1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
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| Date | March 30, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| Venue | Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Jeff Sheppard, Kentucky | ||||||||||||
| Favorite | Kentucky by 3.5 | ||||||||||||
| Referees | Jim Burr, Donnie Gray, Mike Sanzere | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 40,509 | ||||||||||||
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| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Nantz (play-by-play) Billy Packer (color) Michele Tafoya and Armen Keteyian (sideline) | ||||||||||||
The 1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the finals of the 1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The game was played on March 30, 1998, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, and featured the South Regional Champion, No. 2-seeded Kentucky versus the West Regional Champion, No. 3-seeded Utah.