1978 NCAA Division I basketball championship game
National championship game | |||||||||||||
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Date | March 27, 1978 | ||||||||||||
Venue | The Checkerdome, St. Louis, Missouri | ||||||||||||
MVP | Jack Givens, Kentucky | ||||||||||||
Favorite | Kentucky | ||||||||||||
Attendance | 18,721 | ||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||
Network | NBC | ||||||||||||
Announcers | Dick Enberg (play-by-play) Billy Packer and Al McGuire (color) | ||||||||||||
The 1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game was the final round of the 1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1977–78 NCAA Division I season. The game was played on March 27, 1978, at The Checkerdome in St. Louis, and featured the Mideast Regional Champion, Kentucky and the East Regional Champion, Duke.
Participating teams
Duke
- East
- Duke 63, Rhode Island 62
- Duke 84, Pennsylvania 80
- Duke 90, Villanova 72
- Final Four
- Duke 90, Notre Dame 86
Kentucky
- Mideast
- Kentucky 85, Florida State 76
- Kentucky 91, Miami (OH) 69
- Kentucky 52, Michigan State 49
- Final Four
- Kentucky 64, Arkansas 59
Box score
March 27 |
Box/Recap |
Duke 88, Kentucky 94 | ||
Scoring by half: 38–45, 50–49 | ||
Pts: Banks 22 Rebs: Gminski 12 | Pts: Givens 41 Rebs: Robey 11 |
Attendance: 18,721 |
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