1981 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game
| 1981 NCAA Tournament Championship Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | March 30, 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arena | The Spectrum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Ken Lauderdale, Lou Moser, & Booker Turner[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, and Al McGuire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1981 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game took place on March 30, 1981 between the North Carolina Tar Heels and Indiana Hoosiers at The Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The match-up was the final one of the forty-third consecutive NCAA Men's Division I 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
March 30, 1981 |
| Indiana Hoosiers 63, North Carolina Tar Heels 50 | ||
| Scoring by half: 27-26, 36-24 | ||
| Pts: Isiah Thomas 23 Rebs: Ray Tolbert 11 Asts: James Thomas 8 |
Pts: Al Wood 18 Rebs: Sam Perkins 8 Asts: Jimmy Black 6 | |
References
- Citations
- ↑ "The Final Four" (pdf). 2014 NCAA Men's Final Four Records. NCAA. 2014. p. 20. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
- ↑ Hager 2012, p. 21.
- ↑ Jeff Borzello. "1981 Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament". CBSSports.com. CBS Broadcasting Inc. Archived from the original on April 9, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
- ↑ "North Carolina vs. Indiana Box Score, March 30, 1981". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. Archived from the original on March 5, 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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