Missing Sweet 16 in consecutive years as 1 or 2 seed.

With Villanova and Kansas losing, they miss the Sweet 16 for the second consecutive year as a 1 or 2 seed.  They become the 5th and 6th teams to accomplish that feat and the first since 2000.

DePaul:

• 1980 #1 DePaul lost to #8 UCLA in Round of 32
• 1981 #1 DePaul lost to #9 St. Joseph's in Round of 32
• 1982 #1 DePaul lost to #8 Boston College in Round of 32

Oregon State

• 1980 #2 Oregon State lost to #10 Lamar in Round of 32
• 1981 #1 Oregon State lost to #8 Kansas State in Round of 32

Michigan

• 1985 #1 Michigan lost to #8 Villanova in Round of 32
• 1986 #2 Michigan lost to #7 Iowa State in Round of 32

Stanford

• 1999 #2 Stanford lost to #10 Gonzaga in Round of 32
• 2000 #1 Stanford lost to #8 North Carolina in Round of 32 

Villanova

• 2014 #2 Villanova lost to #7 Connecticut in Round of 32
• 2015 #1 Villanova lost to #8 North Carolina State in Round of 32 

 Kansas

• 2014 #2 Kansas lost to #10 Stanford in Round of 32
• 2015 #2 Kansas lost to #7 Wichita State in Round of 32

 

The Big East is Dead, Long Live the Big East

The Big East is Dead:

Syracuse, Louisville put the Big East to bed

Long Live the Big East:

Sources: Big East at 10 for 2013-2014

The question that everyone is asking (ok, maybe only me) is will the new Big East keep the history of the old Big East or will it be considered a completely new conference?  (Will this be like the Baltimore Ravens-Cleveland Browns situation?)

Biggest Win over #1 Ranked Team

With Miami's 27-point win over #1 Duke last night, I wondered what the largest defeats by #1 teams in the tournament have been.

The following are the largest margin of defeat for teams that were ranked #1 in the AP Poll entering the tournament:

• #2 UCLA defeated #1 Houston 101-69 (32 points) in 1968 National Semifinals
• #4 Kansas defeated #1 North Carolina 84-66 (18 points) in 2008 National Semifinals
• #9 Marquette defeated #1 Kentucky 83-69 (14 points) in 2003 Elite Eight
• #2 Cincinnati defeated #1 Ohio State 71-59 (12 points) in 1962 National Championship
• #8 Michigan State defeated #1 Louisville 64-52 (12 points) in 2009 Elite Eight
• #3 Michigan State defeated #1 Indiana State 75-64 (11 points) in 1979 National Championship
• #2 UCLA defeated #1 Michigan 91-80 (11 points) in 1965 National Championship
• #5 Duke defeated #1 Temple 63-53 (10 points) in 1988 Elite Eight
• #5 Cincinnati defeated #1 Kansas State 85-75 (10 points) in 1959 Elite Eight

The largest margin of defeat for a #1 team in the Sweet Sixteen is #13 Florida over #1 Duke 87-78 in 2000.

The largest margin of defeat for a #1 team in the Round of 32 is UCLA over #1 DePaul 77-71 in 1980.  That game is also the largest margin of defeat for an unranked team over a #1 team.

Between 2006 and 2009, the #1 team was defeated by 8 or more points each year.  Only one other time in tournament history had there even been consecutive years in which the #1 team lost by 8 or more points (1959 and 1960).