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The 1977 NCAA 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 Saturday, March 12, 1977, and ended with the championship game on Monday, March 28 in Atlanta. A total of 32 games were played, including a ...
In his final season as a collegiate head coach, McGuire led Marquette to its only NCAA basketball championship in 1977. [7] Led by Alfred "Butch" Lee, Maurice "Bo" Ellis and Jerome Whitehead, the team beat UNC Charlotte in the national semifinals after Whitehead received a full-court pass and subsequently made a last-second shot.
The matchup was the final one of the thirty-ninth consecutive NCAA Division I Men's 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]
Al McGuire won an elusive NCAA championship in his final game as Marquette men's basketball coach in 1977, with tears starting to fall down his face even before the buzzer sounded on the then ...
The 1976–77 Marquette Warriors men's basketball team represented Marquette University in the 1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Warriors played their home games at the MECCA Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as a Division I Independent. They were led by head coach Al McGuire in his 13th and final year at Marquette. The ...
This season's Golden Eagles have the lofty goal of adding another Final Four ... of the 1973-74 Marquette men's basketball team ... national championship in the NCAA Tournament in 1977.
The 6-foot-9 Toone was a highly rated recruit from Yonkers, New York, and he arrived at MU to play for legendary coach Al McGuire in 1975.
The 1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1976, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1977 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Championship Game on March 28, 1977, at The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia.