1980 NCAA Division I basketball championship game

1980 NCAA Tournament Championship Game
National championship game
54	59
AP: NR; Coaches: NR;	AP: 2; Coaches: 4;
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)
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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]

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

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

UCLA	Position	Louisville
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]

NBC

March 24

#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

^ "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.