Michael Jordan's sport was basketball.
The 1982 NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament involved 48 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men 's NCAA Division I college basketball . The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago , Illinois . The National Basketball Association ( NBA ) All-Star Game is an annual exhibition basketball game played between the Eastern-Conference and the Western-Conference All-Stars . Michael Jordan . As a freshman , he was a member of the Tar Heels ' national championship team in 1982 . A slam dunk , also dunk or dunk shot , is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air , controls the ball ( s ) above the horizontal plane of the rim , and scores by putting the ball directly through the basket with one or both hands .