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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.
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 .
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
The 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 28, 1980, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1981 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship game on March 30, 1981, at The Spectrum in Philadelphia.
The 1980–81 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented University of North Carolina. Led by senior guard-forward Al Wood , it won the 1981 ACC Tournament and reached the championship of the NCAA Tournament, falling to Indiana University 63–50.
40 seconds: Indiana State misses two shots. 57.9 seconds 2H: Indiana State 77, Seton Hall 77. Al-Amir Dawes hits a contested 3 from the top to tie it at 77 and make it a Seton Hall a 7-point run.
Today, the ugly event is commemorated with throwback T-shirts marking the night beer, blood and baseball mixed. The rest of the country was outraged. The Indians held another beer night a month later.
The 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 27, 1981, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship game on March 29, 1982, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.