1979 College Basketball Championship

Huntsman center salt lake city utah.

1979 college basketball championship. 1 notre dame 68. National national final. 2 michigan state 87. Michigan state coached by jud heathcote.

Michigan state indiana state depaul penn. It began on march 9 and ended with the championship game on march 26 in salt lake city. 1979 ncaa tournament bracket. The 1979 ncaa division i mens basketball championship game between michigan state university and indiana state university exactly as aired on nba on march 26 1979 except that the commercials are deleted.

Michigan state magic johnson beat indiana state and larry bird for the 1979 title in 1979 michigan state won their first national championship keeping indiana state from a. 8 virginia tech 70. Its one of the best kept secrets in college basketball history. Magic johnson michigan state.

The previous years had 32 and it expanded to 48 in 1980. The game was held on march 26 at the special events center now the jon m. The 1979 ncaa division i basketball championship game was the final of the 1979 ncaa division i basketball tournament and determined the national champion for the 197879 season. The 1979 ncaa division i basketball tournament involved 40 schools playing in single elimination play to determine the national champion of mens ncaa division i college basketball.

Forty years after the fact everyone remembers the 1979 ncaa basketball tournament as the magic johnson and larry bird show and. A total of 40 games were played including a national third place game.