FILE - Michael Jordan fires the game-winning shot in the final seconds against Georgetown in the championship game of the NCAA tournament in New Orleans on March 29, 1982. Jordan has made nearly ...

But there they sat on the top row of section 121, the conquerers of North Carolina State in the opening round of the 1982 NCAA tournament in Indianapolis. At least a few of them, that is.

Mandatory Credit: Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports UAB was seeded fourth in the 1982 NCAA Tournament. Yet, the Blazers got to play top-seeded Virginia at home in Birmingham in the Sweet 16.

UNC's 1982 team almost featured the player that nearly stopped them in the National Championship game -- Patrick Ewing.