1979 earvin "MAGIC" johnson LEFT, OF MICHIGAN STATE, AND LARRY BIRD OF INDIANA STATE WILL BE THE BIG GUNS IN MONDAY'S FINAL GAME IN THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. IN THEIR SEMI ...

An undefeated Larry Bird and Indiana State faced Magic Johnson and Michigan State in the 1979 NCAA men's national championship game. Magic scored a game-high 24 points and Michigan State went on ...

How about those fighting Indiana State Sycamores in 1979 with the greatest Hoosier sports figure of all time, Larry Bird, going up against Magic Johnson and Michigan State?

"Just became the biggest Magic Johnson fan" - Ice Cube said legendary 1979 NCAA final between Magic and Larry Bird made him fall in love with basketball originally appeared on Basketball Network ...

DePaul’s Mark Aguirre (32) and Indiana State’s Brad Miley lunge for a loose ball during the final minutes of a 1979 NCAA semifinal game in Salt Lake City.

The NBA also benefited from the 1979 Final Four, perhaps even moreso than the NCAA. The league at the time didn’t have many star players and struggled attracting fans.

Tickets to the 1979 final between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird are among PSA's most graded for the NCAA Tournament.

“ The game that saved basketball ” “ 25th Anniversary: 1979 Final Four ” “ Magic vs. Bird marks its 20th anniversary1979 NCAA title game has highest TV rating ” ...

Arguably the best campaign in Penn history, the Red and Blue finished the 1978-1979 regular season with a 13-1 Ivy record and a 21-5 mark overall, entering the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball ...

The 1979 Final Four saw Magic and Bird usher in basketball's modern era. A surprise entry, the Penn Quakers, harkened back to the game's past.

North Carolina's 71-65 victory over Gonzaga in the NCAA Tournament championship game Monday night averaged 14.5 in the Nielsen ratings, up 21 percent from 2016. Nice try, Tar Heels and Bulldogs ...

There won’t be a Final Four this year — Atlanta’s loss after the NCAA Tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Mark Bradley, a ...