What has eluded the 1983 N.C. State championship team for so long — 33 years, to be exact — will finally come to fruition in a few weeks. More than 33 years after the Wolfpack claimed the 1983 NCAA Tournament championship, the team will get to visit the White House.
In the 1980s, not every championship team got the invite to hang with the president as teams do now. Louisville and Indiana did in 1980 and '81, respectively, but the Wolfpack squad led by Jim Valvano never did, and that was something that always nagged at members of the team.