1982–83 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

1982–83 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
ACC regular season co–champions
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
Record29–5 (12–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaUniversity Hall
1982–83 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 North Carolina 12 2   .857 28 8   .778
No. 4 Virginia 12 2   .857 29 5   .853
Maryland 8 6   .571 20 10   .667
No. 16 NC State 8 6   .571 26 10   .722
Wake Forest 7 7   .500 20 10   .667
Georgia Tech 4 10   .286 13 15   .464
Duke 3 11   .214 11 17   .393
Clemson 2 12   .143 11 20   .355
1983 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 1982–83 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented the University of Virginia and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

On December 23, 1982, the Chaminade Silverswords of Honolulu defeated the No. 1 ranked Cavaliers 77–72. Silverswords players Tony Randolph scored 19 points and Jim Dunham scored 17. Chaminade was ranked fourth in the NAIA rankings; center Ralph Sampson played the entire game and was held to twelve points.

Virginia's two losses in conference were to co-champion North Carolina, and their two losses in the postseason were to eventual national champion North Carolina State; by three points in the final of the ACC tournament and by one point in the West region finals of the NCAA tournament.