1977 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game
| 1977 NCAA Tournament Championship Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | March 28, 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arena | The Omni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Reggie Copeland & Bob Wortman[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Curt Gowdy, Dick Enberg, and Billy Packer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1977 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game took place on March 28, 1977 between the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Marquette Warriors at The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia. The match-up was the final one of the thirty-ninth consecutive NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship single-elimination tournament — commonly referred to as the NCAA Tournament — organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and is used to crown a national champion for men's basketball at the Division I level.[2]
Box score
March 28, 1977 |
| Marquette Warriors 67, North Carolina Tar Heels 59 | ||
| Scoring by half: 39-27, 28-32 | ||
| Pts: Butch Lee 19 Rebs: Jerome Whitehead 11 Asts: Bo Ellis 3 |
Pts: Walter Davis 20 Rebs: Mike O'Koren 11 Asts: John Kuester 6 | |
References
- Citations
- ↑ "The Final Four" (pdf). 2014 NCAA Men's Final Four Records. NCAA. 2014. p. 20. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
- ↑ Hager 2012, p. 21.
- ↑ Jeff Borzello. "1977 Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament". CBSSports.com. CBS Broadcasting Inc. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
- ↑ "North Carolina vs. Marquette Box Score, March 28, 1977". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
- Bibliography
- Hager, Tom (2012). The Ultimate Book of March Madness: The Players, Games, and Cinderellas that Captivated a Nation. Minneapolis, Minnesota: MVP Books. ISBN 978-0-7603-4323-4.
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