Basketbowl

Basketball game

Basketbowl

| Kentucky Wildcats |  Michigan State Spartans

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(4-0) | (3-3)
79  | 74
Head coach:
Tubby Smith | Head coach:
Tom Izzo
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Kentucky Wildcats | 49| 30 | 79
Michigan State Spartans | 43| 31 | 74
Date| December 13, 2003
Venue| Ford Field, Detroit
Attendance| 78,129
Network| CBS
Announcers| Verne Lundquist and Billy Packer

The Basketbowl was a college basketball game between Michigan State University and the University of Kentucky held on December 13, 2003, at Ford Field, a domed American football stadium in Detroit, Michigan. Kentucky won the game 79–74, never trailing throughout the contest.[1]

The announced crowd of 78,129 set a record for verified[2] attendance at a basketball game in history.[1] While the record was broken at the 2010 NBA All-Star Game, which drew 108,713 to Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas,[3] the Basketbowl still holds the record for attendance at a college basketball game.

## Teams

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Both schools entered into the contest with significant on-court accomplishments. Combined, both schools had won nine national championships (seven for Kentucky, two for Michigan State) and made 18 Final Four appearances (13 for Kentucky, five for Michigan State). Michigan State and Kentucky had met 20 times previously with Kentucky holding an 11–9 advantage. Michigan State had defeated Kentucky 71–67 the previous year at Rupp Arena.

## Court

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The court being assembled in Ford Field.

The basketball court for the game was moved from Michigan State's Breslin Center and reassembled on the 50 yard line of Ford Field, giving the promotional title "Basketbowl: Hoops on the 50!"[citation needed] This is the same court that Michigan State won the 2000 NCAA Championship on in Indianapolis. In addition, the entire court was raised off the field by a custom stage deck installed by SGA Production Staging, Inc. to improve sight lines for those sitting in the upper bowl of the stadium.[citation needed]

## Basketball attendance record

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The previous record of 75,000 was held by the Harlem Globetrotters during their exhibition game at Berlin, Germany's Olympic Stadium.[4] The 2010 NBA All-Star Game at Cowboys Stadium drew a crowd of 108,713, which shattered the all-time attendance record for the sport set by Michigan State and Kentucky in 2003.[5]

## "BasketBowl II"

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It was announced on April 15, 2008 that Ford Field would host "BasketBowl II" between the Spartans and North Carolina as part of the ACC–Big Ten Challenge on December 3 of that year. North Carolina won the game easily 98–63.[6] The game was televised on ESPN.[7] The two teams met again in Ford Field four months later, this time for the 2009 NCAA Tournament Championship.[8] North Carolina easily defeated the Spartans in the championship as well.[9]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Kentucky never trails in 'BasketBowl'". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 13, 2003. Archived from the original on April 5, 2004. Retrieved July 12, 2009.
2. ^ The 1968 European Cup Winners' Cup final between AEK Athens and Slavia Prague, held at the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, is believed to have had 80,000 in attendance, but that total was not verified at the time. "Partizan sets crowd record at Belgrade Arena!". Euroleague.net. March 5, 2009. Archived from the original on March 10, 2009. Retrieved March 31, 2009.
3. ^ "East wins in front of biggest crowd to watch hoops game". ESPN.com. Associated Press. February 14, 2010. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
4. ^ Weber, Bruce (May 22, 2015). "Marques Haynes, 89, Dies; Dribbled as a Globetrotter and Dazzled Worldwide". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
5. ^ "Basketball record 108,713 watch All-Star Game". ESPN.com. February 15, 2010.
6. ^ "North Carolina vs. Michigan State - Game Recap - December 3, 2008 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
7. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved June 30, 2006.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
8. ^ "Michigan State vs. North Carolina - Game Recap - April 6, 2009 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on September 15, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
9. ^ "North Carolina Wins NCAA Championship". Retrieved August 22, 2017.

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