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College basketball's most important game still gets talked about. Michigan State wore home white and beat Indiana State 75-64 for the program's first national title. Magic Johnson put up 24 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists on the way to Final Four MVP honors, outrunning Larry Bird's 19 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists.
Salt Lake City hosted it, and the broadcast drew the highest rating in televised college basketball history. That rivalry carried into the NBA and kept the sports world watching for a decade. Plenty of people credit the game with starting the modern era of the college sport.
"The college game was already on the launching pad. Then Bird and Magic came along and pushed the button." -Al McGuire
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