Thursday Night Tournament Tidbits (Sweet Sixteen Edition)

Here are tournament tidbits from tonight's game:

• Villanova is in their 13^th Elite Eight and their first since 2009 when they defeated Pittsburgh 78-76.  They are 4-8 all-time in the Elite Eight.  Their 13 Elite Eights is tied with Michigan and Michigan State for the 8^th most.
• Villanova’s win over Miami is their 7^th all-time vs. the ACC in the tournament.  That is tied for 3^rd most with Louisville behind Kentucky who has 10 and Kansas who has 9.
• Villanova is now a tournament best 3-0 when playing in the state of Kentucky.  Their last game in Kentucky before tonight was the 1985 National Championship win over Georgetown.
• Villanova is now a tournament best 4-0 on March 24.
• Villanova is 11-0 when scoring 90 or more points.  That is the 5^th best in tournament history.

North Carolina	23	0
Duke	21	0
Kansas	20	0
Arkansas	12	0
Villanova	11	0

• Oklahoma is in their 9^th Elite Eight and their first since 2009 when they lost to North Carolina 72-60.  They are 4-4 all-time in the Elite Eight.
• With Texas A&M’s loss to Oklahoma, they are now tied with Texas Tech for a tournament worst 0-5 in the Sweet Sixteen.
• Oklahoma’s win is their 20^th as a member of the Big 12.  They also won 20 as a member of the Big Eight.  They are only the 3^rd school to win 20 or more games as a member of 2 different conferences.
• Kansas (54 – Big Eight, 46 – Big Twelve)
• Arkansas (21 – Southwest, 20 – Southeastern)
• Kansas is in their 22^nd Elite Eight and their first since 2012 when they defeated North Carolina 80-67.  They are 14-7 all-time in the Elite Eight.  Their 22 Elite Eights is tied with UCLA for 3^rd most.
• Kansas becomes the 5^th school to win 100 tournament games.  The top 5 in tournament wins are:
•  Kentucky 123
•  North Carolina 114
•  Duke 107
•  UCLA 104
•  Kansas 100
• Kansas is now a tournament best 4-0 vs. #5 seeds.
• This is the third time that Kansas has been ranked #1 in the AP Poll entering the tournament.  It is the first time they have advanced to the Elite Eight when ranked #1.  They had previously lost to Arizona in the 1997 Sweet Sixteen and Northern Iowa in the 2010 Second Round.
• Kansas’s win is a tournament best 34^th on Fridays.
• Oregon is in their 6^th Elite Eight and their first since 2007 when they lost to Florida 85-77.  They are 1-4 all-time in the Elite Eight.
• Dana Altman advances to the Elite Eight for the first time in 13 tournaments.  He was second all-time for the most tournament appearances with no Elite Eights.
• Dana Altman passes Ernie Kent as the winningest tournament coach in Oregon history with 7.
• Oregon is a tournament best 7-0 when playing in California.
• Duke is now 0-3 when playing in California.  Only New Mexico State has a worse record at 0-4.  All 3 of Duke’s losses have been in Anaheim in the Sweet Sixteen.
• The average margin of victory for the 4 games was 16.75.  It ties the largest margin of victory for the Thursday Sweet Sixteen games since 1978 when the tournament went to the Thursday/Friday format for Sweet Sixteen games.  Last year’s margin of victory was 16.25 on Thursday.
• It is only the second time in which all 4 higher seeds won by double digits on a single day in the Sweet Sixteen.  The other time was in 1995, also on Thursday.
• Duke becomes the first team to lose by 14 or more twice in the tournament the year after winning a championship.  They lost by 16 to Arizona in 2011.