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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] | ||||||||||||
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.
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.
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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 |