North Carolina - Syracuse Final Four Tournament Tidbits

• North Carolina is in their 10^th National Championship game and their first since 2009 when they defeated Michigan State 89-72.
• North Carolina is now 10-9 in National Semifinal games.
• Since 2010, North Carolina is 15-0 vs. teams seeded #5 - #16, but they are 0-5 vs. teams seeded #1-#4.
• North Carolina is now 2-2 vs. Syracuse:
• Won 67-58 in 1957 Elite Eight
• Lost 78-76 in 1975 Sweet Sixteen
• Lost 79-75 in 1987 Elite Eight
• Won 83-66 in 2016 National Semifinals
• North Carolina is now a tournament best 3-0 vs. teams from the ACC.
• North Carolina’s win is a tournament best 55^th as a #1 seed.  They have four more than Duke who has 51 wins as a #1 seed.
• North Carolina is now tied with Indiana, Iowa and Syracuse for a tournament best 5-0 vs. #10 seeds.
• North Carolina’s win is their 7^th all-time in the month of April.  Only Duke has more wins in April with 9.
• The total margin of victory in the two National Semifinal games was 61.  That is the largest margin of victory for the two semifinal games in history.  It breaks the previous record was 54 in 1949 when Kentucky defeated Illinois 76-47 and Oklahoma State defeated Oregon State 55-30.
• The loss by Syracuse ends a 4-game winning streak vs. #1 seeds.  Only Arizona has had a longer winning streak vs. #1 seeds.  Here is the list of all teams that have had a 4-game winning streak vs. #1 seeds:
• Arizona – 5 straight (1997 – 3 games, 2001 – 2 games)
• Indiana – 4 straight (1981, 1984, 1987, 1992)
• Kansas – 4 straight (1988, 1991 – 2 games, 1993)
• Kansas – 4 straight (2003, 2008 – 2 games, 2012)
• North Carolina – 4 straight (1993, 1995, 2000, 2005)
• Syracuse – 4 straight (2003 – 2 games, 2013, 2016)
• Syracuse is now 5-7 vs. #1 seeds.
• Syracuse is now 3-3 in National Semifinal games.
• North Carolina and Villanova will play each other for the 7^th time in tournament history.  It will be the 5^th time that the winner will win the National Championship.  Every time they have met in the Sweet Sixteen or later, the winner has won the National Championship.
• North Carolina is 5-1 vs. Villanova in the tournament:
• North Carolina won 80-70 in 1982 Elite Eight
• Villanova won 56-44 in 1985 Elite Eight
• North Carolina won 84-69 in 1991 Second Round
• North Carolina won 67-66 in 2005 Sweet Sixteen
• North Carolina won 83-69 in 2009 National Semifinals
• North Carolina won 78-71 in 2013 First Round
• ACC is 40-33 all-time vs. the Big East, but 1-2 in National Championship games.  Here are the times when a Big East team and an ACC team have played each other in the National Championship game:
• North Carolina defeated Georgetown 63-62 in 1982
• Connecticut defeated Duke 77-74 in 1999
• Connecticut defeated Georgia Tech 82-73 in 2004