1980 NCAA Division I basketball championship game

August 2023 March 2026 January 2023 1980 NCAA Tournament Championship Game ncg NCAA primary logo 1980.svg March 24, 1980 1979-80 University of California, Los Angeles UCLA Bruins 22–9The Bruins' five NCAA tournament wins and championship game appearance were later vacated after the NCAA had determined UCLA committed nine violations.UCLA Will Not Appeal NCAA Ban: Basketball Team Is on Probation, Ineligible for Tournament Los Angeles Times 9 December 1981 152965876 Pac-10 NR NR Larry Brown 28 26 University of Louisville Louisville Cardinals 32–3 Metro 2 4 Denny Crum 26 33 Market Square Arena Indianapolis, Indiana Darrell Griffith, Louisville Louisville NBC Dick Enberg (play-by-play)Billy Packer and Al McGuire (color) 1979 1981 The 1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1979-80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The game was played on March 24, 1980, at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, and featured the Midwest Regional Champion, #2-seeded Louisville and the West Regional Champion, #8-seeded UCLA. The Cardinals narrowly defeated the Bruins to win their first national championship in program history. Participating teams UCLA Bruins 1979–80 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team West UCLA (8) 87, Old Dominion (9) 74 UCLA 77, DePaul (1) 71 UCLA 72, Ohio State (4) 68 UCLA 85, Clemson (6) 74 Final Four UCLA 67, Purdue (6) 62 Louisville Cardinals 1979–80 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team Midwest Louisville (2) 71, Kansas State (7) 69 (OT) Louisville 66, Texas A&M (6) 55 (OT) Louisville 86, LSU (1) 66 Final Four Louisville 80, Iowa (5) 72 Starting lineups UCLA Position Louisville Michael Holton G Jerry Eaves Rod Foster G † Darrell Griffith James Wilkes F Derek Smith Kiki Vandeweghe F Wiley Brown Mike Sanders C Rodney McCray† 1980 Consensus First Team All-American SourceUCLA vs. Louisville Box Score, March 24, 1980 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1980-03-24-louisville.html Sports Reference January 16, 2023 Game summary #eee March 24 Box Score #W8 UCLA Bruins 54 #MW2 Louisville Cardinals 59 28–26 26–33 Rod Foster 16 Kiki Vandeweghe 7 Rod Foster 5 Darrell Griffith 23 Rodney McCray 11 3 tied with 3 Market Square Arena - Indianapolis, Indiana NBC Aftermath UCLA would later be forced to vacate their appearance in the championship game and the 1980 NCAA tournament after players representing the school were declared ineligible by the NCAA.U.C.L.A. ON PROBATION IN BASKETBALL – New York Times (UPI) December 9, 1981 The Bruins would not return to the championship game until 1995, where they defeated Arkansas to win their most recent national championship. Louisville would return to the national championship game six years later, where they upset Duke to win another title. They would also return to the title game in 2013, where they defeated Michigan to win what was their third title. However, Louisville was forced to vacate their third title due to a massive sex scandal involving players on the team, and as a result the Cardinals had four seasons worth of wins wiped from the record books. References NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball championship games Category:Louisville Cardinals men's basketball Category:UCLA Bruins men's basketball Category:College basketball tournaments in Indiana Category:Basketball competitions in Indianapolis NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game, 1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game Category:Long stubs with short prose