Elite Eight - Monday - Tournament Tidbits

Houston is 33-26 in the NCAA Tournament

Houston is in the Final Four for the 1st time since 1984 and the 6th time overall.  They are 2-3 in the National Semifinals.

Houston is a tournament-best 6-0 in the Elite Eight

Houston is the second AAC team to advance to the Final Four (Connecticut 2014)

Houston is 1-1 vs. Oregon State in the tournament.  They lost to Oregon State 63-60 in the 1966 Sweet Sixteen.

Houston's win is their first against a Pac 12 team.  They are 1-3 vs. the Pac 12 in the tournament.

The AAC is 2-3 vs. the Pac 12 in the tournament.

#2 seeds are 2-0 vs. #12 seeds.  Kelvin Sampson was the winning coach in both games.

Houston is the first team to play four double-digit seeds in the tournament.  With the win, they are the first team to defeat four double-digit seeds.

Kelvin Sampson becomes the 16th coach to take at least 2 different schools to the Final Four

• Forddy Anderson (Bradley, Michigan State)
• Gene Bartow (Memphis, UCLA)
• Larry Brown (Kansas, UCLA)
• John Calipari (Kentucky, Massachusetts, Memphis)
• Hugh Durham (Florida State, Georgia)
• Jack Gardner (Kansas State, Utah)
• Lou Henson (Illinois, New Mexico State)
• Bob Huggins (Cincinnati, West Virginia)
• Lon Kruger (Florida, Oklahoma)
• Frank McGuire (North Carolina, St. John's)
• Lute Olson (Arizona, Iowa)
• Rick Pitino (Kentucky, Louisville, Providence)
• Lee Rose (Charlotte, Purdue)
• Kelvin Sampson (Oklahoma, Houston)
• Eddie Sutton (Arkansas, Oklahoma State)
• Roy Williams (Kansas, North Carolina)

Oregon State is 15-21 in the NCAA Tournament

Oregon State is 2-6 in the Elite Eight and has lost 3 straight

Oregon State is 0-2 vs. Top 2 seeds

Baylor is 18-14 in the NCAA Tournament

Baylor is in the Final Four for the 1st time since 1950 and the 3rd time overall.  They are 1-1 in the National Semifinals.

A Big 12 team is in the Final Four for the 3rd consecutive tournament.  That is the second time in school history that has happened (2002 - 2004).

Baylor's 71 years between successive Final Fours is the second most in tournament history

• Oregon - 78 (1939 to 2017)
• Baylor - 71 (1950 to 2021)
• Wisconsin - 59 (1941 to 2000)
• Stanford - 56 (1942 to 1998)
• Texas - 56 (1947 to 2003)
• Loyola Chicago - 55 (1963 to 2018)
• West Virginia - 51 (1959 to 2010)
• Wichita State - 48 (1965 to 2013)
• Oklahoma State - 44 (1951 to 1995)
• Oklahoma - 41 (1947 to 1988)

Baylor's win is their first vs. the SEC.  They are 1-3 vs. the SEC in the tournament.

Big 12 teams are 11-15 vs. SEC teams.  It is the first time that a Big Twelve team has defeated an SEC team in the Elite Eight (in 4 games)

Arkansas is 45-33 in the NCAA Tournament

Arkansas's loss is their first against the Big 12.  They are 2-1 vs. the Big 12 in the tournament.

Arkansas is a tournament-worst 0-10 vs. #1 seeds