Saturday, March 20, 2021

Round of 64 - Saturday - Session #2 - Tournament Tidbits

Michigan is 62-28 in the NCAA Tournament

Juwan Howard is the 8th Michigan coach to win a tournament game

Michigan is in the Round of 32 for the 4th consecutive tournament

Michigan is 5-1 playing in the state of Indiana

Texas Southern is 2-9 in the NCAA Tournament

Texas Southern is 0-7 in the Round of 64

Creighton is 13-22 in the NCAA Tournament

Creighton is in the Round of 32 for the first time since 2014

Greg McDermott is now the winningest tournament coach in Creighton history with 4.  He was previously tied with Red McManus who also had 3 wins.  McManus coached Creighton in the tournament in 1962 and 1964.

Creighton is 4-1 in 1-point games

Year

Date

Seed

Opponent

Opp Seed

Score

OT

Round

1941

Saturday, March 22

Wyoming

W  45 - 44

Regional Third Place

1974

Thursday, March 14

Kansas

L  54 - 55

Sweet Sixteen

2002

Friday, March 15

12

Florida

5

W  83 - 82

2

Round of 64

2012

Friday, March 16

8

Alabama

9

W  58 - 57

Round of 64

2021

Saturday, March 20

5

California-Santa Barbara

12

W 63 - 62

 

Round of 64

California-Santa Barbara is 1-6 in the NCAA Tournament

This is the first tournament game that California-Santa Barbara has played that was decided by one possession

Alabama is 22-21 in the NCAA Tournament

Alabama is in the Round of 32 for the first time since 2018

Nate Oats is the 6th coach to win a tournament game for Alabama

Iona is 1-15 in the NCAA Tournament

Iona is 0-3 vs. the SEC

Iona has lost a tournament record 12 consecutive Round of 64 games

Iona’s 55 points is the fewest they have scored in 16 tournament games.  Their previous low was 57 vs. Virginia in the 1984 Round of 64.

Southern Cal is 15-20 in the NCAA Tournament

Southern Cal is in the Round of 32 for the first time since 2017

Andy Enfield is now tied with Henry Bibby, Tim Floyd and Forrest Twogood as the winningest tournament coaches for Southern Cal with 3

Drake is 6-5 in the NCAA Tournament

Drake is 0-2 in the Round of 64


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