The Sweet 16 was as far as the Sooners would go, though, as top-seeded Michigan State stifled the Oklahoma offense in a grinding win. In , the big-conference powerhouses were still getting used to a team field and the upset possibilities it created. Three years after the invention of the No. In addition, they were the representatives of a Big Sky conference that had only started receiving an NCAA bid a decade earlier and had a total of three wins to show for itself in that time.
The Demons trailed by 14 points twice in their first-round game that season, but battled back both times. A basketball powerhouse in the s, Bradley largely disappeared from the national landscape over the succeeding half-century. By , the Braves making their first NCAA tournament appearance in a decade were a 13th seed and a decisive underdog against Brandon Rush and Kansas.
Before the NCAA tournament field expanded to 64 teams in , there was no underdog lower than a No. Recurring bracket-buster Richmond got its start with one of those dire-looking seeds after winning the ECAC South championship in The Southern Conference champs who had made just one previous NCAA tournament appearance, a loss to Princeton 10 years earlier had won 20 games in the regular season but never cracked the national rankings.
With NBA-bound center Brendan Haywood leading the way, the Tar Heels had every reason to expect that streak to extend to an even 20 years. Of all the upsets suffered by the Irish, none hurt like the one they took from Arkansas-Little Rock in The Trojans became one of the first two 14 seeds both on the same day to win a tournament game, an effort keyed by star guard Pete Myers.
A postseason force in the s, St. After a first-round squeaker over No. Aguirre, though, scored a career-worst eight points, and in the final seconds a Skip Dillard miss from the free throw line was followed by a Blue Demon defensive lapse that allowed Hawk forward John Smith to score the game-winning layup uncontested.
The Governors only won the Ohio Valley tourney on the strength of a foot buzzer-beater against Eastern Kentucky. Handed a 14th seed, the Governors looked like a good bet to be handed their heads by Ken Norman and Illinois. The 10th-seeded Golden Flashes made the most of their March Madness experience, opening with another victory over Oklahoma State.
Even with national Player of the Year Bill Bradley finishing his sensational career, Princeton had a tough time getting much respect in The Tigers never cracked the AP rankings in posting a respectable but hardly earth-shaking regular-season record.
For all the publicity that super-scorer Stephen Curry earned at Davidson, his Wildcats were only a 10th seed in the Midwest regional. The sophomore star dropped 30 on Georgetown and 33 more in a point blowout of the vaunted Wisconsin defense.
Nevertheless, after soldiering on through a campus measles outbreak that had them playing in front of empty seats for a month, the newly-renamed Saints earned a trip to the Big Dance as a 14th seed. The 10th-seeded Zags rocked Minnesota in their tournament opener, then followed up with an triumph over Mark Madsen and Stanford.
Now a perennial powerhouse, Louisville was making its second-ever NCAA tournament appearance in Even in the smaller tournament field of that era, though, Louisville had to earn its trip to the Final Four. The Cardinals upset defending champion Kentucky and despite 29 points and 23 boards from Johnny Green seventh-ranked Michigan State before finally bowing out against Jerry West and West Virginia in the national semifinals.
John Chaney had more talented Temple squads than his Owls, but none who made a more impressive showing in the postseason. After a lackluster regular season, it took an A tournament title just to earn the Owls an 11th seed in the South regional.
From there, sharpshooting guards Lynn Greer and Quincy Wadley led Temple on a brilliant tournament run featuring upsets of Texas a squad led by Royal Ivey and Maurice Evans and of the defending national runners-up from Florida. The Vikings made their first NCAA tournament appearance, and in earning their first win—over fourth-seeded Indiana and Steve Alford—they became one of the first pair of 14 seeds to win a tournament game along with Arkansas-Little Rock, who accomplished the feat on the same day.
After four years of being favored in every game thanks to 7'4" legend Ralph Sampson, Virginia faced a rough adjustment period in Why not pick the long shooter? Liberty guard Darius McGhee — all 5-foot-9 of him — has attempted three-pointers this season, the fifth most in the country. The Flames have won 12 in a row too. After a so-so freshman year at Kansas, Grimes has emerged over the last two seasons for coach Kelvin Sampson.
He elevated his play of late to push the Cougars to the AAC tournament title. Dosunmu is averaging They watched the selection show from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Myers is a 6-foot-8 defenseman. Grimes is Head coach Juwan Howard was a sophomore at the school at that time. It was the only team from a power conference to win its regular season and tournament titles. Walker 13 points. The Bonnies are eighth in the country in opponent field-goal percentage at Dickinson was named the Big Ten freshman of the year after leading the Wolverines in scoring He becomes even more important for Michigan, which is without second-leading scorer in Isaiah Livers.
Jones averaged Big Ten foes Michigan and Maryland are in the same region after tempers flared Friday, when Howard was ejected after a shouting match with Terrapins coach Mark Turgeon.
He began working for The Times in the San Fernando Valley edition and has reported on high school, college and pro sports. He previously spent 20 years as a sports columnist for the Orange County Register and, before that, the Miami Herald. He also served as the Angels beat writer for The Times and the Register. Clippers rally from point deficit to beat Heat and extend win streak.
NFL: Dolphins wins second straight, stun Ravens. High School Sports. All Sections. Both programs were part of the last four teams that made it in the tournament. The Drake vs. This means that USC will only have one full day to prepare for their competition, depending on who advances past the first four. Both of them are tremendous teams and we will try to get at it tonight and do a little more research.
If the Trojans win their first matchup on Saturday, their opponent in the round-of would be the winner of the 3-seeded Kansas vs. The top-8 seeds in the West are as follows: No. Wooden Coach of the Year Award. USC will enter March Madness with a net ranking of 19, the 17th-best strength of record and finished 16th in the college basketball power index BPI.
But the Trojans couldn't have got there without a couple of key players, including graduate transfer Tahj Eaddy.
Named to the second-team all conference, Eaddy played the point guard position to near perfection for what USC needed.
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