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...winners was the University of Louisville, ranked in the top five nationally with a 31-3 record. After getting by Iowa in the semis, Louisville took the title by beating U.C.L.A., 59-54, in a come-from-behind effort led by everybody's All-American, Senior Guard Darrell Griffith...
...Griffith, the tournament's Most Valuable Player, is an extraordinary outside shooter, and his pyrotechnic leaps for dunks and rebounds brought the school its first national title in any sport. The cheerful, 6-ft. 4-in. son of a Louisville steelworker. Griffith, 21, had carried his junior high and high school teams to state trophies, and he had hoped to do the same for his college. After the win, he exulted: "When I came here, I said that before I left, we'd get a national championship. Now I can say that I didn...
Then there's Louisville. The one reason why the Cardinals should win it all is because they have college basketball's most exciting player--senior guard Darrell Griffith. Just as Bill Walton, David Thompson and Earvin "Magic" Johnson had to be in there down to the wire, so does the 6-ft., 4-in. Griffith, who with his 48-in. vertical leap and a great outside shot is the premier offensive player in the college ranks...
...Midwest final against L.S.U., Griffith was only on the floor for 18 of the game's 40 minutes but still led his team in scoring with 17 points and left L.S.U. bleary-eyed with two dazzling dunks...
...Griffith, who had a game-high 24 points and started the game with a sensational slam dunk, missed a 15-footer in the final second that would have given the Cardinals a victory in regulation time...