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UNLV entered the game on a 45-game winning streak and were strong favorites to win the whole tournament, especially given their 30-point trouncing of Duke in the previous year's championship game. However, Duke managed to scrape out a 79–77 win, advancing them to the championship game which they also won. The game is frequently recognized as ...
The game was played on April 1, 1991, at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana, and featured the Midwest Regional Champion, #2-seeded Duke versus the Southeast Regional Champion, #3-seeded Kansas.
The 1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 14, 1991, and ended with the championship game on April 1 in Indianapolis, Indiana .
Duke and North Carolina were on a collision course to meet in the national title game 31 years ago. It's a scenario that still haunts former Tar Heels to this day.
Each winning university receives a rectangular, gold-plated trophy made of wood. [10] The first NCAA tournament was organized by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. [11] Oregon won the inaugural tournament, defeating Ohio State 46–33 in the first championship game. Before the 1941 tournament, control of the event was given to the ...
ACC Tournament Finals: L 74–96 26–7: Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC: NCAA Tournament March 14, 1991 * CBS (2 MW) No. 6 : vs. (15 MW) Northeast Louisiana NCAA Midwest First round: W 102–73 27–7: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN: March 16, 1991 * CBS (2 MW) No. 6 : vs. (7 MW) Iowa NCAA Midwest Second Round: W 85–70 28–7
The 1991–92 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team was a Division I college basketball team that competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Led by All-American Christian Laettner and Grant Hill , Duke won its 2nd national championship in as many years to become the first repeating team since UCLA 's seven-year dynasty from 1967 to 1973.
Additionally, good teams were often excluded from the NCAA tournament because each conference could only have one bid and conference champions were even excluded because of the 8-district system before 1950. Teams often competed in both tournaments during the first decade, with City College of New York winning both the NIT and NCAA tournament ...