National and Democratic Union, which won all 18 seats in the National Council.


1983 Monegasque municipal elections
The 1983 Monegasque municipal elections were held on 8 February to elect the 15 members of the Communal Council of Monaco.


1983 Monegasque municipal elections, Electoral system
The 15 councillors were elected for a four-year period in a single multi-member constituency using plurality-at-large voting with a two-round system. A majority of the votes was required to be elected. The second round would have been held one week after the first round. The Mayor of Monaco was elected by the councillors after the election. Candidates were required to be at least 21 years old and to have the Monegasque nationality for at least 5 years.


1983 Mongolian National Championship
The 1983 Mongolian National Championship was the nineteenth recorded edition of the Mongolian National Championship for football, with the first tournament taking place in 1955 and no tournament held in 1965 or apparently in 1977. It would appear however that championships were contested between 1956 and 1963, as sources note that a team called Aldar, the Mongolian Army Sports Club, won the title on numerous occasions during that time. Nonetheless, the 1982 national championship was won by Hilchin, a team from the association of Jadambaa (and also romanised Ajilchin) their first and, as of 2016, only national title. However, Hilchin did win the first five Spartakiads in Mongolia, football competitions held at the people's revolution anniversary festivals, with sources stating that following this either they got to keep the trophy in perpetuity or that the competition was named after them.


1983 Montana Grizzlies football team
The 1983 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky). The Grizzlies were led by fourth-year head coach Larry Donovan, played their home games at Dornblaser Field and finished the season with a record of four wins and six losses (4–6, 3–4 Big Sky).


1983 Montana Grizzlies football team
Prior to the season, quarterback Marty Mornhinweg and fullback Joe Klucewich were suspended for academic infractions.


1983 Montana State Bobcats football team
The 1983 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their first season under head coach Dave Arnold, the Bobcats compiled a 1–10 record (1–6 against Big Sky opponents) and finished last in the Big Sky.


1983 Monte Carlo Open
The 1983 Monte Carlo Open (also known as the Jacomo Monte Carlo Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France that was part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix. The tournament was held from 28 March through 3 April 1983. Fifth-seeded Mats Wilander won the singles title.


1983 Monte Carlo Open, Finals, Doubles
Heinz Günthardt /  Balázs Taróczy defeated  Henri Leconte /  Yannick Noah, 6–2, 6–4


1983 Monterrey Cup
The 1983 Monterrey Cup, also known as the Copa Monterrey, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Monterrey, Mexico. The event was part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix circuit. It was the fifth and last edition of the tournament and was held from February 28 through March 6, 1983. First-seeded Sammy Giammalva won the singles title.


1983 Monterrey Cup, Finals, Doubles
Nduka Odizor /  David Dowlen defeated  Andy Andrews /  John Sadri 3–6, 6–3, 6–4


1983 Montreal Concordes season
The 1983 Montreal Concordes finished the season in 4th place in the East Division with a 5–10–1 record and missed the playoffs.


1983 Montreal Expos season
The 1983 Montreal Expos season was the 15th season in franchise history. They finished 82-80, 8 games back of the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL East. At the end of the season, the Expos had managed the best cumulative winning percentage in the National League from 1979 to 1983.


1983 Montreal Expos season, Spring training
The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida – a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their seventh season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.


1983 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1983 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1983 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1983 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1983 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1983 Montserratian general election
General elections were held in Montserrat in February 1983. The result was a victory for the People's Liberation Movement (PLM), which won five of the seven seats in the Legislative Council. PLM leader John Osborne remained Chief Minister.


1983 Montserratian general election, Campaign
A total of 22 candidates contested the elections; the PLM and the Progressive Democratic Party both nominated seven, the United National Front nominated four, with the other four candidates running as independents, three of which contested the Northern constituency.


1983 Moreton by-election
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Moreton on 5 November 1983. This was triggered by the resignation of Liberal Party MP James Killen.


1983 Mr. Olympia
The 1983 Mr. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition held on September 24, 1983, at the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany.


1983 Ms. Olympia
The 1982 Ms. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition was held on October 22, 1983, in Warminster, Pennsylvania. It was the 4th Ms. Olympia competition held.


1983 Munich WCT
The 1983 Munich WCT was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Munich, West Germany. The tournament was part of the 1983 World Championship Tennis circuit. It was the fifth and final edition of the event and was held from 14 March until 20 March 1983. Unseeded Brian Teacher won the singles title.


1983 Munich WCT, Finals, Doubles
Kevin Curren /  Steve Denton defeated  Heinz Günthardt /  Balázs Taróczy 7–5, 2–6, 6–1


1983 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 1983 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final was a hurling match played on Sunday 10 July at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick. It was contested by Cork and Waterford. Cork captained by Jimmy Barry-Murphy claimed the title beating Waterford on a scoreline of 3-22 to 0-12.


1983 Murcian regional election
The 1983 Murcian regional election was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 1st Regional Assembly of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia. All 43 seats in the Regional Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


1983 Murcian regional election
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) won the election with a landslide victory, securing an absolute majority in both seats and votes. The People's Coalition, an electoral alliance led by the right-wing People's Alliance (AP) and including the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Union (UL), became the second political force, whereas the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) entered the Assembly with 1 seat.


1983 Murcian regional election
Despite initial expectations and high opinion poll results, as well as a strong performance in the Campo de Cartagena area with over 12%, the Cantonal Party (PCAN) remained an extra-parliamentary political force due to it failing to reach the 5% regional threshold. The former ruling party of Spain, the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD), had chosen to dissolve itself in February 1983 and did not contest the election as a result.


1983 Murcian regional election
As a result of the election, PSOE candidate Andrés Hernández Ros, who had led the pre-autonomic regional government since 1979, renewed his post as president of the Region of Murcia. His hold in power weakened over political disagreements with his own party throughout the ensuing months, he would resign in March 1984 after a scandal erupted amid accusations of attempted bribery of two journalists from the La Verdad newspaper, being succeeded as president by Carlos Collado.


1983 Murcian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Regional Assembly of Murcia was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Murcia, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Murcian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.


1983 Murcian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Transitory Provision First of the Statute established a specific electoral procedure for the first election to the Regional Assembly of Murcia, to be supplemented by the provisions within Royal Decree-Law 20/1977, of 18 March, and its related regulations. Voting for the Regional Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Region of Murcia and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 43 members of the Regional Assembly of Murcia were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. Seats were allocated to constituencies, which were established by law as follows:


1983 Murcian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 7 for District One, 10 for District Two, 19 for District Three, 4 for District Four and 3 for District Five.


1983 Murcian regional election, Overview, Election date
The Council of Government of the Region, in agreement with the Government of Spain, was required to call an election to the Regional Assembly of Murcia within from 1 February to 31 May 1983. On 7 March 1983, it was confirmed that the first election to the Regional Assembly of Murcia would be held on Sunday, 8 May, together with regional elections for twelve other autonomous communities as well as nationwide local elections, with the election decree being published in the Official Gazette of the Region of Murcia (BORM) on 10 March.


1983 Murcian regional election, Background
Autonomy for the Region of Murcia had its groots in the "Floridablanca Pact" of 29 January 1978, when both the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) and the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) had agreed for the establishment of a "Working Body" made up of 18 members from the political parties in the region with representation in the Cortes Generales to draft a pre-autonomy statute; within days, a plenary of parliamentarians was established. Negotiations with the Spanish government ensued, resulting in a pre-autonomic regime for the region being granted in October 1978.


1983 Murcian regional election, Background
The first regional government was formed by members from both the UCD and PSOE, with UCD's Antonio Pérez Crespo at its helm. The election victories of the PSOE at the 1979 general and local elections brought about a change in the parliamentary composition of the regional council, with Socialist Andrés Hernández Ros becoming new regional president on 5 May 1979.


1983 Murcian regional election, Background
The approval of the regional Statute of Autonomy for the Region of Murcia was subject to the "slow-track" procedure set down under Article 143 of the Constitution, with the support of both UCD and PSOE. The regional government formally applied for autonomy under the Article 143 procedure on 14 June 1980, with local councils in the region joining the initiative shortly thereafter.


1983 Murcian regional election, Background
A process ensued throughout the ensuing months in which a statute bill was drafted and subsequently approved on 23 March 1981, to be sent to the Cortes Generales for its final ratification, delayed until June 1982 as a result of amendments being introduced by both the Congress of Deputies and the Senate. Concurrently, the UCD and PSOE negotiated the abolition of the Provincial Council and its absortion into the newly-established autonomous community, but attempts for a national unity government to make up the first autonomic government failed, with the PSOE leading a single-party government instead. Hernández Ros and Carlos Collado were elected in July 1982 as the regional president and the Regional Assembly's speaker, respectively, to remain in the posts until the first regional election was held.


1983 Murcian regional election, Parties and candidates
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within fifteen days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one-thousandth of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election—with a compulsory minimum of 500 signatures—disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.


1983 Murcian regional election, Parties and candidates
Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:


1983 Murcian regional election, Parties and candidates
The electoral disaster of the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) in the October 1982 general election and the outcome of its extraordinary congress held in December, in which the party's leadership chose to transform the UCD into a christian democratic political force, brought the party to a process of virtual disintegration as many of its remaining members either switched party allegiances, split into new, independent candidacies or left politics altogether.


1983 Murcian regional election, Parties and candidates
Subsequent attempts to seek electoral allies ahead of the incoming 1983 local and regional elections, mainly the conservative People's Alliance (AP) and the christian democratic People's Democratic Party (PDP), had limited success due to concerns from both AP and UCD over such an alliance policy: AP strongly rejected any agreement that implied any sort of global coalition with UCD due to the party's ongoing decomposition, and prospects about a possible PDP–UCD merger did not come into fruition because of the latter's reluctance to dilute its brand within another party. By the time the UCD's executive had voted for the liquidation of the party's mounting debts and its subsequent dissolution on 18 February 1983, electoral alliances with the AP–PDP coalition had only been agreed in some provinces of the Basque Country and Galicia.


1983 Murcian regional election, Parties and candidates
Together with AP, the PDP had agreed to maintain their general election alliance—now rebranded as the People's Coalition—for the May local and regional elections, with the inclusion of the Liberal Union (UL), a political party created in January 1983 out of independents from the AP–PDP coalition in an attempt to appeal to former UCD liberal voters. The Coalition had seen its numbers soar from late February as a result of many former members from the UCD's christian democratic wing joining the PDP.


1983 Murcian regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 22 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Regional Assembly of Murcia.


1983 Murcian regional election, Aftermath, Government formation
Under Article 31 of the Statute, investiture processes to elect the president of the Region of Murcia required of an absolute majority—more than half the votes cast—to be obtained in the first ballot. If unsuccessful, new ballots would be held within 48-hour periods requiring only of a simple majority—more affirmative than negative votes—to succeed. In the event of the investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Cortes were to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.


1983 Murcian regional election, Aftermath, 1984 political crisis
In February 1984, the regional government came under criticism from the opposition and other various organizations because of a decision to increase the salary of its members by up to 17%, dubbed "an insult to the working class".


1983 Murcian regional election, Aftermath, 1984 political crisis
While the increase would be later amended by the Socialist group in the Regional Assembly, the resignation in 27 February of the regional Economy and Finance minister, José Molina, because of "interference in the management of [his] department" from the regional president Andrés Hernandez Ros, resulted in the President attempting a reshuffle of his whole cabinet amid calls for his resignation from the General Union of Workers (UGT). The issue turned into a major political scandal after the unveiling of an attempted bribery of two journalists from the La Verdad newspaper in exchange for stopping an alleged smear campaign against the regional government.


1983 Murcian regional election, Aftermath, 1984 political crisis
As a result of the scandal, President Hernandez Ros announced his resignation on 4 March 1984, effective from 9 March. The crisis had aggravated the situation of internal infighting within the regional PSOE over disagreements with Hernández Ros's economic policy, said to invest in "high-risk" enterprises that exceeded the regional government's financial capacities, as well as his perceived confrontational style of governing. The party proposed the incumbent speaker of the Regional Assembly, Carlos Collado, to succeed Hernández Ros in the post of regional president, seeking to enforce a more austere economic approach. The political crisis in Murcia was the third in a row within a month for the government of an autonomous community, following Andalusia and Cantabria, with a crisis in the Basque Country later in the year resulting in a total of four regional presidents having tendered their resignations throughout 1984.


1983 Murjani Cup
The 1983 Murjani Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Palm Beach, Florida in the United States that was part of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The tournament was held from January 30 through February 6, 1983. Chris Evert-Lloyd won the singles title.


1983 Murjani Cup, Finals, Doubles
Barbara Potter /  Sharon Walsh defeated  Kathy Jordan /  Paula Smith 6–4, 4–6, 6–2


1983 Murjani Cup – Doubles
Kathy Jordan and Paula Smith were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 against Barbara Potter and Sharon Walsh.


1983 Murjani Cup – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1983 Murjani Cup – Singles
Chris Evert-Lloyd was the defending champion and won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Andrea Jaeger.


1983 Murjani Cup – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1983 Murjani WTA Championships
The 1983 Murjani WTA Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Amelia Island Plantation on Amelia Island, Florida in the United States that was part of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from April 11 through April 17, 1983.


1983 Murjani WTA Championships, Finals, Doubles
Rosalyn Fairbank /  Candy Reynolds defeated  Hana Mandlíková /  Virginia Ruzici 6–4, 6–2


1983 Murjani WTA Championships – Doubles
Leslie Allen and Mima Jaušovec were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Allen with Chris Evert-Lloyd and Jaušovec with Betsy Nagelsen.


1983 Murjani WTA Championships – Doubles
Jaušovec and Nagelsen lost in the quarterfinals to Hana Mandlíková and Virginia Ruzici.


1983 Murjani WTA Championships – Doubles
Allen and Evert-Lloyd lost in the semifinals to Mandlíková and Ruzici.


1983 Murjani WTA Championships – Doubles
Rosalyn Fairbank and Candy Reynolds won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Mandlíková and Ruzici.


1983 Murjani WTA Championships – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1983 Murjani WTA Championships – Singles
Chris Evert-Lloyd was the defending champion and won in the final 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 against Carling Bassett.


1983 Murjani WTA Championships – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1983 NAIA Division I football season
The 1983 NAIA Division I football season was the 28th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 14th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.


1983 NAIA Division I football season
The season was played from August to November 1983 and culminated in the 1983 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 17, 1983 at Ralph Stocker Stadium in Grand Junction, Colorado on the campus of Mesa College (now Colorado Mesa).


1983 NAIA Division I football season
Carson–Newman defeated Mesa in the Champion Bowl, 36–28, to win their first NAIA national title.


1983 NAIA Division II football season
The 1983 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1983 college football season in the United States and the 28th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 14th season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.


1983 NAIA Division II football season
The season was played from August to November 1983 and culminated in the 1983 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at the Lincoln Bowl near the campus of Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington.


1983 NAIA Division II football season
Northwestern (IA) defeated Pacific Lutheran in the championship game, 25–21, to win their second NAIA national title (and first since 1973).


1983 NAIA Ice Hockey Championship
The 1983 NAIA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament involved four schools playing in single-elimination bracket to determine the national champion of men's NAIA college ice hockey. The 1983 tournament was the 16th men's ice hockey tournament to be sponsored by the NAIA. The tournament began on February 25, 1983 and ended with the championship game on February 25, 1983.


1983 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1983 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 46th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.


1983 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament, 1983 NAIA bracket, 3rd place game
The third place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was discontinued after 1988.


1983 NAIA World Series
The 1983 NAIA World Series was a double-elimination tournament to determine the baseball champion of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The tournament was held at Chaparral Stadium on the campus of Lubbock Christian College in Lubbock, Texas from May 30 through June 6. The Lubbock Christian Chaparrals won the tournament, the team's first NAIA baseball championship.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series
The 1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series began on February 19 and ended on October 30. Sam Ard won the championship at season's end.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Goody's 300
The Goody's 300 was held February 19 at Daytona International Speedway. Sam Ard won the pole.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Eastern 150
The Eastern 150 was held February 26 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Coca-Cola 200
The Coca-Cola 200 was held March 5 at North Carolina Motor Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Mello Yello 200
The Mello Yello 200 was held March 13 at Hickory Motor Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Miller Time 250
The Miller Time 250 was held March 20 at Martinsville Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Holly Farms Fried Chicken 3-99
The Holly Farms Fried Chicken 3-99 was held April 3 at North Wilkesboro Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, WDVA 200
The WDVA 200 was held April 16 at South Boston Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Coca-Cola 200
The Coca-Cola 200 was held April 30 at Greenville-Pickens Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Hampton Chevrolet 250
The Hampton Chevrolet 250 was held May 7 at Langley Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Late Model Sportsman 200
The Sportsman 200 was held May 14 at Dover Downs International Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Southeastern 150
The Southeastern 150 was held May 21 at Bristol Motor Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Charlotte Mello Yello 300
The Charlotte Mello Yello 300 was held May 28 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Charlotte Mello Yello 300
Earnhardt's win was the first NASCAR national series win for Rick Hendrick, a season before founding All Star Racing, now Hendrick Motorsports.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Busch 200
The Busch 200 was held June 4 at South Boston Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Shoney's 200
The Shoney's 200 was held June 11 at Hickory Motor Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, L. D. Swain & Son 200
The L. D. Swain & Son 200 was held June 18 at Orange County Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Rose's Stores 200
The Rose's Stores 200 was held June 25 at South Boston Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Mason Day Paving 200
The Mason Day Paving 200 was held July 2 at Orange County Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Goody's Invitational 200
The Goody's Invitational 200 was held July 6 at Caraway Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Mello Yello 200
The Mello Yello 200 was held July 9 at Orange County Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Coca-Cola 200
The Coca-Cola 200 was held July 23 at South Boston Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Goody's 200
The Goody's 200 was held July 30 at Hickory Motor Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Virginia 200
The Virginia 200 was held August 6 at Langley Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Kroger NASCAR 200
The Kroger NASCAR 200 was held August 13 at Indianapolis Raceway Park.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Dapco Auto Parts 200
The Dapco Auto Parts 200 was held August 20 at Greenville-Pickens Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Free Service Tire Stores 150
The Free Service Tire Stores 150 was held August 26 at Bristol Motor Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Bobby Isaac Memorial 200
The Bobby Isaac Memorial 200 was held September 3 at Hickory Motor Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Darlington 250
The Darlington 250 was held September 4 at Darlington Raceway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Darlington 250
NOTE:  This race was run on Sunday;  under South Carolina Blue Laws, the distance was 250 miles to comply with the ban on Sunday racing unless the race distance was 250 miles or greater.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Miller Time 150
The Miller Time 150 was held September 10 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Coca-Cola 400
The Coca-Cola 400 was held September 11 at North Wilkesboro Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Miller High Life Invitational 300
The Miller High Life Invitational 300 was held September 17 at South Boston Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Autumn 150
The Autumn 150 was held September 24 at Martinsville Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Soloman Enterprises 200
The Soloman Enterprises 200 was held October 1 at Orange County Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Miller Time 300
The Miller Time 300 was held October 8 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Benny Yount Chrysler-Plymouth 200
The Benny Yount Chrysler-Plymouth 200 was held October 16 at Hickory Motor Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series, Races, Cardinal 250
The Cardinal 250 was held October 30 at Martinsville Speedway.


1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series is the 35th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 12th modern-era Cup series season. The season began on Sunday, February 20 and ended on Sunday, November 20. Bobby Allison was Winston Cup champion at the end of the season finishing 47 points ahead of Darrell Waltrip.


1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Season Results and Standings, Winston Cup Final Standings
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or 1982 Owner's points. * – Most laps led.


1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Rookie of the year
Sterling Marlin was named NASCAR Rookie of the Year. He beat Trevor Boys, Bobby Hillin Jr., Ronnie Hopkins, and Ken Ragan for the award. Of the drivers that competed for the award, only Marlin ran all 30 races. The closest a driver got to competing in all 30 races was Trevor Boys competing in 23 races (skipped rounds 1-6, and 8).


1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer
The 1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer was an indoor soccer tournament staged by four franchises of the North American Soccer League.


1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer, Overview
The NASL franchises from Fort Lauderdale, Tampa Bay, Montreal, and Tulsa opted to play the Grand Prix in early 1983 as a makeshift indoor season, because for various reasons, the eight other NASL clubs had chosen to forego playing a full 1982–83 NASL indoor season. Three of those eight teams (Chicago, Golden Bay and San Diego) had joined the Major Indoor Soccer League for 1982-83 season, while the remaining five squads chose to sit out winter indoor play completely.


1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer, Overview
The tournament consisted of three weeks of double round-robin play for the purpose of seeding, followed by a Championship weekend at the Forum in Montreal. Fort Lauderdale did not host a round because there was no suitable venue in the area that also met the minimum seating requirements. Instead, Tulsa hosted Rounds 1 and 3. The tournament would mark the third time NASL teams played in such an event, with the first two coming in 1975 and 1976. Additionally the teams participated in a season-long Shootout Challenge competition, the champions of which would split a $5,000 purse.


1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer, Overview
Montreal and Tampa Bay finished tied on both points and record after the preliminary rounds, but Montreal held the head-to-head tie-breaker, and with it the top seed. Tampa Bay won the championship final 5–4 on a golden goal by Mark Karpun at 1:58 of the second, seven and a half minute, overtime period. This victory marked the Rowdies' third indoor trophy and fourth title overall in the NASL.


1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer, Overview
Laurie Abrahams of Tulsa led all scorers (12 goals, 6 assists) and was named the offensive MVP, while Montreal goalie Mehdi Cerbah who posted a 4.36 goals-against-average was the defensive MVP of the tournament. Tampa Bay also won the $5,000 Shootout Challenge purse by defeating Ft. Lauderdale, 2–0, with Rowdies goalie Jürgen Stars stopping all three Strikers shots in the final round.


1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer, Preliminary rounds, Seeding
G = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, GD = Goal Differential, PTS= point system


1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer, Preliminary rounds, Seeding
6 points awarded for a win. Beginning with the fourth goal, 1 bonus point awarded for each goal scored. Maximum of 5 bonus points per game.


1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer, Preliminary rounds, Seeding
*Montreal wins top seed based on 2–0 head-to-head edge over Tampa Bay


1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer, Grand Prix Championship rounds, Third place match
played at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec (1:30 PM EST)


1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer, Final rankings
G = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, GD = Goal Differential


1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer, Non-grand prix matches
In addition to the Grand Prix tournament, the four teams took part in other indoor matches as tune-ups for both the outdoor season and the Grand Prix itself.


1983 NBA All-Star Game
The 33rd National Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on February 13, 1983, at The Forum in Inglewood, California. The Eastern Conference defeated the Western Conference, 132–123. The Most Valuable Player was Julius Erving. Billy Cunningham coached the Eastern Conference team. Pat Riley coached the Western Conference team. Both would be the coaches at the following summer's NBA Finals.


1983 NBA All-Star Game
The game was most notable for Marvin Gaye singing a soulful, drum machine-accompanied version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" before the game. This rendition gained newfound fame in 2008 when Nike used it in a video promoting the United States men's national basketball team. The colors were by the Edwards Air Force Base color guard, carrying the American, California, and Air Force flags.


1983 NBA Finals
The 1983 NBA World Championship Series, also known as Showdown '83, was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1982–83 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs. It was the last NBA Championship Series completed before June 1. The Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 0. 76ers center Moses Malone was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP). This, along with the 1989 NBA Finals, were the only two NBA championships of the 1980s not to be won by either the Lakers or the Boston Celtics. Coincidentally, the Lakers were also swept in the 1989 NBA Finals, that time by the Detroit Pistons.


1983 NBA Finals, Background, Philadelphia 76ers
The 76ers lost their first two Finals meetings with the Lakers in 1980 and 1982. While Julius Erving played superbly in both series, their frontcourt of Darryl Dawkins, Caldwell Jones, and Bobby Jones couldn't neutralize Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. So in the off-season, the 76ers acquired Moses Malone from the Houston Rockets in an effort to counter Abdul-Jabbar, in addition to providing some offense and rebounding to the team. They parted ways with Caldwell Jones, Dawkins, and Lionel Hollins before the season, while giving greater responsibility to high-scoring guard Andrew Toney and backup playmaker Clint Richardson, and adding forwards Clemon Johnson and rookie Marc Iavaroni.


1983 NBA Finals, Background, Philadelphia 76ers
Malone's acquisition paid dividends, as the 76ers won 65 games in the 1982–83 NBA season. Prior to the playoffs, Malone predicted the team would win in four games in each of the three rounds, ending it with the statement Fo, Fo, Fo. The 76ers would steamroll through the playoffs, sweeping the New York Knicks 4–0 in the conference semifinals, before overcoming the Milwaukee Bucks in five games


1983 NBA Finals, Background, Los Angeles Lakers
The Lakers earned the top pick of the 1982 NBA draft, becoming the only defending champion to earn the top overall pick in the same season. This was because Cleveland Cavaliers owner Ted Stepien traded their first round pick and Butch Lee to the Lakers for Don Ford and draft pick Chad Kinch three years earlier. Because the Cavaliers earned the worst record at 15–67, they would have earned the top overall pick via a coin toss with the 17–65 San Diego Clippers. Instead, the Lakers would earn the top pick and ultimately selected future Hall of Famer James Worthy first overall.


1983 NBA Finals, Background, Los Angeles Lakers
The Lakers won 58 games the next season. Worthy was a strong contender for Rookie of the Year when he broke his leg late in the season, therefore missing the rest of the season and the playoffs. Despite Worthy's absence, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar were still in their prime, and led the Lakers back to the Finals by beating the Portland Trail Blazers 4–1 and the San Antonio Spurs 4–2 in the second and third playoff rounds, respectively.


1983 NBA Finals, Background, Regular season series
The Philadelphia 76ers won both games in the regular season series:


1983 NBA Finals, Series summary
The final piece of the Philadelphia 76ers' championship puzzle was completed before the 1982–83 season when they acquired center Moses Malone from the Houston Rockets. They went on to capture their historic second NBA championship as they won 65 games, and stormed through the playoffs, first sweeping the New York Knicks, and then beating the Milwaukee Bucks in five games. They finally finished it off with a four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers, who had defeated them the season before.


1983 NBA Finals, Series summary
Said head coach Billy Cunningham, "The difference from last year was Moses." Malone was named MVP of the 1983 Finals, as well as league MVP for the third time in his career. The 76ers completed one of the most dominating playoff runs in league history with a 12–1 mark after league and NBA Finals MVP Moses promised "Fo', fo', fo" (as in "four, four, four"—four wins to win round 1, four wins to win round 2, etc. ), but it actually wound up as "Fo', fi', fo." (four, five, four). The 76ers were also led by Julius Erving, Maurice Cheeks, Andrew Toney, and Bobby Jones.


1983 NBA Finals, Series summary
With 59 seconds to go in Game 4, it was Erving who made a three-point play to hold the lead for good, crushing the Lakers in a four-game sweep and ending the last NBA Finals to end before June.


1983 NBA Finals, Television coverage
The 1983 NBA Finals was broadcast by CBS. Dick Stockton and Bill Russell were the commentators and Brent Musburger was the host, with Kevin Loughery as a pre-game, halftime and post-game analyst. It also introduced a new theme music (composed by  Allyson Bellink) for the CBS Sports coverage of the NBA, used an introduction of the NBA arenas (similar to the Boston Garden) until the 1989 Playoffs and later revived the second theme beginning in the 1989 Finals.


1983 NBA Finals, Television coverage
Russell departed CBS following the series, and was replaced by former Celtics teammate Tom Heinsohn. Russell would later resurface as a color analyst on TBS until 1986.


1983 NBA draft
The 1983 NBA draft took place on June 28, 1983, in New York City. A total of 226 players were selected over 10 rounds by the league's 23 teams.


1983 NBA draft
The first overall pick of this draft was 7’4” center Ralph Sampson, predicted as an NBA superstar since high school. The three-time College Player of the Year had spent all four years of his college career at the University of Virginia,  and was taken first by the Houston Rockets. Displaying his graceful above-the-rim game and ability to run the court like a guard, he got off to a certain Hall of Fame bound start as an  NBA All-Star and NBA Rookie of the Year before injuries several seasons in derailed his career.


1983 NBA draft
Sampson was joined in the Hall by  University of Houston Cougars standout Clyde “The Glide” Drexler, taken number 14 by the Portland Trail Blazers. Despite there being only 23 teams at the time of the draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers were awarded the 24th pick out of courtesy. Then-owner Ted Stepien was infamous for repeatedly trading first-round picks in the late 1970s and early 1980s, which, considering Cleveland's morose records in that time period, eventually culminated in the NBA creating a rule banning teams from dealing all of their first-round picks in consecutive years.


1983 NBA draft
Four players from the 1983 draft later served or now serve as coaches—Doc Rivers for the Philadelphia 76ers, Randy Wittman for the Washington Wizards, Byron Scott for the Los Angeles Lakers from 2014 to 2016, and point guard of the 1983 NCAA championship North Carolina State Wolfpack Sidney Lowe.


1983 NBA draft
While Scott won the Coach of the Year award in 2008, Rivers won an NBA Championship with the Celtics in that same year.


1983 NBA draft
7’7” Manute Bol was selected in the 5th round by the Clippers, but the NBA rejected the pick on technicalities. Manute had never filed draft paperwork, and his passport listed him at 19 (at the time, 19 years was too young to be drafted).


1983 NBA draft
Florida State star Mitchell Wiggins, father of future No. 1 overall draft pick Andrew Wiggins, was drafted 23rd by the Indiana Pacers.


1983 NBA draft, Draft
*Compensation for draft choices previously traded away by Ted Stepien.


1983 NBA draft, Draft, Notable post-second round picks
These picks have played at least one game in the NBA but were not selected in the first or second rounds.


1983 NBA playoffs
The 1983 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1982–83 season. This was the final postseason using the 12-team format, before the NBA expanded the postseason to 16 teams the next season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 0 in the NBA Finals. Moses Malone was named NBA Finals MVP.


1983 NBA playoffs
Malone made a famous prediction about the Sixers' chances prior to the playoffs, saying "Fo', fo', fo'" – predicting the number of games the Sixers would need to win each of the three series they would play on the way to a championship. They nearly accomplished this prediction of a sweep of all three rounds, only losing one game (to Milwaukee in the Eastern Conference Finals) en route to the championship. The Sixers set a record for highest winning percentage in the playoffs that was not broken until the Lakers went 15–1 in 2001. The Lakers' mark, however, came after the expansion to the current 16-team, four-round playoff format, which was first implemented in the 1984 playoffs, while the Sixers avoided the first round by virtue of their top seeding.


1983 NBA playoffs
It was the third time in four years that the Lakers and 76ers had met in the NBA Finals, with the Lakers winning the previous two series.


1983 NBA playoffs
After missing the playoffs the previous year, the Blazers began a string of 21 straight playoff appearances in 1983 lasting until 2003. They made the playoffs 25 out of 26 years from their title-winning season of 1977–2003. The record was just one season shy of the 22-year playoff run set by the Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers from 1950–1971.


1983 NBA playoffs
The Celtics were swept out of the playoffs for the first time in team history, losing 4–0 to the Bucks in the second round.


1983 NBA playoffs
This was the Spurs' last appearance in the Conference Finals until 1995. However, for players such as George Gervin and Artis Gilmore, the 6-game loss to the Lakers was the last chance they got at reaching the NBA Finals, let alone an NBA Championship (Gilmore did return to the conference finals with the Celtics in 1988, but played sparingly).


1983 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (3) Boston Celtics vs. (6) Atlanta Hawks
This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning five of the first six meetings.


1983 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (4) New Jersey Nets vs. (5) New York Knicks
This was the first playoff meeting between the Nets and the Knicks.


1983 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (3) Phoenix Suns vs. (6) Denver Nuggets
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Suns winning the first meeting.


1983 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (4) Seattle SuperSonics vs. (5) Portland Trail Blazers
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with the SuperSonics winning the first two meetings.


1983 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (5) New York Knicks
This was the eighth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the 76ers winning five of the first seven meetings.


1983 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (3) Boston Celtics
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning the first meeting.


1983 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (5) Portland Trail Blazers
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Trail Blazers winning the first meeting.


1983 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) San Antonio Spurs vs. (6) Denver Nuggets
This was the first playoff meeting between the Nuggets and the Spurs.


1983 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Finals, (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (2) Milwaukee Bucks
This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the 76ers winning two of the first three meetings.


1983 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (2) San Antonio Spurs
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning the first meeting.


1983 NBA playoffs, NBA Finals: (E1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (W1) Los Angeles Lakers
This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning the first four meetings.


1983 NBL Finals
The 1983 NBL Finals was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball League's 1983 season, which began in February. The finals began on 23 June. The tournament concluded with the Canberra Cannons defeating the West Adelaide Bearcats in the NBL Grand Final on 4 July.


1983 NBL Finals, Format
The NBL finals series in 1983 consisted of the divisional finals (which was a round-robin fixture for the top eight teams), two semi-final games, and one championship-deciding grand final. The finals were contested between the top eight teams of the regular season, with the final four weekend split between two Melbourne venues – Burwood Stadium and Kilsyth Stadium.


1983 NBL Finals, Qualification, Ladder
The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win-loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.


1983 NBL season
The 1983 NBL season was the fifth season of the National Basketball League (NBL). The regular season began on 10 February and ended on 18 June. The finals began on 23 June with the divisional finals before concluding on 4 July with the NBL Grand Final.


1983 NBL season, Regular season
The 1983 regular season took place over 18 rounds between 10 February 1983 and 18 June 1983. Each team played 22 games, against every opponent in their own division twice and against every opponent in the other division once.


1983 NBL season, Ladder
The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win-loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.


1983 NBL season, Ladder
1Head-to-Head between Coburg Giants and Newcastle Falcons (1-1). Coburg Giants won For and Against (+6).


1983 NBL season, Ladder
2Head-to-Head between St. Kilda Saints and Bankstown Bruins (1-1). St. Kilda Saints won For and Against (+6).


1983 NBL season, Finals
The NBL finals series in 1983 consisted of the divisional finals (which was a round-robin fixture for the top eight teams), two semi-final games, and one championship-deciding grand final.


1983 NBL season, Finals, Round Robin results
Each of the top eight teams played in a three-game round robin fixture between 23 June and 26 June. The result were as follows:


1983 NC State Wolfpack football team
The 1983 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Tom Reed. NC State has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since the league's inception in 1953. The Wolfpack played its home games in 1983 at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.


1983 NC State Wolfpack football team, Schedule
Clemson was under NCAA probation, and was ineligible for the ACC title. Therefore, this game did not count in the league standings.


1983 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
The 1983 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1983 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its thirty seventh year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Six regions held a four team, double-elimination tournament while two regions included six teams, resulting in 36 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The thirty-seventh tournament's champion was Texas, coached by Cliff Gustafson. The Most Outstanding Player was Calvin Schiraldi of Texas.


1983 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Regionals
The opening rounds of the tournament were played at eight regional sites across the country, six consisting of four teams and two of six teams. The winners of each Regional advanced to the College World Series.


1983 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The 1983 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 45th annual NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 3rd annual NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division I men's and women's collegiate cross country running in the United States. In all, four different titles were contested: men's and women's individual and team championships.


1983 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
Held on November 21, 1983, the combined meet was hosted by Lehigh University at the Saucon Valley Fields in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The distance for the men's race was 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) while the distance for the women's race was 5 kilometers (3.11 miles).


1983 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The men's team national championship was won by UTEP, but the Miners' performance was later vacated by the NCAA. The individual championship was won by Zakarie Barie, also from UTEP, with a time of 29:20.0.


1983 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The women's team national championship was won by Oregon, their first. The individual championship was won by Betty Jo Springs, from NC State, with a time of 16:30.7. This was Springs' second championship after winning the inaugural race in 1981.


1983 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship
The 1983 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the third women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team in the United States. The Old Dominion Lady Monarchs won their second consecutive championship, defeating the Connecticut Huskies in the final for the second year in a row.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game
The 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game was the final game of the 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. It determined the national champion for the 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The game was played on April 4, 1983, at The Pit in Albuquerque, New Mexico and paired top-ranked, #1 seed Midwest Regional Champions, the Houston Cougars, and sixteenth-ranked, #6 seed West Regional Champions, the NC State Wolfpack.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game
The first half of the national championship game favored NC State. Not only did the Wolfpack lead 33–25, but Houston's Clyde Drexler picked up four first-half fouls. The Cougars opened the second half with a dominating 17–2 run to seize a seven-point lead, 42–35. NC State was able to keep the game close, as Houston's star center Akeem Olajuwon checked out of the game multiple times to receive oxygen, leading the Cougars to slow the pace of the game in order to protect the lead.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game
Tied at 52 with 44 seconds remaining, NC State held the ball for a final shot attempt. Houston narrowly missed stealing the ball as the clock ticked down. After gathering the ball nearly 30 feet from the basket, Dereck Whittenburg launched a desperation shot that fell short of the rim. Olajuwon hesitated in fear of a goaltending call, allowing Lorenzo Charles to catch the ball and dunk it for the 54–52 victory. One of the indelible images in tournament history is of winning coach Jim Valvano running onto the court after the game ended looking for Whittenburg.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game
NC State's magical, improbable postseason run and national championship win, highlighted by Charles' game-winning dunk, remain a legendary representation of March Madness.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Participants, NC State
Despite a preseason ranking of #16 in the AP poll, the Wolfpack sputtered to a 9–7 record after losing at Maryland on January 29. Three close victories in the ACC Tournament saved NC State from missing the NCAA Tournament altogether. Three of the team's four victories on the road to the Final Four came by one or two points. The Wolfpack trailed with a minute or less to play in six of their eight postseason games before this game.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Participants, Houston
Houston was ranked #14 in the AP poll to open the season, and fell to 5–2 after a 72–63 loss to #1 Virginia in Tokyo on December 16, 1982. The Cougars then ran off a 26-game winning streak, capturing the #1 ranking in the process, that was capped by a 94–81 victory over #2 Louisville to advance to the National Championship Game.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
NC State led at halftime by a score of 33–25. Houston was hampered by foul trouble that plagued star Clyde Drexler. After picking up three fouls early in the first half and begging to stay in the game, NC State sophomore guard Terry Gannon drew a controversial charging foul against Drexler to put him at four and leave him one foul away from disqualification; replays showed, and Drexler maintained later, that Gannon had appeared to grab Drexler’s legs and pull him down with him and thus should have been called for a defensive foul.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
In the second half, the Cougars came out with a second wind and established control of the game, eventually taking a seven-point lead at 52-45. Since the game was played in Albuquerque, players had to deal with the city's mile-high altitude. The Cougars' star center, Akeem Olajuwon, had problems adjusting to the environment and tired quickly, needing to check out of the game multiple times so he could put on an oxygen mask and recover.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
With Olajuwon on the bench, Houston head coach Guy Lewis decided that in order to protect the lead and Olajuwon's health at the same time, the Cougars slowed the game down. This enabled the Wolfpack to return to their standby strategy of extending the game. Houston's free throw shooting was very suspect entering the game (60.9% on the season), which worked greatly in NC State's favor as they were able to rally back and even the score at 52 in the final two minutes.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
On what would be the last Houston possession, Valvano called for his players to back off and let freshman guard Alvin Franklin bring the ball up the court and stand by while Houston passed the ball around before they committed their foul. Valvano’s strategy was to foul Franklin once he got the ball back, and Whittenburg did exactly that with 1:05 left in regulation.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
The move was largely psychological, according to Whittenburg. Since Franklin was the youngest player on the Houston squad, everyone on the NC State side felt he could not handle the pressure of the moment with a potential championship at stake. The theory proved correct as Franklin missed the free throw, and the Wolfpack grabbed the rebound.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
Valvano called timeout with 44 seconds left and drew up a play for senior guard Dereck Whittenburg that called for the team to pass him the ball with ten seconds left on the clock so he could take the final shot.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
Houston needed a defensive stop so they could get another chance to close out the game. Lewis decided to move from the man-to-man defense his team had been running the whole game to a half court zone trap defense. The Wolfpack, who were not expecting the defensive adjustment, were forced to deviate and began passing the ball around just to keep the Cougars from stealing it. Houston nearly got the turnover it was looking for when Whittenburg made an errant pass to Gannon that Drexler nearly came away with before the sophomore regained control of the ball. The ball eventually wound up in the hands of guard Sidney Lowe, who gave it to forward and fellow senior Thurl Bailey in the corner.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
Trying to keep the ball moving, as he had been double teamed as soon as he received the pass, Bailey looked back toward Whittenburg, who was approximately thirty feet away from the hoop near midcourt. Bailey threw what Whittenburg would later call a "poor fundamental" overhanded pass which Houston's Benny Anders, guarding Whittenburg on the play, was in position to steal. At this point, Whittenburg hearkened back to his high school days with Morgan Wootten at DeMatha Catholic High School, where he was taught to always catch the basketball with both hands.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
If Whittenburg had not attempted to do so in this case, Anders may have gotten the steal and a game-winning breakaway layup. In college basketball at the time, the game clock continued to run after a made field goal, and the Wolfpack likely would not have had time even to inbound the ball. As it was, Anders knocked the ball out of Whittenburg's hands, but Whittenburg quickly regained control.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
The clock, meanwhile, had ticked down to five seconds and Whittenburg was still standing a significant distance from the goal, Once he regained control, Whittenburg turned and launched a desperation shot to try and win the game for NC State. The shot's trajectory took it to the front of the basket where Olajuwon was covering Wolfpack center Lorenzo Charles. As he watched the shot, Olajuwon said he knew the shot was going to come up short but he also did not want to go for the ball too early because of the potential for goaltending.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
Charles took advantage of the indecision by Olajuwon and went up for the air ball, then in one motion scored the go-ahead points with a two-handed tip-in dunk. The final two seconds ticked off the clock before Houston could inbound the ball, and with that the game ended and the Wolfpack were the national champions.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
Despite the loss, Olajuwon was named Tournament MOP as he collected 41 points, 40 rebounds, and 15 blocked shots in the Final Four alone. To date, this remains the last time a player from the losing team was named Most Outstanding Player.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
It was NC State's second NCAA championship. Their first championship was in 1974, when they defeated the Marquette Warriors. The Wolfpack became the first team to win the NCAA Tournament with at least 10 losses.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Game summary
It also marked Drexler's final college game, as he entered the 1983 NBA Draft with a year of eligibility remaining and was selected 14th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers. In 1995, he returned to Houston and rejoined Olajuwon after the defending champion Rockets traded Otis Thorpe to the Trail Blazers for him in the middle of the season, and he helped lead the Rockets to a second straight NBA championship.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, Broadcast call on the final shot
Packer: They've got to drive to the basket, it's down to seven seconds. Bender: You can see the time. Whittenburg... oh that's a long ways. It's there!Packer: OHHHHH! [ overlapping Bender, voice breaking] They won it! [ pause] On the dunk!


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament involved 52 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 17, 1983, and ended with the championship game on April 4 at The Pit, then officially known as University Arena, on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. A total of 51 games were played.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
North Carolina State, coached by Jim Valvano, won the national title with a 54–52 victory in the final game over Houston, coached by Guy Lewis. The ending of the final game is one of the most famous in college basketball history, with a buzzer-beating dunk by Lorenzo Charles off a desperation shot from 30 feet out by Dereck Whittenburg.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Both Charles's dunk and Valvano's running around the court in celebration immediately after the game have been staples of NCAA tournament coverage ever since. North Carolina State's victory has often been considered one of the greatest upsets in college basketball history, and is the fourth biggest point-spread upset in Championship Game history.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Akeem Olajuwon of Houston was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, becoming the last player to date to earn this award while playing for a team that failed to win the national title.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, National championship game
In the final game, played in Albuquerque, New Mexico, NC State led at halftime by a score of 33–25. Houston was hampered by foul trouble that plagued star Clyde Drexler, who picked up four first half fouls. In the second half, the Cougars came out with a second wind and established control of the game, eventually taking a seven-point lead.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, National championship game
However, things were not all good for Houston. Since the game was played in Albuquerque, players had to deal with the city's mile-high altitude. The Cougars' star center, Akeem Olajuwon, had problems adjusting to the environment and tired quickly, needing to check out of the game multiple times so he could put on an oxygen mask and recover. With Olajuwon on the bench, Houston head coach Guy Lewis decided that in order to protect the lead and the health of his big man at the same time, the Cougars needed to start slowing the game down.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, National championship game
Once again, this enabled the Wolfpack to return to their standby strategy of extending the game. Houston's free throw shooting was very suspect entering the game, which worked greatly in NC State's favor as they were able to rally back and even the score at 52 in the final two minutes. On what would be the last Houston possession, Valvano called for his players to back off and let freshman guard Alvin Franklin bring the ball up the court. The Wolfpack defenders would let the Cougars employ their slowdown strategy of passing it around.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, National championship game
Once the ball got back to Franklin he was to be fouled immediately. With 1:05 left, the freshman was fouled and sent to the line for a one-and-one. The idea to foul Franklin sprung from the enormity of the moment; NC State believed that the relatively inexperienced Franklin could not withstand the pressure of going to the line with the championship at stake and knowing that fifty million viewers were tuned in to watch the game. The theory proved correct as Franklin failed to convert and the Wolfpack grabbed the rebound. Valvano called timeout with 44 seconds left and drew up a play for senior guard Dereck Whittenburg during the timeout, which called for the team to pass him the ball with ten seconds left on the clock so he could take the final shot.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, National championship game
Houston needed a defensive stop so they could get another chance to close out the game. Lewis decided to move from the man-to-man defense his team had been running the whole game to a half court zone trap defense. The Wolfpack, who were not expecting the defensive adjustment, were forced to deviate and began passing the ball around just to keep the Cougars from stealing it. Houston nearly got the turnover it was looking for when Whittenburg made an errant pass to Gannon that Drexler nearly came away with before the sophomore regained control of the ball. The ball eventually wound up in the hands of guard Sidney Lowe, who gave it to forward and fellow senior Thurl Bailey in the corner.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, National championship game
Trying to keep the ball moving, as he had been double teamed as soon as he received the pass, Bailey looked back toward Whittenburg, who was approximately thirty feet away from the hoop near midcourt. Bailey threw what Whittenburg would later call a "poor fundamental" overhanded pass which Houston's Benny Anders, guarding Whittenburg on the play, was in position to steal. At this point, Whittenburg hearkened back to his high school days with Morgan Wootten at DeMatha Catholic High School, where he was taught to always catch the basketball with both hands.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, National championship game
If Whittenburg had not attempted to do so in this case, Anders may have gotten the steal and a game-winning breakaway layup. In college basketball at the time, the game clock continued to run after a made field goal, and the Wolfpack likely would not have had time even to inbound the ball. As it was, Anders knocked the ball out of Whittenburg's hands, but Whittenburg quickly regained control.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, National championship game
The clock, meanwhile, had ticked down to five seconds and Whittenburg was still standing a significant distance from the goal. Once he regained control, Whittenburg turned and launched a desperation shot, later claimed by Whittenburg to be a pass, to try and win the game for NC State. The shot's trajectory took it to the front of the basket where Olajuwon was covering Wolfpack center Lorenzo Charles.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, National championship game
As he watched the shot, Olajuwon said he knew the shot was going to come up short but he also did not want to go for the ball too early because of the potential for goaltending. Charles took advantage of the indecision by Olajuwon and went up for the air ball, and, in one motion, he scored the go-ahead points with a two-handed dunk. The final second ticked off the clock before Houston could inbound the ball, and with that, the game ended, and the Wolfpack were the national champions.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1983 tournament:


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
Albuquerque became the 20th host city, and The Pit the 21st host venue, for the Final Four. Albuquerque was the third smallest metropolitan area to host a Final Four, ahead of only Lexington and Greensboro. While it is not on the main campus of the University of New Mexico, the arena is part of the south campus of the school (which includes Dreamstyle Stadium, Santa Ana Star Field, and most other campus athletics facilities, as well as neighboring Isotopes Park), making this the last Final Four held on a campus of any kind.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The 1983 tournament saw five new host cities - Boise, Evansville, Hartford, Syracuse and Tampa. Of the five, only Evansville has not repeated as a host city yet. The tournament also saw two venues returning after long absences, with Kansas City (first time since 1964) and Corvallis, Oregon (first time since 1967). While Kansas City, Kemper Arena and its successor venue the Sprint Center have continued to host tournament games, this would be the last time Corvallis has hosted since. Any future tournament games to be played in Tampa would be at the Amalie Arena or Tropicana Field; in Knoxville, the Thompson-Boling Arena.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament notes
The Louisville vs. Houston semi-final was a matchup of the #1 vs. #2 team. The #1 ranked Houston Cougars (nicknamed Phi Slama Jama) vs. #2 the Louisville Cardinals (nicknamed "The Doctors of Dunk") was considered likely to produce the national champion. It featured two strong offensive teams that specialized in the slam dunk. Both teams put on a show of offense, with Houston winning out over Louisville 94-81. This would have been the biggest game of the tournament had it not been eclipsed by the North Carolina State win over Houston in the championship game.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament notes
Another historically significant game in this tournament was the Mideast Regional final between Kentucky and Louisville, in-state rivals that had not played one another in basketball since the 1959 NCAA tournament, and had not played in the regular season since 1922. After regulation time ended with Kentucky tying the game at the buzzer, Louisville dominated the overtime to advance to the Final Four. This result directly led to the start of the Battle for the Bluegrass annual basketball series between the two schools that November.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament notes
A historically significant run in the tournament was that of Georgia, who became the last team to date to advance to the Final Four in its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. But the N.C. State team led by Jim Valvano became the archetype of the "Cinderella team", the underdog that many fans look to as a possible spoiler over top-ranked teams. This label has, since then, been applied to many programs, including Villanova in 1985, Gonzaga in 1999, George Mason in 2006, Butler in 2010 and 2011, VCU in 2011, Wichita State in 2013, and Loyola in 2018.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament notes
Not only did N.C. State beat Houston to win the championship, but they also beat #1 seeded Virginia on their way to the Final Four. The Wolfpack did not assure themselves of a tournament bid until they upset Virginia in the championship game of the ACC tournament. North Carolina State became the first team in tournament history to win six games en route to the title (the tournament being 32 teams or less prior to 1979, and all champions from 1979 to 1982 had first-round byes).


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament notes
Christopher Cross' "All Right" accompanied the highlight montage at the end of CBS' broadcast of the championship game.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
The 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships was the 45th annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf at the University Division level in the United States.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
The tournament was held at the San Joaquin Country Club in Fresno, California.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
Oklahoma Staten won the team championship, the Cowboys' fifth NCAA title.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 36th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 18 and 26, 1983, and concluded with Wisconsin defeating Harvard 6-2. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues while all succeeding games were played at the Winter Sports Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The Badgers' goal differential (+16) is a record for an NCAA tournament, equaling the record set by Colorado College in 1950 and matched by Michigan in 1953.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
The NCAA permitted 8 teams to qualify for the tournament and divided its qualifiers into two regions (East and West). Each of the tournament champions from the three Division I conferences (CCHA, ECAC and WCHA) received automatic invitations into the tournament with At-large bids making up the remaining 5 teams, an additional 2 western and 3 eastern schools.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The two odd-number ranked teams from one region were placed into a bracket with the two even-number ranked teams of the other region. The teams were then seeded according to their ranking. In the Quarterfinals the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds played two-game aggregate series to determine which school advanced to the Semifinals. Beginning with the Semifinals all games were played at the Winter Sports Center and all series became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game with the losers playing in a Third Place game.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
The 1983 Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship game was played at Rutgers University in front of 15,672 fans.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
In one of the more exciting NCAA lacrosse finals, Syracuse capped off a 14 and 1 season with its first NCAA championship and fifth overall lacrosse title as they defeated Johns Hopkins, 17 to 16. The Orange, led by Brad Kotz and Tim Nelson, scored eight straight goals in less than nine minutes in the second half to clinch the title after Hopkins had gone up 12 to 5 midway through the third quarter.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
Syracuse was seeded second and hosted the first round and semifinal games. The Orange beat Penn, the seventh-seed, 11-8 at Syracuse's Coyne Field. In the semifinals in the Carrier Dome, the Orange beat Maryland 12-5 behind Randy Lundblad’s one goal and four assists and Travis Solomon’s 22 saves.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
In the finals, The Blue Jays had a 12-5 lead with less than seven minutes to play in the third period when the Orange rallied. Syracuse outscored the Blue Jays 4 to 1 to close out the third period and then added six straight goals in the fourth to go up 15-13. Hopkins tied the score at 15, but goals by Brad Kotz and Lundblad gave the Orange a two-goal cushion with Del Dressell scoring the final Hopkins goal. Tim Nelson had two goals and six assists in the finals, to finish as the tournament’s leading scorer with 15 points. Kotz scored five goals, all in the second half and was named Most Outstanding Player. Travis Solomon made 18 saves for the Orange.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
Late in the third quarter, team captain and defenseman Darren Lawlor scored a key goal left-handed which provided a spark for the Orangemen. Overcoming a seven goal deficit against a Hopkins team participating in its seventh straight title game, Lawlor and the other Orange seniors provided the spark. But the offensive punch came primarily from sophomores, including midfielder Brad Kotz of West Genesee and Tim Nelson the transfer from North Carolina State. Nelson's pass to Randy Lundblad for an open-net goal with 1:09 left locked up the title for the Orange.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
For Hopkins, Del Dressel was outstanding exhibiting one on one skills on par with the Orange's most athletic players, finishing with three goals and one assist in the finals.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
Syracuse and Johns Hopkins would go on to meet in the NCAA finals five more times, the last time in 2008. This was Hopkins' seventh straight NCAA final.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
The 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament was the 24th organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The Indiana Hoosiers won their second consecutive national title by defeating the Columbia Lions in the championship game, 1–0, after one overtime period. The final match was played on December 10, 1983, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at Lockhart Stadium for the second straight year.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1983 at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana at the 60th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States. The men's and women's titles would not be held at the same site until 2006.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
Florida topped the team standings for the first time, the Gators' first men's title.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships
The 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships were the 37th annual championships to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I men's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States. This year's tournaments were played in Athens, Georgia, hosted by the University of Georgia.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships
The men's team championship was won by Stanford, their 7th team national title. The Indians defeated SMU in the final round, 5–4.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships
The men's singles title was won by Greg Holmes from Utah, and the men's doubles title was won by Allen Miller and Ola Malmqvist from Georgia.


1983 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships, Host site
The tournaments were played at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. The men's and women's tournaments would not be held at the same venue until 2006.


1983 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 1983 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested May 30−June 4, 1983 at Robertson Stadium at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas in order to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's collegiate Division I outdoor track and field events in the United States.


1983 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
These were the 61st annual men's championships and the second annual women's championships. This was Houston's first time hosting the event.


1983 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
SMU and UCLA topped the men's and women's team standings, respectively; the Mustangs claimed their first team title while the Bruins' took home their second consecutive and second overall.


1983 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
The 1983 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament were held in May at the end of the 1983 NCAA Division I softball season. Sixteen Division I college softball teams competed in the NCAA tournament's first round, which consisted of eight regionals with two teams each. The winner of each region, a total of eight teams, advanced to the 1983 Women's College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. The 1983 Women's College World Series was the second NCAA-sponsored championship in the sport of college softball at the Division I level. The event was held in Omaha, Nebraska from May 25 through May 29 and marked the conclusion of the 1983 NCAA Division I softball season. Texas A&M, following up its 1982 AIAW WCWS title, won the championship by defeating Cal State Fullerton 2–1 in the final game.


1983 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
The 1983 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships refer to one of two NCAA-sponsored events held during May 1983 to determine the national champions of men's and women's collegiate tennis in the United States:


1983 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
The men's and women's tournaments would not be held at the same site until 2006.


1983 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1983 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament began on March 18 and concluded on April 3 with USC winning the title. The tournament consisted of 36 teams. The Final Four was held in Norfolk, Virginia and consisted of USC, Louisiana Tech, Old Dominion, and Georgia. USC's Cheryl Miller was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.


1983 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
Neither semifinal game in the final four turned out to be close. Defending national champion Louisiana Tech beat long time powerhouse Old Dominion by sixteen points, handing them their 30th consecutive victory. In the other semifinal, Southern California had an easier time, beating Georgia by 24 points. This set up the championship game between the only two top seeds to advance to the Final Four.


1983 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
The two teams had met twice before in regular season, both coming away with a win, but in both cases, on the opponents home court. USC beat the Lady Techsters in Louisiana, 64–58, giving the La Tech team their only loss for the year. La Tech turned around and beat USC in Los Angeles by two points in January, one of only two losses suffered by the USC team all season.


1983 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
The game came down to the final seconds. USC had a two-point lead with six seconds left in the game, and freshman star Cheryl Miller at the line for a one-and-one attempt. In the era before the three point shot, simply making the foul shot would virtually guarantee the win. But Miller missed the free throw, and the Techsters grabbed the rebound. The Lady Techsters ran up the court, where Kim Mulkey took the final shot, but it failed to go in, and USC won their first National Championship.


1983 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Records
In the National Championship game, Jennifer White hit eight of nine free throw attempts to set a Championship game record for free throw percentage.


1983 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Records
In the same game, Cheryl Miller attempted 14 free throws, a National Championship record.