Coms 273 Visual Project NCAA March Madness Championship Game of 1979 By: Matt Johnson, Ryder Pfau, Georgie Alvarez Visual Project (Side 1) 1979 NCAA March Madness Championship Game(Side 2) Michigan State Spartans Indiana State Sycamores

V.S. Visual Project (Side 2 ) Half 1 (Side 3)

Key players to watch during this game included Magic Johnson(Sophomore) of Michigan State and Larry Bird(Senior) of Indiana State who were the faces of their respective teams.Both men stayed neck and neck in stats through the first 15 min of this highly anticipated game.

Magic Johnson: 10 pts/1 assists/1RB Larry Bird: 10 pts/1 assists/ 3RB Visual Project (Side 3) Half 1 (Side 4) As the first half came to a close the Spartans of Michigan State had edged out Indiana State by the score of 37 - 28 heading with Magic and Bird still neck and neck in stats Visual Project (Side 4) Half 2 (Side 5) The second half started off rather bad for Indiana State as Michigan State began to pull away grabbing a 16 point lead with just over 16 min left to go while shutting down Larry Bird who at this time was only shooting 4 of 13 from the field and would go on to finish shooting 7 for 21 on the game

Larry Bird Final Stats:

19 pts / 2 Assists

5 Steals / 1 block

13 Rebounds Visual Project (Side 5) Half 2 (Side 6)

Indiana State later would go on a run cutting down the Spartans lead but by the end Magic had shown he was the better player over Bird that night by topping Birds 19 pts with his own 24 pts and securing victory for the Spartans

Magic Johnson Final Stats:

24 pts / 5 Assists / 1 Steal

7 rebounds Visual Project (Side 6) End Game Result (Side 7)

Michigan State Indiana State

75 64 Visual Project (Side 7) Key Takeaways (Side 8) ● Larry Bird and Magic Johnson would both then be drafted into the NBA after this college Season ● This Championship game was Indiana State's only loss of the season ● Michigan State claimed its first title with this victory ● This game had the highest Nielsen ratings of any game in the history of American basketball ● The pair of Johnson and Bird are created with sparking mass interest in the NCAA tournament that would later go through two field expansions in the following decade Visual Project Key Takeaways (Side 8) Visual Project Overview