1998 NCAA Tournament Championship Game | |||||||||||||
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National Championship Game | |||||||||||||
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Date | March 30, 1998 | ||||||||||||
Arena | Alamodome | ||||||||||||
Location | San Antonio, Texas | ||||||||||||
MVP | Jeff Sheppard, Kentucky | ||||||||||||
Favorite | Kentucky by 3.5 | ||||||||||||
Referee(s) | Jim Burr, Donnie Gray, Mike Sanzere | ||||||||||||
Attendance | 40,509 | ||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||
Network | CBS | ||||||||||||
Announcers |
Jim Nantz (play-by-play) Billy Packer (color) Michele Tafoya and Armen Keteyian (sideline) |
The 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 1998 National Title Game was played on March 30, 1998, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, The 1998 National Title Game was played between the 1998 South Regional Champions, No. 2-seeded Kentucky and the 1998 West Regional Champions, No. 3-seeded Utah.
Seeding in brackets