1974 NCAA Division I basketball championship game

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{{see also|1974 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament}}

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{{Infobox NCAABasketballSingleGame

| name = 1974 NCAA Tournament Championship Game

| type = ncg

| image = NCAA 70s logo.svg

| date = March 25, 1974{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1974-03-25-marquette.html|title=NC State vs. Marquette Box Score (Men), March 25, 1974|website=Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=February 15, 2024}}

| year = 1973-74

| visitor_school = North Carolina State University

| visitor_name_short = NC State

| visitor_nickname = Wolfpack

| visitor_record = 29-1

| visitor_conference = ACC

| visitor_AP = 1

| visitor_coaches = 1

| visitor_coach = Norm Sloan

| visitor_per1 = 39

| visitor_per2 = 37

| home_school = Marquette University

| home_name_short = Marquette

| home_nickname = Warriors

| home_record = 26-4

| home_conference = Independent

| home_AP = 3

| home_coaches = 5

| home_coach = Al McGuire

| home_per1 = 30

| home_per2 = 34

| arena = Greensboro Coliseum

| city = Greensboro, North Carolina

| attendance =

| referee =

| MVP = David Thompson, NC State{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/history/outstandingplayer |title=Final Four Most Outstanding Players |work=cbs.sportsline.com |access-date=February 15, 2024|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907123518/http://sportsline.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/history/outstandingplayer |archive-date=7 September 2008}}

| odds =

| US_network = NBC

| ratings =

| US_announcers = Curt Gowdy and Billy Packer{{cite web|title=2016 – Billy Packer|publisher=National Sports Media Association|url=https://nationalsportsmedia.org/awards/hall-of-fame/2016-billy-packer|access-date=February 15, 2024}}

| previous = 1973

| next = 1975

}}

The 1974 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1974 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1973-74 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The game was played on March 25, 1974, at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina and featured the NC State Wolfpack of the Atlantic Coast Conference, and the independent Marquette Warriors. This was the first national championship game since 1966 to not feature the UCLA Bruins.

NC State defeated Marquette to win their first national championship in program history, becoming only the second team from the ACC to win the national championship after North Carolina in 1957.