1980 NCAA Division I basketball championship game
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National championship game | |||||||||||||
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Date | March 24, 1980 | ||||||||||||
Venue | Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana | ||||||||||||
MVP | Darrell Griffith, Louisville | ||||||||||||
Favorite | Louisville | ||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||
Network | NBC | ||||||||||||
Announcers | Dick Enberg (play-by-play) Billy Packer and Al McGuire (color) John Wooden (color) | ||||||||||||
The 1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1979-80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The game was played on March 24, 1980, at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, and featured the Midwest Regional Champion, #2-seeded Louisville and the West Regional Champion, #8-seeded UCLA.
Participating teams[edit]
UCLA Bruins[edit]
- West
- UCLA (8) 87, Old Dominion (9) 74
- UCLA 77, DePaul (1) 71
- UCLA 72, Ohio State (4) 68
- UCLA 85, Clemson (6) 74
- Final Four
- UCLA 67, Purdue (6) 62
Louisville Cardinals[edit]
- Midwest
- Louisville (2) 71, Kansas State (7) 69 (OT)
- Louisville 66, Texas A&M (6) 55 (OT)
- Louisville 86, LSU (1) 66
- Final Four
- Louisville 80, Iowa (5) 72
Starting lineups[edit]
UCLA | Position | Louisville | ||
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Michael Holton 3 | G | Jerry Eaves 3 | ||
Rod Foster 2 | G | † Darrell Griffith 1 | ||
James Wilkes 3 | F | Derek Smith 2 | ||
Kiki Vandeweghe 1 | F | Wiley Brown | ||
Mike Sanders 4 | C | Rodney McCray 1 | ||
† 1980 Consensus First Team All-American | ||||
Players selected in an NBA draft (number indicates round) |
Source[3]
Game summary[edit]
NBC
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March 24
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#W8 UCLA Bruins 54, #MW2 Louisville Cardinals 59 | ||
Scoring by half: 28–26, 26–33 | ||
Pts: Rod Foster 16 Rebs: Kiki Vandeweghe 7 Asts: Rod Foster 5 |
Pts: Darrell Griffith 23 Rebs: Rodney McCray 11 Asts: 3 tied with 3 |
References[edit]
- ^ "UCLA Will Not Appeal NCAA Ban: Basketball Team Is on Probation, Ineligible for Tournament". Los Angeles Times. December 9, 1981. ProQuest 152965876.
- ^ The Bruins' five NCAA tournament wins and championship game appearance were later vacated after the NCAA had determined UCLA committed nine violations.[1]
- ^ "UCLA vs. Louisville Box Score, March 24, 1980". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
Categories:
- 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
- NCAA Division I men's basketball championship games
- Louisville Cardinals men's basketball
- UCLA Bruins men's basketball
- College sports tournaments in Indiana
- Basketball competitions in Indianapolis
- 1980 in sports in Indiana
- 1980s in Indianapolis
- March 1980 sports events in the United States