1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
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The 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the title contest of the 1982–83 season, famously ending with Jim Valvano’s underdog NC State team defeating heavily favored Houston in one of the most dramatic finishes in college basketball history.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6459552 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game Context triple: [Phi Slama Jama, reached, 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game]
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1981 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship
The 1981 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship was the national title game in which Bob Knight's Indiana Hoosiers secured the collegiate basketball crown.
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1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship
The 1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship was the national title game in which Dean Smith's North Carolina Tar Heels, led by future stars Michael Jordan and James Worthy, secured Smith's first NCAA crown.
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1979 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
The 1979 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the title matchup famously featuring Magic Johnson's Michigan State against Larry Bird's Indiana State, a landmark contest that greatly boosted the popularity of college basketball.
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1988 NCAA men's basketball championship
The 1988 NCAA men's basketball championship was the title game in which the underdog Kansas Jayhawks, led by coach Larry Brown and star forward Danny Manning, captured the national crown in a memorable "Danny and the Miracles" run.
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E.
1983 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship
The 1983 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship was the national collegiate tournament that determined the top women's basketball team in U.S. Division I for the 1982–83 season.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game Target entity description: The 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the title contest of the 1982–83 season, famously ending with Jim Valvano’s underdog NC State team defeating heavily favored Houston in one of the most dramatic finishes in college basketball history.
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A.
1981 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship
The 1981 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship was the national title game in which Bob Knight's Indiana Hoosiers secured the collegiate basketball crown.
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B.
1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship
The 1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship was the national title game in which Dean Smith's North Carolina Tar Heels, led by future stars Michael Jordan and James Worthy, secured Smith's first NCAA crown.
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C.
1979 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
The 1979 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the title matchup famously featuring Magic Johnson's Michigan State against Larry Bird's Indiana State, a landmark contest that greatly boosted the popularity of college basketball.
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D.
1988 NCAA men's basketball championship
The 1988 NCAA men's basketball championship was the title game in which the underdog Kansas Jayhawks, led by coach Larry Brown and star forward Danny Manning, captured the national crown in a memorable "Danny and the Miracles" run.
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E.
1983 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship
The 1983 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship was the national collegiate tournament that determined the top women's basketball team in U.S. Division I for the 1982–83 season.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
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basketball game ⓘ |
| arena | University Arena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attendance | approximately 17,000 ⓘ |
| awayTeam | Houston Cougars men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcasterCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| championTitleCountForWinner | second NCAA men's basketball championship for NC State ⓘ |
| city | Albuquerque, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coachOfLosingTeam | Guy Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coachOfWinningTeam | Jim Valvano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| date | April 4, 1983 ⓘ |
| decade | 1980s ⓘ |
| decidingPlay | last-second dunk by Lorenzo Charles ⓘ |
| decidingShotType | put-back dunk of a missed shot ⓘ |
| division | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| fame | widely regarded as one of the greatest NCAA Tournament games ⓘ |
| finalScore | North Carolina State 54–52 Houston ⓘ |
| genderCategory | men's ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| homeTeam | North Carolina State Wolfpack men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| loser | Houston Cougars men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| losingScore | 52 ⓘ |
| losingTeamConference | Southwest Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| losingTeamNickname | Phi Slama Jama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| losingTeamSeed | No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region ⓘ |
| marginOfVictory | 2 points ⓘ |
| nickname | Cardiac Pack game ⓘ |
| notablePlayerLosingTeam |
Clyde Drexler
NERFINISHED
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Hakeem Olajuwon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePlayerWinningTeam |
Dereck Whittenburg
NERFINISHED
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Lorenzo Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overtime | no ⓘ |
| regionOfLosingTeam | Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfWinningTeam | Raleigh, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultType | major upset ⓘ |
| season | 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance | one of the most dramatic finishes in NCAA men's basketball history ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| televisionNetwork | CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeOfWinningBasket | at the buzzer ⓘ |
| tournament | 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| venue | The Pit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winner | North Carolina State Wolfpack men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winningScore | 54 ⓘ |
| winningTeamConference | Atlantic Coast Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winningTeamNickname | Wolfpack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winningTeamSeed | No. 6 seed in the West Region ⓘ |
| year | 1983 ⓘ |
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Subject: 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game Description of subject: The 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the title contest of the 1982–83 season, famously ending with Jim Valvano’s underdog NC State team defeating heavily favored Houston in one of the most dramatic finishes in college basketball history.
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