North Carolina State - Temple Tournament Facts

Here are some NCAA Tournament facts about North Carolina State and Temple:

Post-Game:
Temple is now 3-0 in the Round of 64 as a #9 seed.

The win for Temple was just the third for an Atlantic Ten team over an ACC team.  The A-10 is now 3-17 vs. the ACC.  The other two were St. Joseph's defeating Wake Forest 84-80 in the 2004 Sweet Sixteen and St. Joseph's defeating Georgia Tech 66-62 in the 2001 Round of 64.


Pre-Game:
North Carolina State has won in the Round of 64 in their last 4 appearances and 7 of their last 8.  They were the lower seed in their last 3.

North Carolina played their first two games in Ohio (Columbus) last year and won the both:

• Defeated San Diego State 79-65 in Round of 64
• Defeated Georgetown 66-63 in Round of 32

This is the 6th consecutive tournament appearance for Temple, but they have only won one game in their previous five.

Temple is 1-4 vs. the Atlantic Coast Conference.  Their only win was in 1958 Sweet Sixteen vs. Maryland.  They have lost their last 4.

Temple has been a #9 seed two other times.  In both occurrences, they won their Round of 64 game, but lost their Round of 32 game.

Tournament Appearances by State

Most appearances by State

• California 5 (California, Pacific, St. Mary's, San Diego State, UCLA)
• North Carolina 5 (Davidson, Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina A&T, North Carolina State)
• Pennsylvania 5 (Bucknell, La Salle, Pittsburgh, Temple, Villanova)
• Indiana 4 (Butler, Indiana, Notre Dame, Valparaiso)
• New York 4 (Albany, Iona, Long Island-Brooklyn, Syracuse)

Consecutive years with at least one school in the tournament
1. California 64
2. Kentucky 50
3. New York 41
4. North Carolina 40
5. Pennsylvania 37
6. Ohio 32
7. Kansas 30
8. Florida 16
    Michigan 16
    Washington 16

Texas has no teams in the tournament for the first time since 1977 ending a string of 35 consecutive appearances.  Utah has no teams for the first time since 1994 ending a string of 18 consecutive appearances.

Consecutive years with at least two schools in the tournament
1. North Carolina 37
2. California 27
3. Kentucky 22
4. Ohio 17
5. New York 16
6. Pennsylvania 15
7. Wisconsin 9
8. Tennessee 8
9. Indiana 7
10. Michigan 5
      Virginia 5

Texas had at least two teams for the last 11 tournaments before having no teams this year.

Consecutive years with at least three schools in the tournament
1. California 9
2. Tennessee 8
3. New York 5
    Ohio 5
5. Indiana 4
6. North Carolina 3
    Virginia 3

Texas had at least three teams for the last 6 tournaments before having no teams this year.  Kentucky also had at least three teams for the last 6 tournaments before having two teams this year.

California has at least 4 schools in the tournament for the 9th consecutive year.

North Carolina has 5 schools in the tournament for the 2nd consecutive year.