1982–83 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team

The 1982–83 North Carolina State Wolfpack men's basketball team represented North Carolina State University. The Wolfpack were a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The team went 26–10 on the year, winning the ACC Tournament and eventually the national championship.

The Wolfpack entered the season ranked in the Top 20 and entered conference play ranked #19 in the nation. Their first conference game was against Virginia, ranked #2 in the country and undefeated against the Wolfpack's senior class. NC State took a lead early behind the shooting of guard and senior captain Dereck Whittenburg, but later in the game Whittenburg went down with a broken foot after landing on a Virginia player's foot following a shot. He would miss the rest of the game and the seventeen that followed, with the Wolfpack losing to Virginia and going 10-7 in the other games.

NC State entered the ACC Tournament in Atlanta with ten losses. The NCAA expanded the men's tournament field from 48 teams to 52 for 1983, meaning that there were four extra spots available for potential qualifiers. Still, with a 64-team field some years away from being implemented, there was not much room for error for the Wolfpack with double-digit losses and their safest bet to reach the tournament was to secure the ACC champion's automatic bid. They did just that, winning three games in the tournament to claim the title. In the process, NC State defeated their in-state rival North Carolina, the defending national champions, and managed to finally defeat #2 Virginia to claim the title.

On Selection Sunday, NC State found out it would be playing in the West Region of the tournament. They were placed in the sub-regional at Oregon State University's Gill Coliseum, which featured two of the nation's top ten teams in UNLV and UCLA. In addition, a potential rematch with conference rival Virginia, the region's top seed, existed if the Wolfpack could advance to the regional final. It almost did not come to pass, however. NC State, the #6 seed in the region, played #11 seed and West Coast Conference champion Pepperdine for the right to play UNLV. The Wolfpack trailed late but were able to come back and win in double overtime. They continued their winning streak by rallying again to beat UNLV, in turn handing the Runnin' Rebels their third loss of the season.