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1978 NCAA Tournament Championship Game

National championship game
Duke Blue Devils Kentucky Wildcats ACC SEC (27–6) (29–2) 88 94 Head coach: Bill Foster Head coach: Joe B. Hall
AP: 7 Coaches: 9 AP: 1 Coaches: 1
1st half 2nd half Total Duke Blue Devils 38 50 88 Kentucky Wildcats 45 49 94
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)
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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

References

• 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
• NCAA Division I men's basketball championship games
• Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
• Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
• Basketball competitions in St. Louis
• College sports tournaments in Missouri
• 1978 in sports in Missouri
• 1970s in St. Louis
• March 1978 sports events in the United States