Front Row (l-r): Mgr. Randy Bishop, Mgr. Ed Belloli, Asst. Coach Fred Paulsen, Asst. Coach Bill Berry, Head Coach Jud Heathcote, Asst. Coach Dave Harshman, Trainer Clint Thompson, Mgr. Darwin Payton
Back Row (l-r): Terry Donnelly, Greg Lloyd, Gerald Gilkie, Don Brkovich, Rick Kayed, Ron Charles, Earvin Johnson, Gregory Kelser, Jay Vincent, Rob Gonzalez, Mike Brkovich, Jaime Huffman, Mike Longaker
| WINNING COACH | MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER |
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| JUD HEATHCOTE | EARVIN "MAGIC" JOHNSON | MICHIGAN STATE |
| Location: Special Events Center | Salt Lake City, Utah | |
| March 26, 1979 | |
FINAL FOUR
| Player | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | REB | PF | PTS |
| Michigan State | |||||
| Brkovich | 1-2 | 3-7 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Kelser | 7-13 | 5-6 | 8 | 4 | 19 |
| Charles | 3-3 | 1-2 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| Donnelly | 5-5 | 5-6 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| Johnson | 8-15 | 8-10 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Vincent | 2-5 | 1-2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Gonzalez | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Longaker | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 26-43 | 23-33 | 34 | 19 | 75 |
| Indiana State | |||||
| Miley | 0-0 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Gilbert | 2-3 | 0-4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Bird | 7-21 | 5-8 | 13 | 3 | 19 |
| Nicks | 7-14 | 3-6 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| Reed | 4-19 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Heaton | 4-14 | 2-2 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| Staley | 2-2 | 0-1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Nerncek | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Team | 3 | ||||
| Totals | 27-64 | 10-22 | 34 | 24 | 64 |