NCAA men's basketball championship 1980
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The NCAA men's basketball championship of 1980 was the national title game in which the University of Louisville, coached by Denny Crum, won its first NCAA basketball championship.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1980 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship | 1 |
| 1980 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament final
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college basketball championship game ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
1980 NCAA men's basketball championship game
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1980 NCAA title game NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attendance | 17676 ⓘ |
| awayTeam | UCLA Bruins men's basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| champion | University of Louisville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Indianapolis, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| date | 1980-03-24 ⓘ |
| division | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| finalScore | Louisville 59–54 UCLA ⓘ |
| followedBy | 1981 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genderCategory | men's ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| homeTeam | University of Louisville men's basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Market Square Arena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| loser | UCLA Bruins men's basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| losingCoach | Larry Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| losingTeamPoints | 54 ⓘ |
| mostOutstandingPlayer | Darrell Griffith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mostOutstandingPlayerTeam | University of Louisville men's basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Darrell Griffith
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Derek Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Eaves NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiki Vandeweghe NERFINISHED ⓘ Rodney McCray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
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1980 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | 1979 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfChampion | Midwest Regional champion ⓘ |
| regionOfRunnerUp | West Regional champion ⓘ |
| runnerUp | University of California, Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seasonRecordOfChampionBeforeGame | 31–3 ⓘ |
| seasonRecordOfRunnerUpBeforeGame | 22–9 ⓘ |
| seedOfChampion | No. 2 seed in Midwest Regional ⓘ |
| seedOfRunnerUp | No. 8 seed in West Regional ⓘ |
| significance | first NCAA men's basketball championship for the University of Louisville ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| televisionAnnouncers |
Al McGuire
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Billy Packer NERFINISHED ⓘ Dick Enberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionNetwork | NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tournamentFormat | single-elimination ⓘ |
| winner | University of Louisville men's basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winningCoach | Denny Crum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winningTeamPoints | 59 ⓘ |
| year | 1980 ⓘ |
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1980 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship