1977 NCAA Division I basketball championship game explained

See also: 1977 NCAA Division I basketball tournament.

1977 NCAA Tournament Championship Game
Type:ncg
Date:March 28, 1977
Year:1976–77
Visitor School:University of North Carolina
Visitor Name Short:North Carolina
Visitor Nickname:Tar Heels
Visitor Record:28–4
Visitor Conference:ACC
Visitor Ap:5
Visitor Coaches:3
Visitor Coach:Dean Smith
Visitor Per1:27
Visitor Per2:32
Home School:Marquette University
Home Name Short:Marquette
Home Nickname:Warriors
Home Record:23–7
Home Conference:Independent
Home Ap:7
Home Coaches:14
Home Coach:Al McGuire
Home Per1:39
Home Per2:28
Arena:The Omni
City:Atlanta, Georgia
Us Network:NBC
Us Announcers:Curt Gowdy, Dick Enberg, and Billy Packer
Attendance:16,086
Referee:Reggie Copeland & Paul Galvan[1]
Previous:1976
Next:1978

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.

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  1. Web site: The Final Four . 2014 . December 9, 2014 . 20 . 2014 NCAA Men's Final Four Records . NCAA .
  2. Web site: 1977 Men's NCAA basketball tournament . Jeff Borzello . CBSSports.com . CBS Broadcasting Inc. . December 9, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001642/http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/ncaa-tournament/history/yearbyyear/1977 . March 4, 2016 . live .
  3. Web site: North Carolina vs. Marquette Box Score, March 28, 1977 . sports-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . 2010 . December 9, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306022906/http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1977-03-28-marquette.html . March 6, 2016 . live .