1981 NCAA Division I basketball championship game

Men's college basketball tournament game March 2026 1981 NCAA Division I basketball tournament August 2023 1981 NCAA Tournament Championship Game ncg NCAA primary logo 1980.svg March 30, 1981 1980–81 University of North Carolina North Carolina Tar Heels 29–7 ACC 6 6 Dean Smith 26 24 Indiana Indiana Hoosiers 25–9 Big Ten 9 7 Bob Knight 27 36 The Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NBC Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, and Al McGuire Ken Lauderdale, Lou Moser, & Booker TurnerThe Final Four http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_final4/2014/1FinalFour.pdf 2014 December 9, 2014 20 2014 NCAA Men's Final Four Records NCAA 1980 1982 The 1981 NCAA 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. The matchup 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.Hager 2012 21 Because of the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley, there was talk of postponing or cancelling the title game; but once NCAA officials learned that Reagan had made it through surgery and would survive his injuries, the game was played as scheduled.Indiana, UNC meet 35 years after Reagan shooting jeopardized title game http://www.foxsports.com/college-basketball/story/ncaa-tournament-indiana-north-carolina-ronald-reagan-assassination-title-game-1981-032316 2016 May 24, 2017 FoxSports.com Howard Cosell criticized the NCAA for not postponing the game due to the Reagan assassination attempt. Indiana defeated North Carolina by a 63–50 score to win their second national title in six years and fourth overall. As of , this remains the only time a team from the Big Ten defeated an ACC team in the championship game. The 1980–81 season was the last before the NCAA began sponsoring a championship for Division I women's basketball. All future NCAA men's tournaments and championship games would include "Men's" in their official titles. Participants It was the first national championship game between the schools. Indiana was seeking its fourth national championship (1940, 1953, 1976) while North Carolina was looking for its second, having last won in 1957. Indiana Hoosiers 1980–81 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team Mideast (3) Indiana 99, (6) Maryland 64 (3) Indiana 87, (7) UAB 72 (3) Indiana 78, (9) St. Joseph's 46 Final Four (ME3) Indiana 67, (MW1) LSU 49 North Carolina Tar Heels 1980–81 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team West (2) North Carolina 74, (10) Pittsburgh 57 (2) North Carolina 61, (3) Utah 56 (2) North Carolina 82, (8) Kansas State 68 Final Four (W2) North Carolina 78, (E1) Virginia 65 Game summary Source:http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/ncaa-tournament/history/yearbyyear/1981 1981 Men's NCAA basketball tournament Jeff Borzello CBSSports.com CBS Broadcasting Inc. December 9, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20160409035520/http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/ncaa-tournament/history/yearbyyear/1981 April 9, 2016 live North Carolina vs. Indiana Box Score, March 30, 1981 sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2010 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1981-03-30-indiana.html December 9, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305231154/http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1981-03-30-indiana.html March 5, 2016 live #eee March 30, 1981 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ken Lauderdale, Lou Moser, & Booker Turner #ME3 Indiana Hoosiers 63 Isiah Thomas 23 Ray Tolbert 11 Jim Thomas 8 #W2 North Carolina Tar Heels 50 Al Wood 18 Sam Perkins 8 Jimmy Black 6 27-26 36-24 NBC yes yes yes #990000 F 32 Landon Turner Landon Turner (basketball) 12 6 1 F 30 Ted Kitchel 0 0 0 G 11 Isiah Thomas 23 2 5 G 24 Randy Wittman 16 4 0 C 45 Ray Tolbert 5 11 0 yes yes yes G 20 Jim Thomas Jim Thomas (basketball) 2 4 8 F 34 Steve Risley 5 4 0 Bob Knight 990000 _thinwhitesides 990000 _whitesides Indiana 7BAFD4 _thinsidesonwhite 7BAFD4 _blanksides2 North Carolina Indiana Statistics North Carolina 23/48 (48%) Field goals 20/47 (43%) 17/22 (77%) Free throws 10/16 (63%) 31 Total rebounds 29 14 Assists 12 14 Turnovers 19 8 Steals 9 1 Blocks 2 17 Fouls 23 yes yes yes #7BAFD4 F 33 James Worthy 7 6 2 F 30 Al Wood 18 6 2 G 21 Jimmy Black Jimmy Black (basketball) 6 2 6 G 11 Mike Pepper 6 1 0 C 41 Sam Perkins 11 8 1 yes yes yes F 44 Matt Doherty Matt Doherty (basketball) 2 4 0 G 24 Jim Braddock Jim Braddock (basketball) 0 0 1 C 45 Chris Brust 0 0 0 C 34 Pete Budko 0 1 0 F 32 Eric Kenny 0 1 0 Dean Smith References Citations 30em Bibliography Hager Tom The Ultimate Book of March Madness: The Players, Games, and Cinderellas that Captivated a Nation MVP Books 2012 Minneapolis, Minnesota https://books.google.com/books?id=LOBJLe48s0IC 978-0-7603-4323-4 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball championship games Category:Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball Category:North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball Category:College basketball tournaments in Pennsylvania Category:Basketball competitions in Philadelphia NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game, 1981 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game