I remember this game vividly. Carolina looked asleep and it was frustrating - they'd looked funky against Ohio State in the Round of 16. I always thought losing that ACC semifinal game against State just lingered. But in response to a comment below, 1984 was, agreed, the most painful. When they were undefeated in February, after they'd annihilated UVa in Charlottesville, Bill Millsaps of the Richmond Times-Dispatch wrote something like, 'That 1968 UCLA team was always #1 in my book. Mark this UNC team as #1A.' Then the Kenny injury, and it all sort of seemed to fracture. Pound for pound, I thought better than 1982. And then it simply did not happen.

4500 Views? Two of the Greatest Basketball Players of All Time. This is Pure Gold. Thank you for the upload 🏀👍😀

From 1983 to 2019, UNC are 3-3 winning the NCAA tournament in the Year of the Rooster and 1-34 in all other Chinese years.

RIP Terry Fair....

If Dominique would have stayed for this season, this would have been Georgia's revenge game from the seasn before. A totally different outcome. Still not bad for a team that wasn't known for basketball until Nique arrived, to make it as far as they did, to be eliminated by an easily top 5 basketball program in the NCAA.

Before this game Sports Illustrated quoted Sam Perkins as saying, "[he] 'didn't know what conference Georgia played in.' Score one for dumb." At about 22:30, the announcers say, "Sam Perkins will go to sleep on you, but then, bang [he'll explode]." I don't think he woke up until this game was over. Sam, it's called the Southeastern Conference. They're better known for football, although Florida won back-to-back basketball championships about ten years ago, and I think Kentucky has occasionally done OK in basketball. Thanks for the upload.

No sign of Mike Jordan greatness here....It is hard to predict the future...

IMHO, the 1983 NCAA Tournament was the best ever. And the Regional Finals were all great. KENTUCKY-LOUISVILLE, HOUSTON-VILLANOVA, NC STATE-VIRGINIA, and this classic. Couldn’t believe that UGA won this game the year after Dominique, but the Dunkin Dawgs were up to the task. Unfortunately, UGA came out flat in the Final Four against the Wolfpack. With guys like Terry Fair and Vern Fleming, and Gerald Crosby, what a fun team to watch!

First in a LONG string of disappointing NCAA endings for UNC. From 83-90, UNC kept letting down fans with earlier-than-expected exits. 83 was notable. But 84 and 87 REALLY hurt. To Dean Smith's credit, not once between 83-90 did the Tar Heels miss the NCAA Tourney and not once did the Tar Heels not push at least to the Sweet 16. Most of the time, they were in the Elite 8 knocking on the Final 4 door!

great terry fair r.i.p

There were two big upsets in the Elite 8 that year - Ralph Sampson and Virginia were knocked out by NC State and this game where Georgia upset a loaded North Carolina team.

awesome man even though I'm a unc fan I've been wanting to see this game for years

Awesome

Did it without Dominique, like the football team did it without Herschel in the Cotton Bowl.

Is it me or is there no sound?

It’s been said that Dean Smith was the only person who could hold Jordan under 20 points. Jordan wasn’t great this game, but old time Tarheel fans remember well in 1984 when Jordan only had 13 against Indiana in that Sweet 16 loss. Ouch.

They lacked team speed overall.during those eighties run the game was changing.

jd71, DO YOU STILL DO GAMES, AND ANY CHANCE WE CAN TALK?

Go Dawgs! Hail To Georgia Down In Dixie!

No sound?

6:05 amaxing

Is the floor concrete? Doesn't look like wood

Wow

Jordan was nothing without James worthy in college

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GODS LOVE AND BLESSINGS TO ALL MYSELF HAVE NEVER LIKED UNC NEVER WILL. I REMEMBER A COMMENT BY SAM PERKINS SAYING WHERE IS GEORGIA WHAT CONFERENCE R THEY FROM JUST BEING A SMART PANTS GUY DOMINIQUE WILKINS PLAY ON THAT TEAM A YEAR BEFORE PERKINS PLAYED TERRIBLE GAME JORDAN NEVER WENT BACK TO FINAL 4 UNC AS USUAL LOADED UP STILL COULD NOT GET JOB DONE OVER RATED AS ALWAYS UNC AND FANS NEVER LEARN.....TOM TOM

UNC should have won this game and plus this was the worst year of college basketball ever with and without the 3 point line