 In 1978, Givens and Kentucky returned to the Final Four at the Checkerdome in Saint Louis, Missouri.After leading Kentucky to a semifinal victory over the University of Arkansas, he scored a career-high 41 points and made 18 of 27 field goal attempts against Duke to help Kentucky clinch their fifth NCAA Championship in men's basketball.Givens lettered four times in varsity basketball from 1974–75 to 1977–78.