Knights Undefeated Indiana Shuts Down Jordan's UNC to go Final 4

In the top battle of defenses in our 350 All-Time Value Add Basketball Games, the last undefeated team in NCAA history shut down Michael Jordan's UNC to advance to the All-Time Final 4. 

Bobby Knight's 1976 undefeated Indiana team and Jordan's UNC registered the first game from the 350 we have played  in which the defenses combined to all fewer than 100 points - with Indiana advancing to the all-time Final 4, 53-46.

In our tournament of the first 96 teams created i in 2000, Indiana was shocked in the Elite 8 by Draymond Green's Michigan State 70-68. However, they have won their other five games by double digits except a 55-46 over the Fab 5 - the lowest scoring game until this one.

Every decade from the 1950s (San Francisco 1956) to present (UConn 2023) has one of the top 11 teams in our game - but the 1970s are the only decade with more than one - claiming the top three spots with this Indiana team as well as UCLA 1972 and 1975.

Points	Score	Allow	Winner	Yr	Loss	Year
99	53	46	Indiana	1976	North Carolina	1982
101	55	46	Indiana	1976	Michigan	1993
106	55	51	Gonzaga	2017	DePaul	1945
107	54	53	UTEP (TX Western)	1966	Marquette	1977
109	58	51	Virginia	2019	Georgetown	1984

Here is the box score.
 

Pos	North Carolina 1982	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Height	Summary
1-PG	Jimmy Black	4	0	2	0	0	4	2	1	1	6'3	7.6 Pts, 1.7 Reb
2-SG	Matt Doherty	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	4	6'8	9.3 Pts, 3.0 Reb
3-SF	Michael Jordan	15	0	5	5	5	6	6	0	1	nba,6'6	13.5 Pts, 4.4 Reb
4-PF	James Worthy	7	0	2	3	4	6	1	3	5	nba,6'9	15.6 Pts, 6.3 Reb
5-C	Sam Perkins	5	0	1	3	3	6	0	4	5	nba,6'9	14.3 Pts, 7.8 Reb
1-PG	Jim Braddock	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'2	1.9 Pts, 0.5 Reb
2-SG	Buzz Peterson	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'5	1.2 Pts, 0.5 Reb
3-SF	Chris Brust	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'9	1.7 Pts, 1.7 Reb
4-PF	Jeb Barlow	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	6'8	1.0 Pts, 0.8 Reb
5-C	John Brownlee	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'10	0.7 Pts, 1.1 Reb
	Turnovers 29	43	0	16	11	12	31	10	8	22
Pos	Indiana 1976	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Height	Summary
1-PG	Quinn Buckner	2	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	nba,6'3	8.9 Pts, 2.8 Reb
2-SG	Bob Wilkerson	7	0	2	3	6	2	3	0	1	nba,6'6	7.8 Pts, 4.9 Reb
3-SF	Tom Abernethy	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	nba,6'7	10.0 Pts, 5.3 Reb
4-PF	Scott May	15	1	4	4	4	8	0	2	3	nba,6'7	23.5 Pts, 7.7 Reb
5-C	Kent Benson	16	1	3	7	11	10	0	3	2	nba,6'10	17.3 Pts, 8.8 Reb
1-PG	Jim Wisman	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'2	2.5 Pts, 0.8 Reb
2-SG	Jim Crews	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'5	3.3 Pts, 0.7 Reb
3-SF	Mark Haymore	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	6'8	1.8 Pts, 2.2 Reb
4-PF	Rich Valavicius	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'5	2.4 Pts, 1.8 Reb
5-C	Bob Bender	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'2	2.1 Pts, 0.8 Reb
	Turnovers 18	56	2	18	14	21	27	5	5	16