In 1977, the state of North Carolina had two teams in the Final Four: UNC and UNC-Charlotte.
UNC played Jerry Tarkanian’s UNLV and won, 84-83 and UNC-Charlotte lost to Marquette 51-49 on a last second shot by Jerome Whitehead.
In the finals, UNC was favored. The Tar Heels had Walter Davis, Phil Ford, Mike O’ Loren, Rich Yonaker and John Kuester. Tommy LaGarde, their best big man, was out with an injury and Ford played with an elbow issue.
Marquette started Butch Lee, Bo Ellis, Jerome Whitehead, Jim Boylan and Bill Neary.
Keep in mind that the game was quite different in the 1970’s.