1978 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Tournament
Year=1978


ImageSize=
Caption=
Teams=32
FinalFourArena=The Checkerdome
FinalFourCity=St. Louis, Missouri
Champions=Kentucky
TitleCount=5th
RunnerUp=Duke
GameCount=2nd
Semifinal1=Arkansas
FinalFourCount=3rd
Semifinal2=Notre Dame
FinalFourCount2=1st
Coach=Joe B. Hall
CoachCount=1st
MOP=Jack Givens
MOPTeam=Kentucky
Attendance=227,149
OneTopScorer=*
TwoTopScorers=
TopScorer=Mike Gminski
TopScorerTeam=Duke
Points=109

The 1978 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 11, 1978, and ended with the championship game on March 27 in St. Louis, Missouri. A total of 32 games were played, including a national third place game.

The process of seeding the bracket was first used in this tournament. 16 conference winners with automatic bids were seeded 1 through 4 in each region. At-large teams were seeded 1 through 4 in each region separately. There were in fact only 11 true at-large teams in the field, as the remaining 5 teams were conference winners with automatic bids who were seeded as "at-large." [Washington Post - March 6, 1978] The practice of distinguishing between automatic and at-large teams was ended after the tournament, and the expanded field of 40 was simply seeded from 1 to 10 in the 1979 tournament.

Kentucky, coached by Joe B. Hall, won the national title with a 94-88 victory in the final game over Duke, coached by Bill E. Foster. Jack Givens of Kentucky was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Locations

Teams

Bracket

East region

8TeamBracket | RD1-seed1=1Q
RD1-team1=Duke
RD1-score1=63
RD1-seed2=3L
RD1-team2=Rhode Island
RD1-score2=62
RD1-seed3=4Q
RD1-team3=Pennsylvania
RD1-score3=92
RD1-seed4=2L
RD1-team4=St. Bonaventure
RD1-score4=83
RD1-seed5=1L
RD1-team5=Indiana
RD1-score5=63
RD1-seed6=3Q
RD1-team6=Furman
RD1-score6=62
RD1-seed7=2Q
RD1-team7=Villanova
RD1-score7=103
RD1-seed8=4L
RD1-team8=La Salle
RD1-score8=97
RD2-seed1=1Q
RD2-team1=Duke
RD2-score1=84
RD2-seed2=4Q
RD2-team2=Pennsylvania
RD2-score2=80
RD2-seed3=1L
RD2-team3=Indiana
RD2-score3=60
RD2-seed4=2Q
RD2-team4=Villanova
RD2-score4=61
RD3-seed1=1Q
RD3-team1=Duke
RD3-score1=90
RD3-seed2=2Q
RD3-team2=Villanova
RD3-score2=72

Midwest region

8TeamBracket | RD1-seed1=3L
RD1-team1=Utah
RD1-score1=86
RD1-seed2=1Q
RD1-team2=Missouri
RD1-score2=79**
RD1-seed3=2L
RD1-team3=Notre Dame
RD1-score3=100
RD1-seed4=4Q
RD1-team4=Houston
RD1-score4=77
RD1-seed5=1L
RD1-team5=DePaul
RD1-score5=80
RD1-seed6=3Q
RD1-team6=Creighton
RD1-score6=78
RD1-seed7=2Q
RD1-team7=Louisville
RD1-score7=76
RD1-seed8=4L
RD1-team8=St. John's
RD1-score8=68
RD2-seed1=3L
RD2-team1=Utah
RD2-score1=56
RD2-seed2=2L
RD2-team2=Notre Dame
RD2-score2=69
RD2-seed3=1L
RD2-team3=DePaul
RD2-score3=90
RD2-seed4=2Q
RD2-team4=Louisville
RD2-score4=89**
RD3-seed1=2L
RD3-team1=Notre Dame
RD3-score1=84
RD3-seed2=1L
RD3-team2=DePaul
RD3-score2=64

Mideast region

8TeamBracket | RD1-seed1=1Q
RD1-team1=Michigan St.
RD1-score1=77
RD1-seed2=3L
RD1-team2=Providence
RD1-score2=63
RD1-seed3=4Q
RD1-team3=Western Kentucky
RD1-score3=87
RD1-seed4=2L
RD1-team4=Syracuse
RD1-score4=86*
RD1-seed5=3Q
RD1-team5=Miami-OH
RD1-score5=84
RD1-seed6=1L
RD1-team6=Marquette
RD1-score6=81*
RD1-seed7=2Q
RD1-team7=Kentucky
RD1-score7=85
RD1-seed8=4L
RD1-team8=Florida St.
RD1-score8=76
RD2-seed1=1Q
RD2-team1=Michigan St.
RD2-score1=90
RD2-seed2=4Q
RD2-team2=Western Kentucky
RD2-score2=69
RD2-seed3=3Q
RD2-team3=Miami-OH
RD2-score3=69
RD2-seed4=2Q
RD2-team4=Kentucky
RD2-score4=91
RD3-seed1=1Q
RD3-team1=Michigan St.
RD3-score1=49
RD3-seed2=2Q
RD3-team2=Kentucky
RD3-score2=52

West region

8TeamBracket | RD1-seed1=1Q
RD1-team1=UCLA
RD1-score1=83
RD1-seed2=3L
RD1-team2=Kansas
RD1-score2=76
RD1-seed3=2L
RD1-team3=Arkansas
RD1-score3=73
RD1-seed4=4Q
RD1-team4=Weber St.
RD1-score4=52
RD1-seed5=3Q
RD1-team5=San Francisco
RD1-score5=68
RD1-seed6=1L
RD1-team6=North Carolina
RD1-score6=64
RD1-seed7=4L
RD1-team7=Cal State Fullerton
RD1-score7=90
RD1-seed8=2Q
RD1-team8=New Mexico
RD1-score8=85
RD2-seed1=1Q
RD2-team1=UCLA
RD2-score1=70
RD2-seed2=2L
RD2-team2=Arkansas
RD2-score2=74
RD2-seed3=3Q
RD2-team3=San Francisco
RD2-score3=72
RD2-seed4=4L
RD2-team4=Cal State Fullerton
RD2-score4=75
RD3-seed1=2L
RD3-team1=Arkansas
RD3-score1=61
RD3-seed2=4L
RD3-team2=Cal State Fullerton
RD3-score2=58

Final Four

4TeamBracket | RD1=National Semifinals | RD2=National Finals | RD1-seed1=1Q
RD1-team1=Duke
RD1-score1=90
RD1-seed2=2L
RD1-team2=Notre Dame
RD1-score2=86
RD1-seed3=2Q
RD1-team3=Kentucky
RD1-score3=64
RD1-seed4=2L
RD1-team4=Arkansas
RD1-score4=59
RD2-seed1=1Q
RD2-team1=Duke
RD2-score1=88
RD2-seed2=2Q
RD2-team2=Kentucky
RD2-score2=94

Q = automatic qualifier bidL = at-large bid (including 5 automatic bids seeded with at-large teams)

External links

* [http://www.shrpsports.com/collbask/1978.htm 1978 NCAA Basketball Tournament] on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
* [http://www.hoopstournament.net/index.html HoopsTournament.Net] , source for much of the information on this page.