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1991 Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament

75 Years of March Madness (NCAA)

1991 NCAA Tournament | Bracket

Champion: Duke

Most Outstanding Player: Christian Laettner, Duke ky

Final Four: Duke, Kansas, UNLV, North Carolina

Shining Moments

  • Duke and Mike Krzyzewski turn the tables on the Blue Devils and their coach’s reputation by taking it to UNLV and getting revenge for the most lopsided title game outcome from a year before. Duke wins its national semi 79-77 over undefeated-’til-then Vegas, then goes on to beat Kansas 72-65 in a game few can remember with detail despite the fact it was K’s -- and Duke’s -- first title. The run begins a 13-game winning streak for Duke, the second-longest tourney streak to UCLA’s 38
    • .
  • The other Final Four game features Roy Williams beating his mentor, Dean Smith, when Kansas wins 79-73. Earlier in the tournament Smith tied John Wooden’s record for NCAA tournament wins (at the time 47) and became the first coach to go to the Final Four in four separate decades.
  • It was the first tournament to use tenths of a second in the final minute of play for the end of both halves.
  • CBS Sports starts a new seven-year deal to broadcast the tournament. The total of the contract is $1 billion, breaking an unprecedented barrier.
- Matt Norlander

Championship Game

Location: Indianapolis

Duke (72)
Player MIN. FG-A FT-A REB. A. PF. PTS.
Greg Koubek 17 2-4 0-0 4 0 1 5
Grant Hill 28 4-6 2-8 8 3 1 10
Christian Laettner 32 3-8 12-12 10 0 3 18
Bobby Hurley 40 3-5 4-4 1 9 1 12
Thomas Hill 23 1-5 0-0 4 1 2 3
Bill McCaffrey 26 6-8 2-2 1 0 1 16
Antonio Lang 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
Brian Davis 24 4-5 0-2 2 1 4 8
Crawford Palmer 9 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
Totals 200 23-41 20-28 31 14 13 72
 
Kansas (65)
Player MIN. FG-A FT-A REB. A. PF. PTS.
Alonzo Jamison 29 1-10 0-0 4 5 4 2
Mike Maddox 19 2-4 0-0 3 4 3 4
Mark Randall 33 7-9 3-6 10 2 4 18
Terry Brown 31 6-15 0-0 4 1 1 16
Adonis Jordan 34 4-6 1-2 0 3 0 11
Patrick Richey 4 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0
Steve Woodberry 18 1-4 0-0 4 0 4 2
Sean Tunstall 11 1-5 0-0 1 0 3 2
Kirk Wagner 3 1-1 0-0 1 0 0 2
Richard Scott 15 3-9 0-0 2 0 1 6
David Johanning 3 1-1 0-0 2 1 1 2
Totals 200 27-65 4-8 32 16 21 65

National semifinals

Duke 79, UNLV 77
DUKE (79): Koubek 1-6 0-0 2, G. Hill 5-8 1-1 11, Laettner 9-14 9-11 28, Hurley 4-7 1-1 12, T. Hill 2-6 2-2 6, McCaffrey 2-3 1-2 5, Lang 0-0 0-0 0, Davis 6-12 3-4 15, Palmer 0-0 0-0 0. Team 29-56 (.518) 17-21 (.810) 79.

UNLV (77): Johnson 5-10 3-4 13, Augmon 3-10 0-1 6, Ackles 3-6 1-2 7, Hunt 11-20 3-5 29, Anthony 8-18 1-1 19, Gray 1-2 0-0 2, Spencer 0-2 1-2 1. Team 31-68 (.456) 9-15 (.600) 77.

Three-point goals: Duke 4-8 (.500), UNLV 6-15 (.400).

Halftime: UNLV 43-41.

Kansas 79, North Carolina 73
KANSAS (79): Jamison 4-8 1-3 9, Maddox 4-10 2-2 10, Randall 6-11 4-6 16, Brown 1-10 0-0 3, Jordan 4-11 6-13 16, Richey 1-1 2-2 4, Woodberry 0-0 2-2 2, Tunstall 1-5 2-5 5, Wagner 0-1 0-0 0, Scott 6-9 2-3 14, Johanning 0-0 0-0 0. Team 27-66 (.409) 21-36 (.583) 79.

NORTH CAROLINA (73): Lynch 5-8 3-6 13, Fox 5-22 3-3 13, Chilcutt 2-8 0-0 4, Rice 1-6 3-4 5, Davis 9-16 5-5 25, Montross 3-4 0-1 6, Sullivan 0-0 0-0 0, Harris 0-2 0-0 0, Rodl 0-1 0-0 0, Phelps 1-1 0-1 2, Reese 2-5 0-3 5, Rozier 0-0 0-0 0, Cherry 0-0 0-0 0, Salvadori 0-0 0-0 0, Wenstrom 0-0 0-0 0. Team 28-73 (.384) 14-23 (.609) 73.

Three-point goals: Kansas 4-14 (.286), North Carolina 3-18 (.167).

Halftime: Kansas 43-34.

All-Tournament Team

Player Pos. Yr. School Statistics
Anderson Hunt G Jr. UNLV (29 pts in one game)
Bobby Hurley G Soph. Duke (24 pts, 16 assists)
Christian Laettner C Jr. Duke* (46 pts, 17 rebs)
Bill McCaffrey G Soph. Duke (21 pts)
Mark Randall F Sr. Kansas (34 pts)
*Named Most Outstanding Player.
  • Scoring Leader: Christian Laettner, Duke (125 points, 20.8 ppg).
  • Highest Scoring Average: Terry Dehere, Seton Hall (97 points, 24.3 ppg).
  • Rebounding Leader: Larry Johnson, UNLV (51 rebounds, 10.2 rpg).
  • Highest Rebounding Averages: Ohio State's Perry Carter and Oklahoma State's Byron Houston (36 rebounds, 12 rpg).

    • 1991 Tournament Scores

    FIRST ROUND
    West
    No. 1 UNLV 99, No. 16 Montana 65
    No. 8 Georgetown 70, No. 9 Vanderbilt 60
    No. 5 Michigan State 60, No. 12 Wisconsin-Green Bay 58
    No. 4 Utah 82, No. 13 South Alabama 72
    No. 11 Creighton 64, No. 6 New Mexico State 56
    No. 3 Seton Hall 71, No. 14 Pepperdine 51
    No. 10 Brigham Young 61, No. 7 Virginia 48
    No. 2 Arizona 93, No. 15 St. Francis (Pa.) 80

    Midwest
    No. 1 Ohio State 97, No. 16 Towson State 86
    No. 8 Georgia Tech 87, No. 9 DePaul 70
    No. 5 Texas 73, No. 12 St. Peter's 65
    No. 4 St. John's 75, No. 13 Northern Illinois 68
    No. 11 Connecticut 79, No. 6 Louisiana State 62
    No. 14 Xavier 89, No. 3 Nebraska 84
    No. 7 Iowa 76, No. 10 East Tennessee State 73
    No. 2 Duke 102, No. 15 Northeast Louisiana 73

    East
    No. 1 North Carolina 101, No. 16 Northeastern 66
    No. 9 Villanova 50, No. 8 Princeton 48
    No. 12 Eastern Michigan 76, No. 5 Mississippi State 56
    No. 13 Penn State 74, No. 4 UCLA 69
    No. 6 N.C. State 114, No. 11 Southern Mississippi 85
    No. 3 Oklahoma State 67, No. 14 New Mexico 54
    No. 10 Temple 80, No. 7 Purdue 63
    No. 15 Richmond 73, No. 2 Syracuse 69

    Southeast
    No. 1 Arkansas 117, No. 16 Georgia State 76
    No. 8 Arizona State 79, No. 9 Rutgers 76
    No. 5 Wake Forest 71, No. 12 Louisiana Tech 65
    No. 4 Alabama 89, No. 13 Murray State 79
    No. 6 Pittsburgh 76, No. 11 Georgia 68 (OT)
    No. 3 Kansas 55, No. 14 New Orleans 49
    No. 7 Florida State 75, No. 10 Southern Cal 72
    No. 2 Indiana 79, No. 15 Coastal Carolina (S.C.) 69


    SECOND ROUND
    West
    UNLV 62, Georgetown 54
    Utah 85, Michigan State 84 (2OT)
    Seton Hall 81, Creighton 69
    Arizona 76, Brigham Young 61

    Southeast
    Ohio State 65, Georgia Tech 61
    St. John's 84, Texas 76
    Connecticut 66, Xavier 50
    Duke 85, Iowa 70

    East
    North Carolina 84, Villanova 69
    Eastern Michigan 71, Penn State 68 (OT)
    Oklahoma State 73, North Carolina State 64
    Temple 77, Richmond 64

    Southeast
    Arkansas 97, Arizona State 90
    Alabama 96, Wake Forest 88
    Kansas 77, Pittsburgh 66
    Indiana 82, Florida State 60


    REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
    West
    UNLV 83, Utah 66
    Seton Hall 81, Arizona 77

    Midwest
    St. John's 91, Ohio State 74
    Duke 81, Connecticut 67

    East
    North Carolina 93, Eastern Michigan 67
    Temple 72, Oklahoma State 63 (OT)

    Southeast
    Arkansas 93, Alabama 70
    Kansas 83, Indiana 65


    REGIONAL FINALS
    West
    UNLV 77, Seton Hall 65

    Midwest
    Duke 78, St. John's 61

    East
    North Carolina 75, Temple 72

    Southeast
    Kansas 93, Arkansas 81


    NATIONAL SEMIFINALS
    Duke 79, UNLV 77
    Kansas 79, North Carolina 73

    NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
    Duke 72, Kansas 65

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