1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game

1998 NCAA Tournament Championship Game
National championship game
69	78
AP: 7; Coaches: 7;	AP: 5; Coaches: 6;
Date	March 30, 1998
Venue	Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas
MVP	Jeff Sheppard, Kentucky
Favorite	Kentucky by 3.5
Referees	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)
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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 game was played on March 30, 1998, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, and featured the South Regional Champion, No. 2-seeded Kentucky versus the West Regional Champion, No. 3-seeded Utah.^[2]

Participants

West Regional
- (3) Utah 85, (14) San Francisco 68
- (3) Utah 75, (6) Arkansas 69
- (3) Utah 65, (10) West Virginia 62
- (3) Utah 76, (1) Arizona 51
Final Four
- (W3) Utah 65, (E1) North Carolina 59

Seeding in brackets

South
- (2) Kentucky 82, (15) South Carolina State 67
- (2) Kentucky 88, (10) Saint Louis 61
- (2) Kentucky 94, (6) UCLA 66
- (2) Kentucky 86, (1) Duke 84
Final Four
- (S2) Kentucky 86, (MW3) Stanford 85 (OT)

Utah	Position	Kentucky
Andre Miller 1	G	Wayne Turner
Derek Broomhall	G	Jeff Sheppard
Hanno Möttölä 2	F	Allen Edwards
Alex Jensen	F	Scott Padgett 1
Michael Doleac 1	C	Nazr Mohammed 1
Players selected in an NBA draft (number indicates round)

Source^[3]

CBS

Monday, March 30

#S2 Kentucky Wildcats 78, #W3 Utah Utes 69
Scoring by half: 31–41, 47–28
Pts: Scott Padgett 17 Rebs: Heshimu Evans 6 Asts: Allen Edwards 5		Pts: Andre Miller 16 Rebs: Michael Doleac 10 Asts: Andre Miller 5

Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas
Attendance: 40,509
Referees: Jim Burr, Donnie Gray, Mike Sanzere