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NCAA Final Four Champion > Marquette > 1977 |
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1977 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Teams 32 Finals Site The Omni Atlanta, Georgia Champions Marquette (1st title) Runner-Up North Carolina (4th title game) Semifinalists Charlotte (1st Final Four) UNLV (1st Final Four) Winning Coach Al McGuire (3rd title) MOP Butch Lee Marquette Attendance 241,610 Top scorer Cedric Maxwell Charlotte (123 points) |
The 1977 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 32 American schools
playing in single-elimination play to determine the National Champion of Men's
NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 12, 1977, and ended with
the championship game on March 28 in Atlanta, Georgia. A total of 32 games were
played, including a national third place game. Marquette, coached by Al McGuire, won the national title with a 67-59 victory in the final game over North Carolina, coached by Dean Smith. Butch Lee of Marquette was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. McGuire retired immediately after the game. UNLV and Charlotte were third and fourth place, respectively. |
In 2003 Marquette, coached by Tom Crean and led by Dwyane Wade and Travis Diener,
defeated top-ranked Kentucky to reach the Final Four. In that game, Wade became
one of only four players in NCAA Men's Tournament history to record a triple-double.
Wade was named an AP All-American two years in a row and won Conference
USA Player of the Year while at Marquette. |
The school is well-known for the success of its men's basketball team. Marquette
Basketball is 9th in the NCAA for postseason appearances all-time (40), including
25 NCAA Tournament appearances (17th all time). The Warriors, coached by Al
McGuire, won the 1977 NCAA Tournament and were runners-up in 1974. Maurice "Bo"
Ellis was a member of each of those teams, and remains the only Marquette player
to appear in two Final Fours. |
March 18, 2008 UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Host: University of Dayton UD Arena Concierge March 20 and 22, 2008 Honda Center Anaheim, California Host: Big West Conference Honda Center Concierge Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado Hosts: Colorado State University Pepsi Center Concierge Qwest Center Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Hosts: Creighton University Qwest Center Omaha Concierge Verizon Center Washington, D.C. Host: Georgetown University Verizon Center Concierge March 21 and 23, 2008 BJCC Arena Birmingham, Alabama Host: Southeastern Conference BJCC Arena Concierge Alltel Arena Little Rock, Arkansas Host: University of Arkansas Alltel Arena Concierge RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina Host: North Carolina State University RBC Center Concierge St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, Florida Host: University of South Florida St Pete Times Forum Concierge March 27 and 29, 2008 East Regional Charlotte Bobcats Arena Charlotte, North Carolina Host: University of North Carolina Charlotte Arena Concierge West Regional US Airways Center Phoenix, Arizona Host: Arizona State University US Airways Center Concierge March 28 and 30, 2008 Midwest Regional Ford Field Detroit, Michigan Host: University of Detroit Mercy Ford Field Concierge South Regional Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas Host: University of Houston and Rice Reliant Stadium Concierge Final Four: April 5 and 7, 2008 Alamodome San Antonio, Texas Host: Univ. of Texas-San Antonio Alamodome Concierge |
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The current men's basketball roster includes guards Dominic James (2005-06 Big East
Rookie of the Year), Wesley Matthews, Jerel McNeal and David Cubillan, forward/guard
Dan Fitzgerald (2002-03 "Defensive Player of the Year" in Minnesota),
as well as Senegalese forward, Ousmane Barro. The Golden Eagles went through the
entire 2006-2007 season ranked in the top 25 in both the Associated Press and
ESPN/USA Today Polls with the exception of one week. |
