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In Division I and Division III, the Elite Eight consists of the two teams in each of the four regional championship games. The winners advance to the Final Four. Since 1997, when the NCAA trademarked the phrase, [1] in Division II, the Elite Eight consists of the eight winners of the eight Division II regions. Like the Division I Final Four ...
McCallie reached 100 wins at Duke in only 122 games, being the second-quickest to ever reach 100 wins at a school. In only four years, the Blue Devils had a record of 114–26 overall, a 45–11 conference record, and four NCAA Tournament selections, including a No. 1 seed in 2009 and Elite Eight appearances in 2010 and 2011.
The Tar Heels completed one of the most dominant runs in the tournament's history by winning each of their games by at least twelve points. For the first time since seeding began, all #1–#3 seeds made it into the Sweet 16, and for the third consecutive time, all #1 seeds made the Elite Eight.
Record: 32-2. The Mavericks are in their first Elite Eight since 2011 after upsetting D-II power Northwest Missouri State at the buzzer in the Central Region. They are riding a 13-game winning streak.
No. 2 seed Tennessee (27-8) is on to the Elite Eight for the second time in program history after topping No. 3 Creighton 82-75 to earn a matchup with No. 1 Purdue on Sunday (2:20 p.m. ET, CBS).
Midwest: Texas (2) vs. Miami (5) At the Final Four in Houston, the East and South winners will meet in one semifinal on April 1, West and Midwest in the other. The winners will play on April 3.
Weber's second year at Illinois, the 2004–05 season, will be remembered as one of the greatest in Fighting Illini history, finishing 37–2 as the National Runner-Up in the NCAA tournament. In a remarkable year where Illinois celebrated its centennial season of basketball, the Illini reeled off 29 straight wins to start the year, tying the ...
Carolina scored eight in a row, including six straight by Davis, to take its last lead, 85-82. The Tar Heels opened the game on a 19-9 run for their largest lead of a half in which there were ...