The
greatest year ever. Star Wars was first released
1977
East Regional
First Round
VMI 73- Duquesne 66
Kentucky 72- Princeton 58
Notre Dame 90- Hofstra 83
North Carolina 69- Purdue 66
Semifinals
Kentucky 93- VMI 78
North Carolina 79- Notre Dame 77
Final
North Carolina 79- Kentucky 72
Midwest Regional First Round
Marquette 66- Cincinnati 51
Kansas St. 87- Providence 80
Wake Forest 86- Arkansas 80
Southern Illinois 81- Arizona 77
Semifinals
Marquette 67- Kansas St. 66
Wake Forest 86- Southern Illinois 81
Final
Marquette 82- Wake Forest 68
West Regional
First Round
UCLA 87- Louisville 79
Idaho St. 83- Long Beach St. 72
Utah 72- St. John's 68
UNLV 121- San Francisco 95
Semifinals
Idaho St. 76- UCLA 75
UNLV 88- Utah 83
Final
UNLV 107- Idaho St. 90
Mideast Regional
First Round
Michigan 92- Holy Cross 81
Detroit 93- Middle Tennessee St. 76
NC-Charlotte 91- Central Michigan 86 (OT)
Syracuse 93- Tennessee 88 (OT)
Semifinals
Michigan 86- Detroit 81
NC-Charlotte 81- Syracuse 59
Final
NC-Charlotte 75- Michigan 68
Final Four
(The Omni- Atlanta)
Semifinals
Marquette 51- NC-Charlotte 49
North Carolina 84- UNLV 83
Third Place
UNLV 106- NC-Charlotte 94
Championship
Marquette 67- North Carolina 59
All-Tournament Team
Butch Lee- Marquette (Most Outstanding)
Bo Ellis- Marquette
Jerome Whitehead- Marquette
Mike O'Koren- North Carolina
Walter Davis- North Carolina
Cedric Maxwell- NC-Charlotte
Championship Box Score
Marquette
FG-A
FT-A
RB
PF
Pts
Bo Ellis
5-9
4-5
9
4
14
Bill Neary
0-2
0-0
0
1
0
Jerome Whitehead
2-8
4-4
11
2
8
Butch Lee
6-14
7-7
3
1
19
Jim Boylan
5-7
4-4
4
3
14
Bernard Toone
3-6
0-1
0
1
6
Gary Rosenberger
1-1
4-4
1
1
6
Team
1
Totals
22-47
23-25
29
13
67
North Carolina
FG-A
FT-A
RB
PF
Pts
Walter Davis
6-13
8-10
8
4
20
Mike O'Koren
6-10
2-4
11
5
14
Rich Yonakor
3-5
0-0
4
0
6
Phil Ford
3-10
0-0
2
3
6
John Kuester
2-6
1-2
0
5
5
Steve Krafcisin
1-1
0-0
0
0
2
Tom Zaliagiris
2-3
0-0
0
3
4
Dudley Bradley
1-1
0-0
0
2
2
Bruce Buckley
0-1
0-0
0
1
0
Jeff Wolf
0-1
0-0
1
0
0
Dave Colescott
0-0
0-0
0
0
0
Woody Coley
0-0
0-0
0
0
0
Ged Doughton
0-0
0-0
0
0
0
John Virgil
0-0
0-0
0
1
0
Team
2
Totals
24-51
11-16
28
24
59
Turnovers: Marquette 11, North Carolina 14.
Halftime: Marquette 39, North Carolina 27.
Technical foul: Toone.
Attendance: 16,086.
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