1978 NCAA Division I basketball championship game
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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 Blue Devils
- East
- Duke 63, Rhode Island 62
- Duke 84, Pennsylvania 80
- Duke 90, Villanova 72
- Final Four
- Duke 90, Notre Dame 86
Kentucky Wildcats
- Mideast
- Kentucky 85, Florida State 76
- Kentucky 91, Miami (OH) 69
- Kentucky 52, Michigan State 49
- Final Four
- Kentucky 64, Arkansas 59
Box score
NBC
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March 27, 1978
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#7 Duke Blue Devils 88, #1 Kentucky Wildcats 94 | ||
Scoring by half: 38–45, 50–49 | ||
Pts: Banks 22 Rebs: Gminski 12 |
Pts: Givens 41 Rebs: Robey 11 |
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