Indiana - Temple Tournament Facts

Here are some NCAA Tournament facts about Indiana and Temple:

Post-Game:
Indiana is in the Sweet Sixteen for the 21st time.  It is their second consecutive appearance.  This is the first time since 1993-94 that Indiana is in back-to-back Sweet Sixteens.

The Big Ten is 17-9 vs. the Atlantic Ten with 2 victories during this round.

The 58 points is the fewest in a victory for Indiana since 1967 when they defeated Tennessee 51-44 in the Regional Third Place Game.

The 52 points allowed is the fewest that Indiana has allowed since 1984 when they lost to Virginia 50-48 in the Elite Eight.

Indiana is now 11-1 as a #1 seed.  Only Florida and Maryland have a better record at 6-0.

Temple is now 0-9 vs. a #1 seed which is a tournament worst.

Pre-Game:
Indiana defeated Temple 67-58 in 1994 Round of 32

Indiana is in the Round of 32 for the 22nd time.  It is their second consecutive trip.  They are 15-6 in the Round of 32.

Indiana is 2-1 vs. the Atlantic Ten:

• 1978 - Lost to Villanova 61-60 in the Sweet Sixteen
• 1994 - Defeated Temple 67-58 in the Round of 32
• 1999 - George Washington 108-88 in the Round of 64

Indiana is 10-1 as a #1 seed.  They won the National Championship as a #1 seed in 1987.

Indiana is 24-5 when ranked vs. an unranked opponent.  Temple is 5-14 when unranked vs. a ranked opponent.

Indiana is a tournament worst 0-3 on March 24.

Indiana is 8-1 on Sundays.

Temple is in the Round of 32 for the 20th time.  Their last appearance was 2011.  They are 6-13 in the Round of 32.

Temple is 4-8 vs. the Big Ten

Temple is tied with Arkansas for a tournament worst 0-8 vs. #1 seeds.  They are 0-11 vs. #1 or #2 seeds which is the worst record in tournament history.

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.

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).

Consecutive Tournament Bids

13 schools have been to the tournament each of the past 5 seasons.  Here is a list of those schools with the longest active tournament streaks along with their RPI as of 1/18/2013

• Kansas 23 (RPI - 2)
• Duke 17 (RPI - 1)
• Michigan State 15 (RPI - 17)
• Gonzaga 14 (RPI - 10)
• Texas 14 (RPI - 144)
• Wisconsin 14 (RPI - 46)
• Marquette 7 (RPI - 16)
• Xavier 7 (RPI - 83)
• Brigham Young 6 (RPI - 47)
• Louisville 6 (RPI - 7)
• Purdue 6 (RPI - 119)
• Temple 5 (RPI - 32)
• West Virginia 5 (RPI - 81)

Wisconsin and Brigham Young's RPI's put them on the bubble.  However, Wisconsin will most likely get in due to the fact that their strength of schedule will increase with playing in the Big Ten.

West Virginia, Xavier, Purdue and Texas will need to improve to be able to continue their string of tournament appearances.

If Texas misses the tournament, it would be the 9th time since 2000 that a double-digit streak has been snapped.

Longest Active Streaks Snapped Each Year
2012 - Pittsburgh 10
2011 - Cornell, Siena 3
2010 - Arizona 25
2009 - Kentucky 17
2008 - Florida 9
2007 - Alabama, Connecticut, NC State 5
2006 - Cincinnati 14
2005 - Maryland 11
2004 - Indiana 18
2003 - UCLA 14
2002 - North Carolina 27 (Longest streak in tournament history)
2001 - Purdue 8
2000 - New Mexico 4
1999 - Massachusetts 7
1998 - Wake Forest 7
1997 - Arkansas 9
1996 - Oklahoma State 5
1995 - Duke 11
1994 - Louisiana State 10
1993 - Georgetown 14
1992 - UNLV 9
1991 - Illinois, Oklahoma 8
1990 - DePaul 6
1989 - Kentucky 9
1988 - UAB 7
1987 - Villanova 7
1986 - Arkansas 9
1985 - Louisville 8
1984 - Iowa, Tennessee 5
1983 - DePaul 5
1982 - UCLA 15
1981 - Marquette 10
1980 - San Francisco, Utah 3
1979 - Kentucky, Providence 2
1978 - Michigan 4
1977 - Alabama, Georgetown, Indiana, Rutgers, San Diego State 2
1976 - Penn 6
1975 - South Carolina 4
1974 - Kentucky, Weber State 6
1973 - Villanova 4
1972 - New Mexico State 5
1971 - Davidson, Santa Clara 3
1970 - North Carolina, St. John's 3
1969 - Houston 4
1968 - Dayton, SMU 3
1967 - Oklahoma City 4
1966 - UCLA 4
1965 - Arizona State, Seattle 4
1964 - Cincinnati 6
1963 - Ohio State 3
1962 - Utah 3
1961 - Idaho State 8
1960 - Kentucky 5
1959 - San Francisco 4
1958 - Oklahoma City 6
1957 - Seattle 4
1956 - Bradley, Colorado, La Salle, Penn State 2
1955 - Santa Clara 3
1954 - Kansas, TCU, Wyoming 2
1953 - NC State 3
1952 - Brigham Young 2
1951 - Baylor, Bradley, CCNY, Holy Cross, Ohio State, UCLA 1
1950 - Wyoming 3
1949 - Holy Cross 2
1948 - CCNY, Navy, Oklahoma, Oregon State, Texas, Wisconsin 1
1947 - Ohio State 3
1946 - Utah 2
1945 - Dartmouth 4
1944 - DePaul, Georgetown, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, Washington, Wyoming 1
1943 - Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Penn State, Rice, Stanford 1
1942 - Arkansas, Creighton, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Washington St, Wisconsin, Wyoming 1

1942 was the first year that a team went to consecutive tournaments when Dartmouth did.