March Madness: 2013 Division I Basketball Tournaments -NCAA and NIT

March Madness: 2013 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournaments

The ACC teams of the future join Duke in the Elite 8: Syracuse, Louisville

University of Miami first ACC team to be denied a top seed after winning both the regular season and the conference tournament

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University of Miami first ACC team to be denied a top seed after winning both the regular season and the conference tournament.

Louisville is the top seed in the NCAA tournament after a topsy-turvy season in college basketball, capped by another round of upsets over the weekend.

That other team from the Bluegrass State won’t even get a chance to defend its national title.

While the Big East champion Cardinals surged to the top of the 68-team bracket released Sunday, joined by fellow No. 1 seeds Kansas, Indiana and Gonzaga, the school that won it all a year ago was left out of the field. Kentucky was hoping the committee would overlook a dismal performance in the Southeastern Conference tournament, but the Wildcats had to settle for a spot in the second-tier National Invitation Tournament.

As if that’s not bad enough for Kentucky fans, Louisville (29-5) gets to rub a little more salt in its rival’s wounds by opening the tournament about 75 miles from campus on Kentucky’s home court, Rupp Arena in Lexington. The Cardinals will face either Liberty or North Carolina State in a second-round game Thursday. Kentucky plays an NIT game Tuesday – on the road because Rupp is taken for the NCAAs – at Robert Morris.

The Big East, in its final year before the basketball-only schools break away to form their own league, led the way with 8 teams in the NCAA field.

No. 7 Kansas (29-5) moved up to take the second overall seed after an impressive run through the Big 12 tournament, punctuated by a 70-54 victory over rival Kansas State in the title game. No. 3 Indiana (28-6) is third overall despite falling to Wisconsin in the Big Ten semifinals. The Zags claimed the last of the coveted No. 1 seeds, edging out Atlantic Coast Conference champion Miami.

The top spots are significant in at least one respect: A No. 1 has never lost to a 16th-seeded team.

Miami, known more as a football school, became the first ACC team to be denied a top seed after winning both the regular season and the conference tournament.

The Hurricanes were among the No. 2 seeds with conference rival Duke, Georgetown from the Big East, and Big Ten tournament champion Ohio State.

Duke, which had been atop the RPI rankings, cost itself a shot at a No. 1 seed with an upset loss to Maryland in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament. Georgetown lost in the Big East semifinals and settled for a No. 2 as well, but Indiana was in no danger of dropping off the top line, despite its loss to the Badgers. Bobinski said the Hoosiers’ overall body of work was good enough to ensure they didn’t fall below one of the top four spots, no matter what happened Sunday.

The tournament begins Tuesday with a pair of games in Dayton, Ohio. Everyone is trying to get to Atlanta for the Final Four, which starts April 6 at the Georgia Dome.

If Louisville advances to the round of 16, there’s a chance Pitino would get to match up with Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford, a regional MVP on Pitino’s Kentucky team that made it to the Final Four two decades ago.

One thing is for sure in this most uncertain season: There won’t be a repeat champion.

A year after taking its eighth national title – only UCLA has won more – Kentucky’s success in restocking each year with the best one-and-done prospects hit a roadblock. The Wildcats never meshed as a unit, then lost the best of the freshmen when Nerlens Noel went down with a season-ending knee injury. An upset over Florida boosted their stock heading to the SEC tournament. But the Wildcats turned in a miserable performance in Nashville, Tenn., losing to Vanderbilt 64-48 in the quarterfinals.

In all, 11 of the 37 at-large bids went to teams outside the so-called power conferences.

Middle Tennessee lost in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference tournament after winning the regular season title, which in previous years might have been enough to knock them out of the NCAAs. Not this time. The Blue Raiders (28-5) are headed to the tournament, helped along by another upset when Mississippi knocked off Florida in the SEC championship game Sunday. Middle Tennessee had beaten the Rebels.

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2013 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament 

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Video: ESPN Breaking Down Louisville’s Win

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Sweet Sixteen 2013

Elite Eight 2013

Final Four 2013

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2013 NCAA Women’s Division I Basketball Tournament 

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2013 NCAA Men’s Basketball NIT Championship

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NIT 16

NIT 8

NIT Final 4

April 2, 2013

Finals April 4, 2013

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Baylor vs. Iowa (NIT Final)

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At one time the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) was the premier college basketball tournament
College basketball teams once preferred to play in NIT over the NCAA Tournament

The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is the oldest tournament in college basketball. The NIT was started in 1938. It was the first national postseason collegiate tournament to be played in the country. The NCAA followed 1 year later with a tournament of their own. The tournament was originally played entirely at Madison Square Garden in New York. The opening rounds of the tournament were later moved from New York to campus sites in 1977. The Garden was reserved solely for the semifinals and the finals. This is currently how the tournament is still played. When the tournament first started in 1938, the original field consisted of only 6 teams. It was later expanded to 8 teams in 1941, 12 teams in 1949, 14 teams in 1965 , 16 teams in 1968, 24 teams in 1979, 32 teams in 1980 and finally to 40 teams in 2002.

Source: NCAA

2013 President Barack Obama’ 2013 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament Picks

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NCAA Division I Men’s Championship History

Year	Champion (Record)	Coach	Score	Runner-Up	Site
2012	Kentucky (38-2)	John Calipari	67-59	Kansas	New Orleans, La.
2011	Connecticut (32-9)	Jim Calhoun	53-41	Butler	Houston, Texas
2010	Duke (35-5)	Mike Krzyzewski	61-59	Butler	Indianapolis, Ind.
2009	North Carolina (34-4)	Roy Williams	89-72	Michigan State	Detroit, Mich.
2008	Kansas (37-3)	Bill Self	75-68 (OT)	Memphis	San Antonio, Texas
2007	Florida (35-5)	Billy Donovan	84-75	Ohio State	Atlanta, Ga.
2006	Florida (33-6)	Billy Donovan	73-57	UCLA	Indianapolis, Ind.
2005	North Carolina (33-4)	Roy Williams	75-70	Illinois	St. Louis, Mo.
2004	Connecticut (33-6)	Jim Calhoun	82-73	Georgia Tech	San Antonio, Texas
2003	Syracuse (30-5)	Jim Boeheim	81-78	Kansas	New Orleans, La.
2002	Maryland (32-4)	Gary Williams	64-52	Indiana	Atlanta, Ga.
2001	Duke (35-4)	Mike Krzyzewski	82-72	Arizona	Minneapolis, Minn.
2000	Michigan State (32-7)	Tom Izzo	89-76	Florida	Indianapolis, Ind.
1999	Connecticut (34-2)	Jim Calhoun	77-74	Duke	St. Petersburg, Fla.
1998	Kentucky (35-4)	Tubby Smith	78-69	Utah	San Antonio, Texas
1997	Arizona (25-9)	Lute Olson	84-79 (OT)	Kentucky	Indianapolis, Ind.
1996	Kentucky (34-2)	Rick Pitino	76-67	Syraucse	East Rutherford, N.J.
1995	UCLA (31-2)	Jim Harrick	89-78	Arkansas	Seattle, Wash.
1994	Arkansas (31-3)	Nolan Richardson	76-72	Duke	Charlotte, N.C.
1993	North Carolina (34-4)	Dean Smith	77-71	Michigan	New Orleans, La.
1992	Duke (34-2)	Mike Krzyzewski	71-51	Michigan	Minneapolis, Minn.
1991	Duke (32-7)	Mike Krzyzewski	72-65	Kansas	Indianapolis, Ind.
1990	UNLV (35-5)	Jerry Tarkanian	103-73	Duke	Denver, Colo.
1989	Michigan (30-7)	Steve Fisher	80-79 (OT)	Seton Hall	Seattle, Wash.
1988	Kansas (27-11)	Larry Brown	83-79	Oklahoma	Kansas City, Mo.
1987	Indiana (30-4)	Bob Knight	74-73	Syracuse	New Orleans, La.
1986	Louisville (32-7)	Denny Crum	72-69	Duke	Dallas, Texas
1985	Villanova (25-10)	Rollie Massimino	66-64	Georgetown	Lexington, Ky,
1984	Georgetown (34-3)	John Thompson	84-75	Houston	Seattle, Wash.
1983	North Carolina State (26-10)	Jim Valvano	54-52	Houston	Albuquerque, N.M.
1982	North Carolina (32-2)	Dean Smith	63-62	Georgetown	New Orleans, La.
1981	Indiana (26-9)	Bob Knight	63-50	North Carolina	Philadelphia, Pa.
1980	Louisville (33-3)	Denny Crum	59-54	UCLA	Indianapolis, Ind.
1979	Michigan State (26-6)	Jud Heathcote	75-64	Indiana State	Salt Lake City, Utah
1978	Kentucky (30-2)	Joe Hall	94-88	Duke	St. Louis, Mo.
1977	Marquette (25-7)	Al McGuire	67-59	North Carolina	Atlanta, Ga.
1976	Indiana (32-0)	Bob Knight	86-68	Michigan	Philadelphia, Pa.
1975	UCLA (28-3)	John Wooden	92-85	Kentucky	San Diego, Calif.
1974	North Carolina State (30-1)	Norm Sloan	76-64	Marquette	Greensboro, N.C.
1973	UCLA (30-0)	John Wooden	87-66	Memphis State	St. Louis, Mo.
1972	UCLA (30-0)	John Wooden	81-76	Florida State	Los Angeles, Calif.
1971	UCLA (29-1)	John Wooden	68-62	Villanova	Houston, Texas
1970	UCLA (28-2)	John Wooden	80-69	Jacksonville	College Park, Md.
1969	UCLA (29-1)	John Wooden	92-72	Purdue	Louisville, Ky.
1968	UCLA (29-1)	John Wooden	78-55	North Carolina	Los Angeles, Calif.
1967	UCLA (30-0)	John Wooden	79-64	Dayton	Louisville, Ky.
1966	UTEP (28-1)	Don Haskins	72-65	Kentucky	College Park, Md.
1965	UCLA (28-2)	John Wooden	91-80	Michigan	Portland, Ore.
1964	UCLA (30-0)	John Wooden	98-83	Duke	Kansas City, Mo.
1963	Loyola (Ill.) (29-2)	George Ireland	60-58 (OT)	Cincinnati	Louisville, Ky.
1962	Cincinnati (29-2)	Ed Jucker	71-59	Ohio State	Louisville, Ky.
1961	Cincinnati (27-3)	Ed Jucker	70-65 (OT)	Ohio State	Kansas City, Mo.
1960	Ohio State (25-3)	Fred Taylor	75-55	California	Daly City, Calif.
1959	California (25-4)	Pete Newell	71-70	West Virginia	Louisville, Ky.
1958	Kentucky (23-6)	Adolph Rupp	84-72	Seattle	Louisville, Ky.
1957	North Carolina (32-0)	Frank McGuire	54-53 (3OT)	Kansas	Kansas City, Mo.
1956	San Francisco (29-0)	Phil Woolpert	83-71	Iowa	Evanston, Ill.
1955	San Francisco (28-1)	Phil Woolpert	77-63	LaSalle	Kansas City, Mo.
1954	La Salle (26-4)	Ken Loeffler	92-76	Bradley	Kansas City, Mo.
1953	Indiana (23-3)	Branch McCracken	69-68	Kansas	Kansas City, Mo.
1952	Kansas (28-3)	Phog Allen	80-63	St. John’s	Seattle, Wash.
1951	Kentucky (32-2)	Adolph Rupp	68-58	Kansas State	Minneapolis, Minn.
1950	CCNY (24-5)	Nat Holman	71-68	Bradley	New York, N.Y.
1949	Kentucky (32-2)	Adolph Rupp	46-36	Oklahoma A&M	Seattle, Wash.
1948	Kentucky (36-3)	Adolph Rupp	58-42	Baylor	New York, N.Y.
1947	Holy Cross (27-3)	Doggie Julian	58-47	Oklahoma	New York, N.Y.
1946	Oklahoma State (31-2)	Henry Iba	43-40	North Carolina	New York, N.Y.
1945	Oklahoma State (27-4)	Henry Iba	49-45	NYU	New York, N.Y.
1944	Utah (21-4)	Vadal Peterson	42-40 (OT)	Dartmouth	New York, N.Y.
1943	Wyoming (31-2)	Everett Shelton	46-34	Georgetown	New York, N.Y.
1942	Stanford (28-4)	Everett Dean	53-38	Dartmouth	Kansas City, Mo.
1941	Wisconsin (20-3)	Bud Foster	39-34	Washington State	Kansas City, Mo.
1940	Indiana (20-3)	Branch McCracken	60-42	Kansas	Kansas City, Mo.
1939	Oregon (29-5)	Howard Hobson	46-33	Ohio State	Evanston, Ill.

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Most NCAA Division I Men’s Championship Titles
11 – UCLA
8 – Kentucky
5 – Indiana
5 – North Carolina
4 – Duke
3 – Connecticut
3 – Kansas
2 – Cincinnati
2 – Florida
2 – Louisville
2 – Michigan State
2 – North Carolina State
2 – Oklahoma State
2 – San Francisco

Most Final Four Appearances
18 – North Carolina
17 – UCLA*
15 – Duke
15 – Kentucky
14 – Kansas
11 – Ohio State
9 – Louisville
8 – Indiana
8 – Michigan State
6 – Arkansas
6 – Cincinnati
6 – Oklahoma State

Most Final Four Wins
25 – UCLA*
19 – Kentucky
15 – Duke
15 – North Carolina
12 – Indiana
12 – Kansas
8 – Ohio State
7 – Cincinnati
6 – Connecticut
5 – Georgetown
5 – Louisville
5 – Michigan*
5 – Michigan State
5 – North Carolina State
5 – Oklahoma State
5 – San Francisco

Most Final Four Games
32 – UCLA*
30 – North Carolina
27 – Duke
26 – Kentucky
25 – Kansas
18 – Ohio State
15 – Indiana
14 – Louisville
11 – Cincinnati
11 – Michigan State

Consecutive Final Four Appearances
10 – UCLA (1967-76)
5 – Cincinnati (1959-63)
5 – Duke (1988-92)
3 – Houston (1982-84)
3 – Kentucky (1996-98)
3 – Michigan State (1999-01)
3 – North Carolina (1967-69)
3 – Ohio State (1944-46)
3 – Ohio State (1960-62)
3 – San Francisco (1955-57)
3 – UCLA (2006-2008)

* Vacated years not included
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NCAA Division I Men’s Final Four Seeds

2012	1, 2, 2, 4	Kentucky,  Kansas, Ohio State, Louisville
2011	3, 4, 8, 11	UConn,  Kentucky, Butler, VCU
2010	1, 2, 5, 5	Duke, West  Virginia, Butler, Michigan State
2009	1, 1, 2, 3	North Carolina, Connecticut, Michigan State, Villanova
2008	1, 1, 1, 1	Kansas,  Memphis, North Carolina, UCLA
2007	1, 1, 2, 2	Florida,  Ohio State, Georgetown, UCLA
2006	2, 3, 4, 11	UCLA, Florida, LSU, George Mason
2005	1, 1, 4, 5	North Carolina,  Illinois, Louisville, Michigan State
2004	1, 2, 2, 3	Duke, Connecticut, Oklahoma State, Georgia Tech
2003	1, 2, 3, 3	Texas, Kansas, Marquette, Syracuse
2002	1, 1, 2, 5	Maryland,  Kansas, Oklahoma, Indiana
2001	1, 1, 2, 3	Duke,  Michigan State, Arizona, Maryland
2000	1, 5, 8, 8	Michigan State,  Florida, North Carolina, Wisconsin
1999	1, 1, 1, 4	Connecticut,  Duke, Michigan State, Ohio State
1998	1, 2, 3, 3	North Carolina, Kentucky, Stanford, Utah
1997	1, 1, 1, 4	Kentucky, Minnesota, North  Carolina, Arizona
1996	1, 1, 4, 5	Kentucky,  Massachusetts, Syracuse, Mississippi State
1995	1, 2, 2, 4	UCLA,  Arkansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma State
1994	1, 2, 2, 3	Arkansas,  Arizona, Duke, Florida
1993	1, 1, 1, 2	North Carolina,  Kentucky, Michigan, Kansas
1992	1, 2, 4, 6	Duke,  Indiana, Cincinnati, Michigan
1991	1, 1, 2, 3	UNLV, North Carolin, Duke, Kansas
1990	1, 3, 4, 4	UNLV, Duke,  Georgia Tech, Arkansas
1989	1, 2, 3, 3	Illinois, Duke, Seton Hall, Michigan
1988	1, 1, 2, 6	Arizona, Oklahoma, Duke, Kansas
1987	1, 1, 2, 6	UNLV, Indiana, Syracuse, Providence
1986	1, 1, 2, 11	Duke, Kansas, Louisville, LSU
1985	1, 1, 2, 8	St. John’s, Georgetown, Memphis,  Villanova
1984	1, 1, 2, 7	Kentucky, Georgetown, Houston, Virginia
1983	1, 1, 4, 6	Houston, Louisville, Georgia, N.C. State
1982	1, 1, 3, 6	North Carolina,  Georgetown, Louisville, Houston
1981	1, 1, 2, 3	Virginia, LSU, North Carolina, Indiana
1980	2, 5, 6, 8	Louisville,  Iowa, Purdue, UCLA
1979	1, 2, 2, 9	Indiana State, Michigan State, DePaul, Pennsylvania

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All-time NCAA tournament Round of 64 upsets
Teams seeded 13th or lower in the NCAA tournament have been first- or second-round “giant killers” 47 times since the field was expanded to 64 teams. Of those surprises, 35 have been decided by fewer than 6 points or in overtime.

Year	Winner (Seed)	Loser (Seed)	Score
2012	Leghigh (15)	Duke (2)	75-70
2012	Norfolk State (15)	Missouri (2)	86-84
2012	Ohio (13)	Michigan (4)	65-60
2011	Morehead State (13)	Louisville (4)	62-61
2010	Ohio (14)	Georgetown (3)	97-83
2010	Murray State (13)	Vanderbilt (4)	66-65
2009	Cleveland State (13)	Wake Forest (4)	84-69
2008	Siena (13)	Vanderbilt (4)	83-62
2008	San Diego (13)	Connecticut (4)	70-69 (OT)
2006	Northwestern State (14)	Iowa (3)	64-63
2006	Bradley (13)	Kansas (4)	77-73
2005	Bucknell (14)	Kansas (3)	64-63
2005	Vermont (13)	Syracuse (4)	60-57
2003	Tulsa (13)	Dayton (4)	84-71
2002	UNC-Wilmington (13)	USC (4)	93-89 (OT)
2001	Kent State (13)	Indiana (4)	77-73
2001	Hampton (15)	Iowa State (2)	58-57
2001	Indiana State (13)	Oklahoma (4)	70-68
1999	Weber State (14)	North Carolina (3)	76-74
1999	Oklahoma (13)	Arizona (4)	61-60
1998	Richmond (14)	South Carolina (3)	62-61
1998	Valparaiso (13)	Mississippi (4)	70-69
1998	SW Missouri State (13)	Clemson (4)	65-60
1997	Coppin State (15)	South Carolina (2)	78-65
1997	Tennessee-Chattanooga (14)	Georgia (3)	73-70
1996	Princeton (13)	UCLA (4)	43-41
1995	Weber State (14)	Michigan State (3)	79-72
1995	Old Dominion (14)	Villanova (3)	89-81 (3OT)
1995	Manhattan (13)	Oklahoma (4)	77-67
1993	Santa Clara (15)	Arizona (2)	64-61
1993	Southern (13)	Georgia Tech (4)	93-78
1992	East Tennessee State (14)	Arizona (3)	87-80
1992	SW Louisiana (13)	Oklahoma (4)	87-83
1991	Richmond (15)	Syracuse(2)	73-69
1991	Xavier (14)	Nebraska (3)	89-84
1991	Penn State (13)	UCLA (4)	74-69
1990	Northern Iowa (14)	Missouri (3)	74-71
1989	Siena (14)	Stanford (3)	80-78
1989	Middle Tennessee State (13)	Florida State (4)	97-83
1988	Murray State (14)	North Carolina St. (3)	78-75
1988	Richmond (13)	Indiana (4)	72-69
1987	Austin Peay (14)	Illinois (3)	68-67
1987	Xavier (13)	Missouri (4)	70-69
1987	SW Missouri State (13)	Clemson (4)	65-60
1986	Cleveland State (14)	Indiana (3)	83-79
1986	Ark.-Little Rock (14)	Notre Dame (3)	90-83
1985	Navy (13)	Louisiana State (4)	78-55

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Single Game Overtime Records

Most Overtime Periods
•4, Canisius (79) vs. North Carolina State (78), East 1st, 1956
•4, St. Joseph’s (127) vs. Utah (120), N3rd, 1961

Most Points in Overtime
•38, St. Joseph’s vs. Utah, N3rd, 1961 (4 OT)

Most Points in Overtimes, Both Teams
•69, St. Joseph’s (38) vs. Utah (31), N3rd, 1961 (4 OT)

Most Points in One Overtime Period
• 25, Texas A&M vs. North Carolina, MW 2nd, 1980 (2nd OT)

Most Points in One Overtime Period, Both Teams
• 42, Alabama (24) vs. Penn (18), East 1st, 1995

Largest Winning Margin in an Overtime Game
•17, Texas A&M (78) vs. North Carolina (61), MW 2nd, 1980 (2 OT)

Most Overtime Games by One Team in One Tournament
•3, Syracuse, 1975

Source: NCAA, CBS Sports

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Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) -The Future

The premier basketball conference?

Boston College	1863	Private	2005
Clemson University	1889	Public	1953
Duke University	1838	Private	1953
Florida State University	1851	Public	1991
Georgia Institute of Technology	1885	Public	1979
University of Miami	1925	Private	2004
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	1789	Public	1953
North Carolina State University	1887	Public	1953
University of Virginia	1819	Public	1953
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ	1872	Public	2004
Wake Forest University	1834	Private	1953
University of Notre Dame	1842	Private	2013
University of Pittsburgh	1787	Public	2013
Syracuse University	1870	Private	2013
University of Louisville	1798	Public	TBA

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