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The 1978–79 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team is considered the greatest in the school's history. The Sycamores competed as members of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, playing their home games at the Hulman Center in Terre Haute, Indiana.
The 1979 Indiana State team was the last squad to reach a national title game with an undefeated record for 42 years; their achievement was finally matched by the 2021 Gonzaga Bulldogs, who reached that year's title contest against Baylor with a 31–0 record.
The 1979 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game was the final of the 1979 NCAA Division I basketball tournament and determined the national champion for the 1978–79 season. [ a ] The game was held on March 26, at the Special Events Center (now the Jon M. Huntsman Center ) at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City , Utah .
It shows how dominant the state of Indiana was in college basketball was from the mid-70s through the mid-1980s. Most people know that Purdue and ISU share John Wooden's legacy, as a player and coach.
The first of many meetings between Bird and Johnson came at the 1979 national championship game, when Johnson's Michigan State Spartans beat Indiana State 75-64. Johnson had 24 points, 7 rebounds ...
Indiana State Sycamores basketball is the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana. They currently compete in the Missouri Valley Conference. The team last played in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 2011.
Riding a nine-game winning streak, Indiana State debuted at No. 23 in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll Monday, the Sycamores' first ranking since reaching No. 1 in 1978-79.
The Trans America Athletic Conference began play, with eight original members. It was renamed the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2001.; Indiana State senior forward Larry Bird and Michigan Spartans sophomore point guard Earvin "Magic" Johnson emerged as two highly popular and successful players during the season, and their rivalry — culminating in a meeting in the national championship game ...