Front Row (l-r): Head Coach Joe B. Hall, Jay Shidler, Dwane Casey, Kyle Macy, Jack Givens, Tim Stephens, Chris Gettelfinger, Truman Claytor, Asst. Coach Dickie Parsons
Back Row (l-r): Asst. Trainer Walt McCombs, Mgr. Don Sullivan, LaVon Williams, Scott Courts, Mike Phillips, Rick Robey, Chuck Aleksinas, Fred Cowan, James Lee, Asst. Coach Leonard Hamilton, Asst. Coach Joe Dean Jr.
| WINNING COACH | MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER |
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| JOE B. HALL | JACK GIVENS | KENTUCKY |
| Location: The Checkerdome | St. Louis, Missouri | |
| March 27, 1978 | |
FINAL FOUR
| Player | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | REB | PF | PTS |
| Duke | |||||
| Banks | 6-12 | 10-12 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| Dennard | 5-7 | 0-0 | 8 | 5 | 10 |
| Gminski | 6-16 | 8-8 | 12 | 3 | 20 |
| Harrell | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Spanarkel | 8-16 | 5-6 | 2 | 4 | 21 |
| Suddah | 1-3 | 2-3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Bender | 1-2 | 5-5 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Goetsch | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 29-59 | 30-34 | 35 | 22 | 88 |
| Kentucky | |||||
| Givens | 18-27 | 5-8 | 8 | 4 | 41 |
| Robey | 8-11 | 4-6 | 11 | 2 | 20 |
| Phillips | 1-4 | 2-2 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Macy | 3-3 | 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Claytor | 3-5 | 2-4 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Lee | 4-8 | 0-0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Shidler | 1-5 | 0-1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Aleksinas | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Williams | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Cowan | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Stephens | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Courts | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gettelfinger | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 39-68 | 16-25 | 32 | 26 | 94 |