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The Cardiac Pack and N.C. State's Amazing 1983 season
The 1983 season was as exhilarating, and unexpected, as any in ACC basketball history.
North Carolina won the national title in 1982, and the Tar Heels returned Michael Jordan and Sam Perkins. Virginia featured 7-foot-4 center Ralph Sampson and loomed as a dominant force in ACC play.
N.C. State? The Wolfpack was only 7-7 in the ACC and 22-10 overall the year before. But State had a spunky young coach in Jim Valvano, a brilliant backcourt in seniors Sidney Lowe and Dereck Whittenburg and a star forward in Thurl Bailey.
They also had uncommon desire and came to be called "the Cardiac Pack" with one close win after another.
This season, WRAL will go back 25 years to show you what was happening on this date in that season, with our original video when available. We'll have this special section up throughout the year for you to enjoy.
Enjoy the journey this season as we take you back to the Cardiac Pack.
Follow the Wolfpack game by game as it moves marches toward the NCAA title
Lorenzo Charles grabs a Dereck Whittenburg miss and scores as time expires and State beats Houston, 54-52.
N.C. State will play powerful Houston in the national championship on Monday night.
The Wolfpack ends the career of Ralph Sampson and earns a spot in the Final Four with a victory in the West Regional final.
The Wolfpack rips Utah but has a showdown with Virginia ahead in the regional final.
Inspired Bailey leads State to an upset of the Runnin' Rebels.
Pepperdine misses critical foul shots, allowing N.C. State to survive in the NCAA first round.
The victory gives the Wolfpack the ACC's automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament.
State wins in overtime, 91-84, to advance to ACC championship game against Virginia.
State whipped Wake at the end of the regular season but narrowly prevails in the ACC Tournament.
State heads to ACC Tournament with 17-10 overall record.
State loses its second straight game with Whittenburg in the lineup.
Virginia fans chant "N-I-T!" at the Wolfpack as Cavaliers win, 86-75
Dereck Whittenburg returns to practice, could be playing soon.
Coach Jim Valvano earned his first win over North Carolina, as State downed the defending national champion 70-63.
State beats UNC-Wilmington, will next face defending champion North Carolina.
Terry Gannon misses a shot at the end that would have won it for N.C. State.
Sidney Lowe matched his career high with 21 points, while Ernie Myers pitched in 27 more, as State knocked off Clemson 90-83.
The Wolfpack gets its third consecutive road victory.
Wolfpack wins despite poor play in North-South Doubleheader.
Freshman Ernie Myers scores 25 points for the Pack, the third ACC game in a row he has scored at least that many.
Lefty Driesell's team wins 86-81 in College Park, Md.
Coach Jim Valvano has signed a new long-term contract that he says will ensure he spends the rest of his career on the Wolfpack sidelines.
Ernire Myers dropped 35 points on Duke, as State beats Duke 94-79 to end a three game losing streak.
Valvano says he feels "snakebit" after another loss.
N.C. State, without Dereck Whittenburg, loses in Chapel Hill as Jim Valvano says the Pack learns how far it needs to go to be competitive.
State wins its first game without injured guard Dereck Whittenburg as Ernie Myers scores 27 points.
Whittenburg suffers a broken foot as State's season is suddenly in serious jeopardy.
Myers, Thurl Bailey each score 25 points.
Terry Gannon and Ernie Myers come off the bench to lead N.C. State to victory.
Whittenburg has 22 points as State falls, 57-52.
State moves to 2-0 win victory.
N.C. State opens the 1982-83 season with a win over Western Carolina at Reynolds Coliseum.
Wolfpack star Thurl Bailey discusses the year ahead.
Look back to Bob Holliday's coverage of N.C. State as it prepared for the 1983 season.
N.C. State shocks Houston for the 1983 national title
As N.C. State gets ready for the championship game, Valvano delivers a memorable talk
The weekend in Corvallis, Ore., is unexpected for N.C. State, both on and off the court.
In the 1983 season, N.C. State's stunning win over North Carolina gave the Wolfpack the critical lift it needed.
WRAL will look back at N.C. State's 1983 national champions this season, with video of that amazing year. This week, we run excerpts from a new book that tells the story of the season.
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