The 1974 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1974 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1973-74 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The game was played on March 25, 1974, at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina and featured the NC State Wolfpack of the Atlantic Coast Conference, and the independent Marquette Warriors. This was the first national championship game since 1966 to not feature the UCLA Bruins.
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Date | March 25, 1974[1] | ||||||||||||
Venue | Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina | ||||||||||||
MVP | David Thompson, NC State[2] | ||||||||||||
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Network | NBC | ||||||||||||
Announcers | Curt Gowdy and Billy Packer[3] | ||||||||||||
NC State defeated Marquette to win their first national championship in program history, becoming only the second team from the ACC to win the national championship after North Carolina in 1957.
Participating teams
editNC State Wolfpack
edit- East
- North Carolina State 92, Providence 78
- North Carolina State 100, Pittsburgh 72
- Final Four
- North Carolina State 80, UCLA 77 (2OT)
Marquette Warriors
edit- Mideast
- Marquette 85, Ohio 59
- Marquette 69, Vanderbilt 61
- Marquette 72, Michigan 70
- Final Four
- Marquette 64, Kansas 51
Game summary
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NBC
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March 25, 1974
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#1 NC State Wolfpack 76, #3 Marquette Warriors 64 | ||
Scoring by half: 39-30, 37-34 | ||
Pts: David Thompson 21 Rebs: Tommy Burleson 11 Asts: Moe Rivers 5 |
Pts: Maurice Lucas 21 Rebs: Maurice Lucas 13 Asts: Lloyd Walton, Ed Daniels 2 |
References
edit- ^ "NC State vs. Marquette Box Score (Men), March 25, 1974". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
- ^ "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
- ^ "2016 – Billy Packer". National Sports Media Association. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
- ^ "NC State vs. Marquette Box Score, March 25, 1974 | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".