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In 1978, Kentucky won its fifth national championship, denying Duke its first title in the national final. The Wildcats were led by Jack Givens, who won Most Outstanding Player after scoring 41 points in the title game.
This was college basketball’s first postseason to feature seeding of any kind and the final tournament to have 32 teams in it. By 1979, the entire bracket was seeded and the field expanded to 40 teams before increasing again to 48 in 1980.
The 1978 NCAA tournament marked Notre Dame’s first trip to the Final Four. Arkansas was the fourth national semifinalist.
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Here are the tournament leaders, with games in parentheses (minimum three games):
Individual scoring
Individual rebounding
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