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| Date | March 27, 1978 | ||||||||||||
| Venue | The Checkerdome, St. Louis, Missouri | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Jack Givens, Kentucky | ||||||||||||
| Favorite | Kentucky | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 18,721 | ||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dick Enberg (play-by-play) Billy Packer and Al McGuire (color) | ||||||||||||
The 1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game was the final round of the 1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1977–78 NCAA Division I season. The game was played on March 27, 1978, at The Checkerdome in St. Louis, and featured the Mideast Regional Champion, Kentucky and the East Regional Champion, Duke.