1990 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game
The 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game was the final round of the 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, and it determined the national champion for the 1989-90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 1990 National Title Game was played on April 2, 1990 at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado. The 1990 National Title Game was played between the 1990 West Regional Champions, #1-seeded UNLV and the 1990 East Regional Champions, #3-seeded Duke.
| 1990 NCAA Tournament Championship Game | |||||||||||||
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| Date | April 2, 1990 | ||||||||||||
| Arena | McNichols Sports Arena | ||||||||||||
| Location | Denver, Colorado | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Anderson Hunt, UNLV | ||||||||||||
| Favorite | UNLV | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 17,675 | ||||||||||||
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| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||
| Announcers | Brent Musburger (play-by-play) Billy Packer (color) | ||||||||||||
Participating teams
Duke
- East
- Duke (3) 81, Richmond (14) 46
- Duke 76, St. Johns (6) 72
- Duke 90, UCLA (7) 81
- Duke 79, Connecticut (1) 78
- Final Four
- Duke 97, Arkansas (4) 83
UNLV
- West
- UNLV (1) 102, Arkansas-Little Rock (16) 72
- UNLV 76, Ohio State (8) 65
- UNLV 69, Ball State (12) 67
- UNLV 131, Loyola Marymount (11) 101
- Final Four
- UNLV 90, Georgia Tech (4) 81
Box score
CBS |
April 2 |
| #1 UNLV Runnin' Rebels 103, #3 Duke Blue Devils 73 | ||
| Pts: A. Hunt 29 Rebs: L. Johnson 11 Asts: S. Augmon 7 |
Pts: P. Henderson 21 Rebs: C. Laettner 9 Asts: C. Laettner 5 Halftime Score: UNLV, 47-35 | |
McNichols Arena - Denver, CO Attendance: 17,675 |
Notables
- UNLV's 30-point margin of victory in the championship game is a tournament record.[1]
- UNLV's 103–73 win over Duke marked the first, (and to date, only), time in the history of the tournament that at least 100 points were scored in the championship game.[2]
- To date, UNLV remains the last team from a non-power conference (AAC, ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC) to win the national championship; and the only one since 1977.[3]
- The championship game was UNLV’s eleventh-consecutive win. They would eventually run the win streak to an astounding 45 games. That is the fourth-longest win streak in NCAA Division 1 basketball history, and the longest win streak since the longest one ever (by UCLA) ended in 1974.[4]
References
- "March Madness History".
- "Which is the only basketball team to have scored over 100 points in a NCAA championship game?". 6 April 2017.
- "Which is the only basketball team to have scored over 100 points in a NCAA championship game?". 6 April 2017.
- https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2020-01-19/longest-winning-streaks-college-basketball-history
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