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Howard Cosell criticized the NCAA for not postponing the game due to the Reagan assassination attempt. Indiana defeated North Carolina by a 63–50 score to win their second national title in six years and fourth overall. As of 2024, this remains the only time a team from the Big Ten defeated an ACC team in the championship game.
1981 NCAA Division I basketball tournament; Season: 1980–81: Teams: 48: Finals site: The Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Champions: Indiana Hoosiers (4th title, 4th title game, 5th Final Four) Runner-up: North Carolina Tar Heels (5th title game, 8th Final Four) Semifinalists
Greensboro, North Carolina: Dec 13, 1980 * South Florida: W 73–64 6–1: Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Dec 20, 1980 * No. 8 : No. 11 Indiana: W 65–56 7–1: Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Dec 22, 1980 * Rutgers: W 71–64 8–1: Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Dec 29, 1980 * No. 6 ...
The 1980–81 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight , who was in his 10th year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana , and was a member of the Big Ten Conference .
Indiana swept a four-game series over four seasons in the early 1970s. IU won 59-56 on Dec. 6, 1971 in Bloomington and also won 72-59 on Dec. 5, 1973 in Bloomington.
After a nearly even first half, the Indiana Hoosiers pulled away from the North Carolina Tar Heels to clinch the school's fourth national championship, 63–50, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The win marked Hoosiers had coach Bob Knight 's second championship and marked North Carolina head coach Dean Smith 's sixth trip to the Final Four ...
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From 1946 to 1981, a consolation game was conducted before the Championship for the losing teams of the National Semifinals; the winning team was awarded third place and the losing team was awarded fourth place. In 1982, the NCAA eliminated the game and the two losing teams of the semifinal games are considered tied for third place in the ...