North Carolina - Notre Dame Elite Eight Tournament Tidbits

• North Carolina is in the Final Four for the 19^th time and the first time since 2009 when they defeated to Villanova 83-69.  They are 9-9 in the National Semifinals.
• North Carolina is now 4-0 vs. Notre Dame in the tournament.  It is North Carolina’s second best record vs. any team.  They are 5-0 vs. Michigan State.
• North Carolina is 2-0 vs. teams from the ACC.  They defeated Virginia 78-65 in the 1981 National Semifinals.
• Notre Dame is now 0-9 vs. the ACC.  It is the worst record by any team against any conference.
• Notre Dame is now 0-6 vs. #1 seeds.  Only Temple (9), Arkansas (8) and Gonzaga (7) have more losses without a win vs. #1 seeds.
• North Carolina’s win is their 54^th as a #1 seed.  It is the most wins by any team for any seed.
• This is the 6^th time in 7 years that the Final Four has featured 1 or fewer #1 seeds.

Syracuse - Virginia Elite Eight Tournament Tidbits

• Syracuse is in the Final Four for the 6^th time and the first time since 2013 when they lost to Michigan 61-56.  They are 2-3 in the National Semifinals.
• Syracuse is now 2-1 vs. Virginia in the tournament.  They lost to Virginia 63-55 in the 1984 Sweet Sixteen and defeated Virginia 63-61 in the 1990 Second Round.
• Syracuse’s win is their 5^th vs. a #1 seed.  They are now 5-6 vs. #1 seeds.
• Syracuse is the 1st #10 seed in the Final Four ever to advance to the Final Four.  They are the 4^th double-digit seed to advance to the Final Four.  The other three were #11 seeds (1986 – LSU, 2006 – George Mason, 2011 – VCU)
• Syracuse’s win is their 15^th tournament win since 2010 matching Michigan State and Louisville for the 5^th most this decade.  Only Kentucky (23), Duke (19), Wisconsin (16) and Kansas (16) have won more.
• Virginia’s loss is the third by a #1 seed in the Elite Eight.  It is the third time that 3 #1 seeds have lost in the Elite Eight matching 2003 and 2006.  Never have all four #1 seeds lost in the Elite Eight during the same tournament.
• This was the 4th time that Syracuse faced a team from the same conference in the tournament.  When they were in the Big East, they defeated Providence 77-63 in the 1987 National Semifinals, lost to Marquette 66-62 in the 2011 Second Round and defeated Marquette in the 2013 Elite Eight.
• Virginia is now 0-3 when facing teams from the ACC.  They lost to North Carolina 78-65 in the 1981 National Semifinals and to North Carolina State 63-62 in the 1983 Elite Eight.
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Villanova - Kansas Elite Eight Tournament Tidbits

• Villanova is in the Final Four for the 5th time and the first time since 2009 when they lost to North Carolina 83-69.  They are 2-2 in the National Semifinals all-time.
• Villanova is now 1-1 vs. Kansas in the tournament.  They lost to Kansas 72-57 in the 2008 Sweet Sixteen.
• Villanova’s win is their 55^th all-time.  They are now tied for the 11^th most with Ohio State.
• Villanova’s win is their first ever vs. a Big Twelve team in the tournament.
• Villanova’s win is the second all-time in the tournament over an AP #1 ranked team.  Their other win was 66-64 over Georgetown in the 1985 National Championship game.  It is the first time that they have played the #1 ranked team in the tournament since that game.  They lost their first four games vs. #1 ranked teams.
• Villanova is now tied with Louisville for a tournament best 2-0 vs. #1 teams in the RPI.  Their other win over a #1 RPI team was 77-54 over Duke in the 2009 Sweet Sixteen.
• Villanova is a tournament best 4-0 when playing in the state of Kentucky.
• Kansas has been ranked #1 in the AP Poll 3 times in their history.  They have never made the Final Four when they have entered the tournament ranked #1.
• Kansas is the first #1 ranked team to miss the Final Four since Gonzaga in 2013.
• With the loss, Kansas becomes the 28^th #1 Ranked team since 1985 (32 tournaments) that did not win the tournament.  In other words, since 1985, only 4 out of 32 AP #1 teams have won the tournament.
• Kansas misses the Final Four as a #1 team for a record 9^th time.  They have been a #1 seed 12 times, but have only gone to the Final Four 3 out of those 12 times.

Oklahoma - Oregon Elite Eight Tournament Tidbits

• Oklahoma is in the Final Four for the 5th time and the first time since 2002 when they lost to Indiana 73-64.  They are 2-2 in the National Semifinals all-time.
• Oklahoma is now 1-1 vs. Oregon.  This is the first time they have played Oregon since the 1939 National Semifinals when they lost 55-37.  It is the longest span between successive games between two teams in tournament history
• Oklahoma’s coach, Lon Kruger, is in the Final Four with his second school.  He also coached in the Final Four at Florida in 1994.  He is the 15^th coach to advance to the Final Four with two different schools.  The 22 years between successive Final Fours with different schools is the longest span in tournament history.
•          Forddy Anderson (Bradley – 1950, 1954; Michigan State – 1957)
•          Gene Bartow (Memphis – 1973; UCLA – 1976)
•          Larry Brown (UCLA – 1980; Kansas – 1986, 1988)
•          John Calipari (Massachusetts – 1996; Memphis – 2008; Kentucky – 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015)
•          Hugh Durham (Florida State – 1972; Georgia – 1983)
•          Jack Gardner (Kansas State – 1948, 1951; Utah – 1961, 1966)
•          Lou Henson (New Mexico State – 1970; Illinois – 1988)
•          Bob Huggins (Cincinnati – 1992; West Virginia – 2010)
•          Frank McGuire (St. John’s – 1952; North Carolina – 1957)
•          Lute Olson (Iowa – 1980; Arizona – 1988, 1994, 1997, 2001)
•          Rick Pitino (Providence – 1987; Kentucky – 1993, 1996, 1997; Louisville – 2005, 2012, 2013)
•          Lee Rose (Charlotte – 1977; Purdue – 1980)
•          Eddie Sutton (Arkansas – 1978; Oklahoma State – 1995, 2004)
•          Roy Williams (Kansas – 1991, 1993, 2002, 2003; North Carolina – 2005, 2008, 2009)           
• Oklahoma’s win is their 7^th all-time vs. the Pacific Twelve in the tournament.  Only Kansas has more with 9.
• Oklahoma’s win is their second all-time vs. a #1 seed.  Their other win was 86-78 over Arizona in the 1988 National Semifinals.  They are now 2-3 vs. #1 seeds.
• Out of Oklahoma’s 5 Elite Eight wins, 3 of them have been played in the state of California.  They defeated Utah State 50-39 in 1939 in San Francisco and Missouri 81-75 in 2002 in San Jose.
• Pacific Twelve teams are now 0-6 all-time in the Elite Eight when playing in Anaheim.  5 of the 6 were #1 seeds.
• Oregon is now 1-5 in Elite Eight games.  They have lost 5 consecutive since they won their first Elite Eight game in 1939.  Only Kansas State has lost most consecutive Elite Eight games which currently stands at 6.  Arizona, Missouri and Temple also currently have 5 game Elite Eight losing streaks.
• Oregon’s loss was their first in 8 games when playing in the state of California.  They did have a tournament best 7-0 record coming into the game.  Seattle and Wisconsin now have the most wins without a loss at 4.  The best record with a minimum of 5 games is UCLA at 27-1.

Friday Night Tournament Tidbits (Sweet Sixteen Edition)

Here are tournament tidbits from tonight's games:

• Virginia is in their 6^th Elite Eight and their first since 1995 when they lost to Arkansas 68-61.  They are 2-3 all-time in the Elite Eight.
• Virginia is 8-1 when scoring 80 or more points in the tournament.  Their only loss was 86-85 to Gonzaga in the 2001 First Round.
• The 84 points is the most ever by a Tony Bennett coached team.  The most points ever scored by his dad (Dick Bennett’s) teams was 66.
• Iowa State is now 0-4 all-time vs. #1 seeds.
• Iowa State is 0-5 vs. teams ranked in the Top 4 in the AP Poll in the tournament.  It is tied for the 4^th worst record all-time behind Iowa (0-8), Gonzaga (0-7) and Santa Clara (0-6).
• Iowa State is now tied with Wake Forest for a tournament worst 0-3 on March 25.
• Notre Dame is in their 7^th Elite Eight and their second consecutive.  They lost to Kentucky 68-66 last year.  They are 1-5 all-time in the Elite Eight.
• It is the third time in school history that Notre Dame has been in the Elite Eight in consecutive years.  They also went in 1953 and 1954 and in 1978 and 1979.
• Notre Dame is now 4-0 when playing in the state of Pennsylvania.  Only Duke at 6-0 is better.  Ohio State is also 4-0.
• Wisconsin is now tied with Lafayette, Louisiana State and Massachusetts for a tournament worst 0-3 when playing in the state of Pennsylvania. 
• Syracuse is in their 10^th Elite Eight and their first since 2013 when they defeated Marquette 55-39.  They are 5-4 all-time in the Elite Eight.
• Syracuse is the first #10 seed to advance to the Elite Eight since Davidson in 2008 and the 10^th overall.
• Notre Dame is the only team to repeat as an Elite Eight team from last year.  It is the first time since 2010 where there have been no multiple repeat teams in the Elite Eight.
• Gonzaga is tied with Xavier for the most wins without a Final Four with 24.
• North Carolina is in their 27^th Elite Eight and their first since 2012 when they lost to Kansas 80-67.  They are 18-8 all-time in the Elite Eight.  Their 27 Elite Eights is the 2^nd most all-time behind Kentucky who has 36.
• Roy Williams won his 34^th tournament game with North Carolina.  It matches the number of tournament wins he had with the coach of Kansas. He is the only coach to win 34 or more tournament games with two different schools.  His 68 wins rank second behind Mike Krzyzewski who has won 90 tournament games.  North Carolina is also the only school with two coaches that have 34 or more tournament wins.  Dean Smith had 65.
• North Carolina’s win is their 15^th all-time vs. the Big Ten.  Only Kentucky has more wins vs. the Big Ten with 16.  Duke also has 15 wins.
• North Carolina’s win is their 8^th all-time vs. a #5 seed tying Kentucky for the most all-time.
• North Carolina scored 100 or more points in a tournament game for the first time since 2011 when they defeated Long Island-Brooklyn 102-87 in the second round.  It is the first time they have scored 100 or more in a Sweet Sixteen game or later (excluding Third Place games).
• This is the first year since 2009 in which all 4 #1 seeds are in the Elite Eight.
• With all higher seeds winning, this is only the second time where there were no upsets in the Sweet Sixteen.  The other time was 2007.
• The ACC becomes the second conference to have 4 teams in the Elite Eight matching the 2009 Big East.  It is the first time that two games in the Elite Eight will feature a matchup where all four teams are from the same conference.
• The ACC becomes only the second conference to have 3 or more teams in the Elite Eight in consecutive years.  They had 3 last year with Duke, Louisville and Notre Dame.  The Big 12 had 3 teams in the Elite Eight in 2002 and 2003.

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.

Lowest Seed for Final Four

Since the seeds started in 1979, 9 schools have been to the Final Four at least 5 times.  Out of those schools, Duke has been there 12 times, but never as a #4 seed or worse.  Here is the lowest seed for each of these schools with number of Final Fours since 1979:

• Duke #3 (12 Final Fours)
• Louisville #4 (7)
• Florida #5 (5)
• Kansas #6 (8)
• Connecticut #7 (5)
• Michigan State #7 (8)
• Kentucky #8 (9)
• North Carolina #8 (11)
• UCLA #8 (5)

Sweet Sixteen Teams Record vs. Opponent's State

All-time tournament Records vs Opponent's State

• Kansas vs. Maryland
• Kansas vs. state of Maryland (0-1)
• Maryland vs. state of Kansas (1-0)
• Villanova vs. Miami, Fla.
• Villanova vs. state of Florida (1-1)
• Miami, Fla. vs. state of Pennsylvania (1-0)
• Oregon vs. Duke
• Oregon vs. state of North Carolina (1-0)
• Duke vs. state of Oregon (1-0)
• Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M
• Oklahoma vs. state of Texas (2-0)
• Texas A&M vs. state of Oklahoma (First game)
• North Carolina vs. Indiana
• North Carolina vs. state of Indiana (4-3)
• Indiana vs. state of North Carolina (5-1)
• Notre Dame vs. Wisconsin
• Notre Dame vs. state of Wisconsin (1-0)
• Wisconsin vs. state of Indiana (1-1)
• Virginia vs. Iowa State
• Virginia vs. state of Iowa (0-1)
• Iowa State vs. state of Virginia (0-1)
• Syracuse vs. Gonzaga
• Syracuse vs. state of Washington (1-0)
• Gonzaga vs. state of New York (2-1)

Sweet Sixteen Teams Record vs. Opponent's Conference

All-time tournament Records vs Opponent's Conference

• Kansas vs. Maryland
• Kansas vs. Big Ten (8-6)
• Maryland vs. Big Twelve (1-1)
• Villanova vs. Miami, Fla.
• Villanova vs. Atlantic Coast (6-11)
• Miami, Fla. vs. Big East (0-1)
• Oregon vs. Duke
• Oregon vs. Atlantic Coast (1-0)
• Duke vs. Pacific Twelve (6-4)
• Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M
• Oklahoma vs. Southeastern (1-0)
• Texas A&M vs. Big Twelve (First game)
• North Carolina vs. Indiana
• North Carolina vs. Big Ten (14-7)
• Indiana vs. Atlantic Coast (6-3)
• Notre Dame vs. Wisconsin
• Notre Dame vs. Big Ten (4-6)
• Wisconsin vs. Atlantic Coast (4-3)
• Virginia vs. Iowa State
• Virginia vs. Big Twelve (First game)
• Iowa State vs. Atlantic Coast (1-4)
• Syracuse vs. Gonzaga
• Syracuse vs. West Coast (1-0)
• Gonzaga vs. Atlantic Coast (2-3)

Sweet Sixteen Rematches

The following Sweet Sixteen games are tournament rematches:

• Maryland defeated Kansas 97-88 in the 2002 National Semifinals.
• Indiana is 2-0 vs. North Carolina.  They defeated them 63-50 in the 1981 National Championship Game and 72-68 in the 1984 Sweet Sixteen.
• Syracuse defeated Gonzaga 87-65 in the 2010 Second Round.

Sweet Sixteen Coaches

This year's Sweet Sixteen Coaches with their tournament records:

South
1. Kansas - Bill Self (39-16, 29-11 w/ Kansas)
2. Villanova - Jay Wright (16-12, 16-10 w/ Villanova)
3. Miami, Fla - Jim Larranaga (9-6, 4-1 w/ Miami)
5. Maryland - Mark Turgeon (8-6, 3-1 w/ Maryland)

West
1. Oregon - Dana Altman (8-11, 6-3 w/ Oregon)
2. Oklahoma - Lon Kruger (18-16, 4-3 w/ Oklahoma)
3. Texas A&M - Billy Kennedy (3-2, 2-0 w/ Texas A&M)
4. Duke - Mike Krzyzewski (90-26 all with Duke)

East
1. North Carolina - Roy Williams (67-23, 33-9 w/ North Carolina)
5. Indiana - Tom Crean (11-8, 6-3 w/ Indiana)
6. Notre Dame - Mike Brey (11-12, 11-10 w/ Notre Dame)
7. Wisconsin - Greg Gard (2-0 all with Wisconsin)

Midwest
1. Virginia - Tony Bennett (8-5, 5-3 w/ Virginia)
4. Iowa State - Steve Prohm (3-1, 2-0 w/ Iowa State)
10. Syracuse - Jim Boeheim (55-30 all with Syracuse)
11. Gonzaga - Mark Few (21-16 all with Gonzaga)

Second Round Tournament Tidbits

• The following Second Round winners are making consecutive appearances in the Sweet Sixteen (with numbers of consecutive appearances):
• Wisconsin - 3rd straight - 9th overall
• Duke - 2nd stright - 29th overall
• Gonzaga - 2nd straight - 7th overall
• Notre Dame - 2nd straight - 17th overall
• North Carolina - 2nd straight - 32nd overall
• Oklahoma - 2nd straight - 11th overall
• The following Second Round winners were not in the Sweet Sixteen last year (with last Sweet Sixteen in parenthesis):
• Iowa State (2014) - 5th overall
• Virginia (2014) - 9th overall
• Indiana (2013) - 22nd overall
• Kansas (2013) - 29th overall
• Oregon (2013) - 5th overall
• Syracuse (2013) - 22nd overall
• Miami, Florida (2013) - 3rd overall
• Villanova (2009) - 17th overall
• Texas A&M (2007) - 5th overall
• Maryland (2003) - 14th overall
• Sweet Sixteen Records of Second Round winners:
• North Carolina (24-7)
• Duke (20-8)
• Kansas (19-9)
• Villanova (10-6)
• Indiana (10-11)
• Syracuse (9-12)
• Notre Dame (6-10)
• Virginia (5-3)
• Oklahoma (5-5)
• Wisconsin (4-4)
• Maryland (4-9)
• Oregon (3-1)
• Gonzaga (2-4)
• Iowa State (1-3)
• Miami, Florida (0-2)
• Texas A&M (0-4)
• The ACC has 6 teams in the Sweet Sixteen which is a tournament record breaking the record of 5 set by the Big East in 2009 and tied by the ACC last year.  Here is the conference breakdown of Sweet Sixteen teams:
• ACC 6
• Big 12 3
• Big Ten 3
• Big East 1
• Pac 12 1
• SEC 1
• West Coast 1
• Indiana is now 2-3 vs. Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament.  Their only other victory was 72-65 in the 1973 Elite Eight.  This was the first time they ever met before the Sweet Sixteen.
• North Carolina is now 2-0 vs. Providence in the NCAA Tournament.  They also defeated them 79-77 in the 2014 First Round.
• Villanova is now 2-0 vs. Iowa in the NCAA Tournament.  They also defeated them 55-54 in the 1983 Sweet Sixteen.
• Wisconsin is now 1-1 vs. Xavier in the NCAA Tournament.  They lost to them 60-49 in the 2009 Second Round.
• Texas A&M is now 2-0 in double overtime games in the NCAA Tournament.  That ties DePaul and Utah for second best record behind North Carolina State's 4-0 record.
• Middle Tennessee State's 50 points was 40 less than they scored in the First Round.  The 40 point drop is the 7th largest all-time.

Year	Team	1st	2nd	Drop
1982	West Virginia	102	46	56
1991	North Carolina State	114	64	50
1982	Pepperdine	99	51	48
1984	Southern Methodist	83	36	47
1999	Indiana	108	61	47
2007	Tennessee	121	77	44
1981	Villanova	90	50	40
1992	Kansas	100	60	40
1996	Santa Clara	91	51	40
2016	Middle Tennessee State	90	50	40

• 7 coaches won their first tournament game in the First Round.  All but Greg Gard, Wisconsin, lost their Second Round game.
• The average score in the Second Round was 71.3 up from last year's Second Round of 68.2, but down from the First Round of 72.5.  It was the highest scoring Second Round since 2009 when the average was 72.6.
• Indiana and North Carolina are the only states with multiple teams in the Sweet Sixteen.  Both have 2.  
• Indiana's two teams are Indiana and Notre Dame.  It is the 9th time that Indiana and Notre Dame have been in the Sweet Sixteen the same year.
• It is the 15th time that Indiana has had 2 teams in the Sweet Sixteen, but they have never had more than 2.  The last time they had 2 was 2010 with Butler and Purdue.  
• 1953 (Indiana, Notre Dame)
• 1954 (Indiana, Notre Dame)
• 1958 (Indiana, Notre Dame)
• 1975 (Indiana, Notre Dame)
• 1976 (Indiana, Notre Dame)
• 1978 (Indiana, Notre Dame)
• 1979 (Indiana, Indiana State)
• 1980 (Indiana, Purdue)
• 1981 (Indiana, Notre Dame)
• 1987 (Indiana, Notre Dame)
• 1994 (Indiana, Purdue)
• 1998 (Purdue, Valparaiso)
• 2003 (Butler, Notre Dame)
• 2010 (Butler, Purdue)
• 2016 (Indiana, Notre Dame)
• North Carolina's two teams are Duke and North Carolina.  It is the 14th time that Duke and North Carolina have been in the Sweet Sixteen the same year.
• It is the 26th time that North Carolina has had 2 or more teams in the Sweet Sixteen and the second consecutive year.
• 1966 (Davidson, Duke)
• 1968 (Davidson, North Carolina)
• 1969 (Davidson, North Carolina)
• 1977 (Charlotte, North Carolina, Wake Forest)
• 1983 (North Carolina, North Carolina State)
• 1984 (North Carolina, Wake Forest)
• 1985 (North Carolina, North Carolina State)
• 1986 (Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina State)
• 1987 (Duke, North Carolina)
• 1988 (Duke, North Carolina)
• 1989 (Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina State)
• 1990 (Duke, North Carolina)
• 1991 (Duke, North Carolina)
• 1992 (Duke, North Carolina)
• 1993 (North Carolina, Wake Forest)
• 1995 (North Carolina, Wake Forest)
• 1998 (Duke, North Carolina)
• 2000 (Duke, North Carolina)
• 2004 (Duke, Wake Forest)
• 2005 (Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina State)
• 2008 (Davidson, North Carolina)
• 2009 (Duke, North Carolina)
• 2011 (Duke, North Carolina)
• 2012 (North Carolina, North Carolina State)
• 2015 (Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina State)
• 2016 (Duke, North Carolina)

First Round Tournament Tidbits

• There were 13 upsets in the First Round.  That is tied for the most ever with 2001.  It also matches the total First Round upsets from 2014 and 2015 combined.
• Ten double-digit seeds won in the First Round.  That breaks the old record 9 set in 2001 and also matched in 2012.
• The average score in the First Round was 72.5.  That is a significant increase from last year's 66.9.  It is the highest scoring First Round since 1995 when the average was 72.7.
• The 47-43 victory by Wisconsin over Pittsburgh was the 3rd lowest scoring game in the shot-clock era.  The combined 90 points surpasses only 1999 Missouri State 43-32 victory over Wisconsin (75 points) and 1995 Princeton 43-41 victory over UCLA (84 points).
• Kansas scored 105 points against Austin Peay.  It was the first 100 point game in the NCAA Tournament since 2012 when Kentucky defeated Indiana 102-90 in the Sweet Sixteen.  It is the longest span between 100 point games in tournament history since 1955 when Utah was the first team to score 100 points in a game.
• Seven teams scored at least 90 points.  It is the most teams to score 90 or more since 1998.
• Kansas has won in the First Round for the 10th consecutive year.  Here are the teams that have won a First Round game each of the past 3 tournaments.
• Kansas 10
• Gonzaga 8
• North Carolina 6
• Oregon 4
• Wichita State 4
• Kentucky 3
• Villanova 3
• Virginia 3
• Wisconsin 3
• The following teams lost in the First Round for the second consecutive year:
• Baylor
• Buffalo
• Hampton
• Purdue
• Texas
• Hawaii and Yale both won their first ever tournament games.  Both teams were 0-4 all-time in the tournament before they won.
• The following coaches won their first ever tournament games in the First Round.
• Chris Beard, Arkansas-Little Rock (First game)
• Ed Cooley, Providence (1-2)
• Kermit Davis, Middle Tennessee State (1-3)
• Eran Ganot, Hawaii (First game)
• Greg Gard, Wisconsin (First game)
• James Jones, Yale (First game)
• Will Wade, VCU (First game)
• Billy Kennedy of Texas A&M and his protege, Steve Prohm of Iowa State, were the only two coaches that had previously won a tournament game that won their first game with a new team.
• The ACC has 6 win First Round games for the second consecutive year and the third time in conference history.  The other time was in 2004.  Only the Big East in 2008 and 2011 has had more with 7.
• Indiana and Iowa are tied with the most teams winning First Round games with 3.  It is the ninth time that Indiana has at least 3 teams advance to the Second Round.  They had 4 in 1989 and 2003.  It is the first time that Iowa has had 3 teams advance to the Second Round.
• The following states have had at least one school win a First Round game for 10 or more consecutive years:
• North Carolina 32 consecutive years (every year since field expanded to 64)
• Kentucky 25
• Ohio 22
• Pennsylvania 18
• Wisconsin 15
• Washington 14
• Kansas 11
• The following states have had at least two schools win a First Round game for consecutive years:
• Kansas 7 consecutive years
• Indiana 2
• Iowa 2
• North Carolina 2
• #2 Michigan State becomes the highest ranked team in the AP poll to ever lose in the First Round.  The previous high was #3 Missouri in 2012.  Michigan State was only the second #2 team to not be seeded #1.  The other was Utah in 1997.
• With Michigan State losing, this will now be the 50th time in 51 years that National Championship game will NOT be a match up of #1 and #2 teams in the final regular season AP Poll.