1977 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game

1977 NCAA Tournament Championship Game
National Championship Game
North Carolina Tar Heels Marquette Warriors
(28–4) (23–7)
59 67
Head coach:
Dean Smith		 Head coach:
Al McGuire
12 Total
North Carolina 2732 59
Marquette 3928 67
Date March 28, 1977
Arena The Omni
Location Atlanta, Georgia
Referee(s) Reggie Copeland & Bob Wortman[1]
United States TV coverage
Network NBC
Announcers Curt Gowdy, Dick Enberg, and Billy Packer

The 1977 NCAA 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 matchup was the final one of the thirty-ninth consecutive NCAA Division I Men's 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

Source:[3][4]

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
The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia
Referees: Reggie Copeland & Bob Wortman

References

Citations
  1. ↑ "The Final Four" (pdf). 2014 NCAA Men's Final Four Records. NCAA. 2014. p. 20. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  2. ↑ Hager 2012, p. 21.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "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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