1978 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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The 1978 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 11, 1978, and ended with the championship game on March 27 in St. Louis, Missouri. A total of 32 games were played.

Kentucky, coached by Joe B. Hall, won the national title with a 94-88 victory in the final game over Duke, coached by Bill E. Foster. Jack Givens of Kentucky was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Teams 3 Bracket 3.1 East region 3.2 Midwest region 3.3 Mideast region 3.4 West region 3.5 Final Four 4 External links

[edit] Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	Providence, Rhode Island	Charlotte, North Carolina, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mideast	Dayton, Ohio	Indianapolis, Indiana, Knoxville, Tennessee
Midwest	Lawrence, Kansas	Tulsa, Oklahoma, Wichita, Kansas
West	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Eugene, Oregon, Tempe, Arizona
Finals	St. Louis, Missouri

[edit] Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	Duke	Bill E. Foster	Runner Up	Kentucky	L 94-88
East	n/a	Furman	Joe Williams	Round of 32	Indiana	L 63-62
East	n/a	Indiana	Bob Knight	Sweet Sixteen	Villanova	L 61-60
East	n/a	La Salle	Paul Westhead	Round of 32	Villanova	L 103-97
East	n/a	Penn	Bob Weinhauer	Sweet Sixteen	Duke	L 84-80
East	n/a	Rhode Island	Jack Kraft	Round of 32	Duke	L 63-62
East	n/a	St. Bonaventure	Jim Satalin	Round of 32	Penn	L 92-83
East	n/a	Villanova	Rollie Massimino	Elite Eight	Duke	L 90-72
Mideast
Mideast	n/a	Florida State	Hugh Durham	Round of 32	Kentucky	L 85-76
Mideast	n/a	Kentucky	Joe B. Hall	Champion	Duke	W 94-88
Mideast	n/a	Marquette	Hank Raymonds	Round of 32	Miami, Ohio	L 84-81
Mideast	n/a	Miami, Ohio	Darrell Hedric	Sweet Sixteen	Kentucky	L 91-69
Mideast	n/a	Michigan State	Jud Heathcote	Elite Eight	Kentucky	L 52-49
Mideast	n/a	Providence	Dave Gavitt	Round of 32	Michigan State	L 77-63
Mideast	n/a	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	Round of 32	Western Kentucky	L 87-86
Mideast	n/a	Western Kentucky	Jim Richards	Sweet Sixteen	Michigan State	L 90-69
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	Creighton	Tom Apke	Round of 32	DePaul	L 80-78
Midwest	n/a	DePaul	Ray Meyer	Elite Eight	Notre Dame	L 84-64
Midwest	n/a	Houston	Guy Lewis	Round of 32	Notre Dame	L 100-77
Midwest	n/a	Louisville	Denny Crum	Sweet Sixteen	DePaul	L 90-89
Midwest	n/a	Missouri	Norm Stewart	Round of 32	Utah	L 86-79
Midwest	n/a	Notre Dame	Digger Phelps	Fourth Place	Arkansas	L 71-69
Midwest	n/a	St. John's	Lou Carnesecca	Round of 32	Louisville	L 76-68
Midwest	n/a	Utah	Jerry Pimm	Sweet Sixteen	Notre Dame	L 69-56
West
West	n/a	Arkansas	Eddie Sutton	Third Place	Notre Dame	W 71-69
West	n/a	Fullerton State	Bob Dye	Elite Eight	Arkansas	L 61-58
West	n/a	Kansas	Ted Owens	Round of 32	UCLA	L 83-76
West	n/a	New Mexico	Norm Ellenberger	Round of 32	Fullerton State	L 90-85
West	n/a	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Round of 32	San Francisco	L 68-64
West	n/a	San Francisco	Bob Gaillard	Sweet Sixteen	Fullerton State	L 75-72
West	n/a	UCLA	Gary Cunningham	Sweet Sixteen	Arkansas	L 74-70
West	n/a	Weber State	Neil McCarthy	Round of 32	Arkansas	L 73-52

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		Duke	63
		Rhode Island	62
							Duke	84
							Pennsylvania	80
		Pennsylvania	92
		St Bonaventure	83
												Duke	90
												Villanova	72
		Indiana	63
		Furman	62
							Indiana	60
							Villanova	61
		Villanova	103
		La Salle	97

[edit] Midwest region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Utah

86

Missouri

79**

Utah

56

Notre Dame

69

Notre Dame

100

Houston

77

Notre Dame

84

DePaul

64

DePaul

80

Creighton

78

DePaul

90

Louisville

89**

Louisville

76

St Johns

68

[edit] Mideast region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Michigan St

77

Providence

63

Michigan St

90

Western Kentucky

69

Western Kentucky

87

Syracuse

86*

Michigan St

49

Kentucky

52

Miami-OH

84

Marquette

81*

Miami-OH

69

Kentucky

91

Kentucky

85

Florida St

76

[edit] West region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		UCLA	83
		Kansas	76
							UCLA	70
							Arkansas	74
		Arkansas	73
		Weber St	52
												Arkansas	61
												Fullerton St	58
		San Francisco	68
		North Carolina	64
							San Francisco	72
							Fullerton St	75
		Fullerton St	90
		New Mexico	85

[edit] Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Finals
		Duke	90
		Notre Dame	86
							Duke	88
							Kentucky	94
		Kentucky	64
		Arkansas	59

[edit] External links

• 1978 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
• HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.

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