Creator: MSU Broadcast/Marketing/Video

Subjects: Athletics, Athletes, Basketball

Description:

Footage of the 1977 Class A semifinals in high school basketball at Jenison Field House on Michigan State campus in East Lansing, Michigan on March 19, 1977. The Everett team, with their star player Earvin Johnson, defeats Saginaw High School. Following the victory, Johnson holds a press conference in the auditorium of Everett High School to announce that he will be attending Michigan State University. The video ends with film footage of the 1978 Division I Men's Basketball Finals Tournament, in which Michigan State lost to Kentucky, 49-52.

Date: March 1977

Format: Video/mp4

Original Format: U-matic

Resource Identifier: UA-V000872

Collection Number: UA 8.1.1 Media Communications records

Language: English

Rights Management: Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by Michigan State University and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Contributing Institution: University Archives & Historical Collections

Contributor: MSU Archives and Historical Collections

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