1992 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game

1992 NCAA Tournament Championship Game
National championship game
Michigan Wolverines Duke Blue Devils
Big Ten ACC
(25–8[1]) (33–2)
51 71
Head coach:
Steve Fisher
Head coach:
Mike Krzyzewski
1st half2nd half Total
Michigan Wolverines 3120 51
Duke Blue Devils 3041 71
DateApril 6, 1992
VenueHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
MVPBobby Hurley, Duke
FavoriteDuke by 5.5
Attendance50,379
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS
AnnouncersJim Nantz (play-by-play)
Billy Packer (color)
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The 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1991-92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The game was played on April 6, 1992, at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It featured the East Regional Champion and defending national champion, overall #1 seed Duke versus the Southeast Regional Champion, #6-seeded Michigan.

Duke defeated Fab Five-led Michigan 71–51 to become the sixth school to repeat as national champions and were the last to repeat until the Florida Gators in 2006 and 2007.

This marked the first of what is currently four consecutive losses in the national championship game for the Wolverines, as Michigan would lose in the championship game again in 1993, as well as in 2013 and 2018. Though this game and the 1993 title game would later be vacated by Michigan due to issues found with the eligibility of Chris Webber in the University of Michigan basketball scandal.

  1. ^ In the wake of the basketball scandal that was resolved in 2002, Michigan self-imposed a punishment that included vacating games from the 1991-92 season. This altered their overall record from 25-9 to 24-8.