1980 NCAA Division I basketball championship game
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| Date | March 24, 1980 | ||||||||||||
| Venue | Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Darrell Griffith, Louisville | ||||||||||||
| Favorite | Louisville | ||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dick Enberg (play-by-play) Billy Packer and Al McGuire (color) | ||||||||||||
The 1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1979-80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The game was played on March 24, 1980, at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, and featured the Midwest Regional Champion, #2-seeded Louisville and the West Regional Champion, #8-seeded UCLA.
The Cardinals narrowly defeated the Bruins to win their first national championship in program history.