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Date | March 27, 1978 | ||||||||||||
Venue | The Checkerdome, St. Louis, Missouri | ||||||||||||
MVP | Jack Givens, Kentucky | ||||||||||||
Favorite | Kentucky | ||||||||||||
Attendance | 18,721 | ||||||||||||
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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.
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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 |