Florida - Minnesota Tournament Facts

Here are some NCAA Tournament facts about Florida and Minnesota:

Post-Game:
Florida is in the Sweet Sixteen for the 9th time.  It is their 3rd consecutive trip.  They have won their last 5 Sweet Sixteen games.

The SEC is now 29-37 vs. the Big Ten, but 2-0 in this tournament.

22 of Florida's 37 all-time tournament wins are in double-digits.

The 14-point loss is Minnesota's 2nd largest defeat in 12 tournament losses.

The 78 points that Florida scored is the 4th most that Minnesota has allowed in 25 tournament games while their 64 points is their 10th fewest. 

Pre-Game:
Florida is in the Round of 32 for the 13th time.  It is their 3rd consecutive trip.  They are 8-4 in the Round of 32.

Florida is 4-3 vs. the Big Ten.  They defeated Ohio State to win the 2007 National Championship.

Florida has been to at least the Elite Eight in 4 of their last 5 tournament appearances.  They are 19-3 over their last 22 tournament games.  

Florida is 20-5 when ranked vs. an unranked opponent.  Minnesota is 1-2 when unranked vs. a ranked opponent.  Their win over UCLA was their first win in this situation.

Florida is 11-2 as a #3 seed.  Minnesota is 3-2 as a #11 seed.

Minnesota is in the Round of 32 for the 6th time and the first time since 1997.  They are 4-1 in the Round of 32.

Minnesota lost to Kentucky 78-69 in the 1997 National Semifinals the only other time they have faced an SEC team in the tournament.

Minnesota is 3-0 when playing in the state of Texas.  Only Houston has a better record in Texas at 5-0.

UCLA - Minnesota Tournament Facts

Here are some NCAA Tournament facts about UCLA and Minnesota:

Post-Game:
Minnesota wins their first tournament game in 16 years.  Their last two tournament victories are over UCLA.  They are only the 6th team in tournament history to beat UCLA twice.  Florida has defeated them 3 times.

• Brigham Young (1950 Regional Third Place, 1981 Round of 32)
• Duke (1990 Sweet Sixteen, 2001 Sweet Sixteen)
• Florida (2006 National Championship, 2007 National Semifinals, 2011 Round of 32)
• Indiana (1976 National Semifinals, 1992 Elite Eight)
• Minnesota (1997 Elite Eight, 2013 Round of 64)
• San Francisco (1956 Sweet Sixteen, 1963 Regional Third Place)

Big Ten is now 19-18 vs. the Pacific Twelve including 2-0 this year.

Minnesota is 2-0 vs. the Pacific Twelve.

Tubby Smith has now won a tournament game for four different schools (Tulsa, Georgia, Kentucky, Minnesota).  He is the 4th coach to record tournament wins at 4 different schools.  The other 3 are Lon Kruger, Jim Harrick and Eddie Sutton.

UCLA loses a game in the Round of 64 for the first time since 2005.  They had won their last 5.

The 20-point loss was UCLA's worst loss in the Round of 64 in tournament history.  Their previous high was 12 in 2005 vs. Texas Tech.

Pre-Game:
UCLA and Minnesota played each other in the 1997 tournament.  Minnesota defeated UCLA 80-72 in the Elite Eight.

Minnesota's last win was that 1997 game vs. UCLA.  They have lost their last 5 tournament games.


Ben Howland is second in school history in tournament wins with 15 behind John Wooden who has 47.

UCLA is 9-4 vs. Big Ten opponents.

UCLA is 3-2 and Minnesota is 2-0 when playing in the state of Texas.

Minnesota is 4-5 in the Round of 64, but have lost their last 4.