This epic National Championship game between North Carolina and
Georgetown was a highly contested game with both teams trading
leads multiple times in the closing minutes of the second half. North
Carolina was trailing 62-61 with a team consisting of James Worthy,
Sam Perkins and Matt Doherty. Michael Jordan, a freshman, stepped
into an elbow jumper and buried the legendary shot. The lead was 63-
62, moments later, Georgetown turned the ball over crowning North
Carolina as NCAA Champions in 1982.
Georgetown was a highly contested game with both teams trading
leads multiple times in the closing minutes of the second half. North
Carolina was trailing 62-61 with a team consisting of James Worthy,
Sam Perkins and Matt Doherty. Michael Jordan, a freshman, stepped
into an elbow jumper and buried the legendary shot. The lead was 63-
62, moments later, Georgetown turned the ball over crowning North
Carolina as NCAA Champions in 1982.