Film
director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees to France after
pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old
girl.
1978
East
Regional
First Round
Duke 63- Rhode Island 62
Penn 92- St. Bonaventure 83
Indiana 63- Furman 62
Villanova 103- La Salle 97
Semifinals
Duke 84- Penn 80
Villanova 61- Indiana 60 Final
Duke 90- Villanova 72
Midwest
Regional
First Round
Utah 86- Missouri 79 (2 OT)
Notre Dame 100- Houston 77
DePaul 80- Creighton 78
Louisville 76- St. John's 68
Semifinals
Notre Dame 69- Utah 56
DePaul 90- Louisville 89 (2 OT)
Final
Notre Dame 84- DePaul 64
West Regional
First Round
UCLA 83- Kansas 76
Arkansas 73- Weber St. 52
San Francisco 68- North Carolina 64
Cal St.-Fullerton 90- New Mexico 85
Semifinals
Arkansas 74- UCLA 70
Cal St.-Fullerton 75- San Francisco 72
Final
Arkansas 61- Cal St.-Fullerton 58
Mideast Regional
First Round
Michigan St. 77- Providence 63
Western Kentucky 87- Syracuse 86 (OT)
Miami- OH 84- Marquette 81 (OT)
Kentucky 85- Florida St. 76
Semifinals
Michigan St. 90- Western Kentucky 69
Kentucky 91- Miami- OH 69
Final
Kentucky 52- Michigan St. 49
Final
Four
(The Checkerdome- St. Louis)
Semifinals
Kentucky 64- Arkansas 59
Duke 90- Notre Dame 86
Third Place
Arkansas 71- Notre Dame 69
Championship
Kentucky 94- Duke 88
All-Tournament Team
Jack Givens- Kentucky
Rick Robey- Kentucky
Mike Gminski- Duke
Jim Spanarkel- Duke
Ron Brewer- Arkansas
Championship Box Score
Kentucky
FG-A
FT-A
RB
PF
Pts
Jack Givens
18-27
5-8
8
4
41
Rick Robey
8-11
4-6
11
2
20
Mike Phillips
1-4
2-2
2
5
4
Kyle Macy
3-3
3-4
0
1
9
Truman Claytor
3-5
2-4
0
2
8
James Lee
4-8
0-0
4
4
8
Jay Shidler
1-5
0-1
1
3
2
LaVon Williams
1-3
0-0
4
2
2
Chuck Aleksinas
0-0
0-0
0
1
0
Fred Cowan
0-2
0-0
2
1
0
Tim Stephens
0-0
0-0
0
0
0
Scott Courts
0-0
0-0
0
0
0
Chris Gettelfinger
0-0
0-0
0
0
0
Dwane Casey
0-0
0-0
0
0
0
Team
0
Totals
39-68
16-25
32
25
94
Duke
FG-A
FT-A
RB
PF
Pts
Eugene Banks
6-12
10-12
8
2
22
Kenny Dennard
5-7
0-0
9
5
10
Mike Gminski
6-16
8-8
12
3
20
John Harrell
2-2
0-0
0
3
4
Jim Spanarkel
8-16
5-6
2
4
21
Bob Bender
1-2
5-5
1
3
7
Jim Suddath
1-3
2-3
2
1
4
Scott Goetsch
0-1
0-0
1
1
0
Team
1
Totals
29-59
30-34
36
22
88
Turnovers: Kentucky 14- Duke 17.
Halftime: Kentucky 45- Duke 38.
Technical fouls Duke bench.
Attendance: 18-721.
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