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| Date | April 6, 1992 | ||||||||||||
| Venue | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome,Minneapolis, Minnesota | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Bobby Hurley,Duke | ||||||||||||
| Favorite | Duke by 5.5 | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 50,379 | ||||||||||||
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| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Nantz (play-by-play) Billy Packer (color) | ||||||||||||
The1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and it determined the national champion for the1991-92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The game was played on April 6, 1992, at theHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome inMinneapolis, Minnesota. It featured the East Regional Champion and defending national champion, overall #1 seedDuke versus the Southeast Regional Champion, #6-seededMichigan.
Duke defeatedFab Five-led Michigan 71–51 to become the sixth school to repeat as national champions and were the last to repeat until theFlorida Gators in 2006 and 2007.
This marked the first of what is currently four consecutive losses in the national championship game for the Wolverines, as Michigan would lose in the championship game again in1993, as well as in2013 and2018. Though this game and the 1993 title game would later be vacated by Michigan due to issues found with the eligibility ofChris Webber in theUniversity of Michigan basketball scandal.
| Michigan | Position | Duke | ||
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| Jimmy King | G | Thomas Hill | ||
| Jalen Rose | G | Bobby Hurley | ||
| Chris Webber | F | Antonio Lang | ||
| Ray Jackson | F | Grant Hill | ||
| Juwan Howard | C | †Christian Laettner 1 | ||
| †1992 Consensus First Team All-American | ||||
| Players selected in the 1992 NBA draft (number indicates round) | ||||
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April 6, 1992 |
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| Scoring by half: 31-30, 20-41 | ||
| Pts:Chris Webber 14 Rebs: Chris Webber 11 Asts:Jalen Rose 4 | Pts:Christian Laettner 19 Rebs:Grant Hill 10 Asts:Bobby Hurley 7 | |
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The championship game was televised in the United States byCBS.Jim Nantz providedplay-by-play, whileBilly Packer providedcolor commentary.
Michigan would later vacate its appearance in both the 1992 and 1993 Final Four and their subsequent title games due to issues found with the eligibility ofChris Webber in theEd Martin scandal. While the other members of theFab Five were cleared of any wrongdoing, the group's reputation was nonetheless tarnished by the scandal.
1992 marked the start of a losing streak in the national championship game for the Wolverines. Michigan would lose in the championship game again in1993, as well as in2013 and2018, which brought their record in the title game to 1–6, the worst record among teams that have previously won a championship.
Duke would return to the national championship game in1994 and1999, but they would fall toArkansas andUConn respectively. The Blue Devils would win their next championship in2001 againstArizona.
