1981 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game

1981 NCAA Tournament Championship Game
	National Championship Game
(29–7)	(25–9)
50	63
Head coach:; Dean Smith	Head coach:; Bob Knight
AP: 6;	AP: 9;
Date	March 30, 1981
Arena	The Spectrum
Location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Referee(s)	Ken Lauderdale, Lou Moser, & Booker Turner[1]
United States TV coverage
Network	NBC
Announcers	Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, and Al McGuire

The 1981 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game took place on March 30, 1981 between the North Carolina Tar Heels and Indiana Hoosiers at The Spectrum in Philadelphia. The matchup was the final one of the forty-third consecutive NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship single-elimination tournament — commonly referred to as the NCAA Tournament — organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and is used to crown a national champion for men's basketball at the Division I level.[2]

Because of the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley, there was talk of postponing or cancelling the title game; but once NCAA officials learned that Reagan had made it through surgery and would survive his injuries, the game was played as scheduled.[3] Howard Cosell criticized the NCAA for not postponing the game due to the Reagan assassination attempt.

The 1980–81 season was the last before the NCAA began sponsoring a championship for Division I women's basketball. All future NCAA men's tournaments and championship games would include "Men's" in their official titles.

Box score

Source:[4][5]

March 30, 1981

Indiana Hoosiers 63, North Carolina Tar Heels 50
Scoring by half: 27-26, 36-24
Pts: Isiah Thomas 23 Rebs: Ray Tolbert 11 Asts: Jim Thomas 8		Pts: Al Wood 18 Rebs: Sam Perkins 8 Asts: Jimmy Black 6

The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Referees: Ken Lauderdale, Lou Moser, & Booker Turner

References

Citations

"The Final Four" (PDF). 2014 NCAA Men's Final Four Records. NCAA. 2014. p. 20. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
Hager 2012, p. 21.
"Indiana, UNC meet 35 years after Reagan shooting jeopardized title game". FoxSports.com. 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
Jeff Borzello. "1981 Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament". CBSSports.com. CBS Broadcasting Inc. Archived from the original on April 9, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
"North Carolina vs. Indiana Box Score, March 30, 1981". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2014.

Bibliography

Hager, Tom (2012). The Ultimate Book of March Madness: The Players, Games, and Cinderellas that Captivated a Nation. Minneapolis, Minnesota: MVP Books. ISBN 978-0-7603-4323-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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[NCAA_FF-1] "The Final Four" (PDF). 2014 NCAA Men's Final Four Records. NCAA. 2014. p. 20. Retrieved December 9, 2014.

[FOOTNOTEHager201221-2] Hager 2012, p. 21.

[3] "Indiana, UNC meet 35 years after Reagan shooting jeopardized title game". FoxSports.com. 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2017.

[CBS_overview_and_stats-4] Jeff Borzello. "1981 Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament". CBSSports.com. CBS Broadcasting Inc. Archived from the original on April 9, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2014.

[SR_BS-5] "North Carolina vs. Indiana Box Score, March 30, 1981". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2014.