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Virginia Commonwealth, a Final Four team from 2011 as an #11 seed, made the 2012 tournament as a #12 seed and once again made the round of 32 by defeating South #5 seed Wichita State. The South Region saw four double digit seeds win in their opening games, as Colorado and Xavier joined VCU and Lehigh as victors.
2012 10 (1 vac.) 2 4 1 Oklahoma: Oklahoma 1939 2016 5 0 2 0 ... The Big East is the only conference to have three teams in the Final Four, which was in 1985.
The Wildcats managed to beat Baylor in the Elite Eight with an 82–70 win to earn a spot in the Final Four. [11] In the National Semifinal, Anthony Davis had a double-double with 18 points and 14 rebounds to lead Kentucky to the 2012 National Championship Game with a 69–61 win over Louisville. [12]
Listed below is every tournament winner, championship game final score, Final Four Most Outstanding Player and site. 2023: UConn (31-8) Championship game: UConn 76, San Diego State 59
The team's head coach was John Calipari, who was in his third season after taking the Wildcats to their first Final Four in thirteen seasons. The team won the 2012 NCAA Championship, bringing Kentucky its eighth title. The team's 38 wins broke a record shared by 5 teams for the most wins in NCAA men's Division I history. [1]
The Cardinals were the consensus No. 2 team in the preseason polls and were picked to win Big East conference by the media and the coaches. [3] They returned five of nine players from the 2012 Final Four team led by senior and Big East Pre-Season Player of the Year Peyton Siva. [4]
The listed Final Four totals for those coaches do not include the vacated appearances. Coaches with names in bold are active with a team that they took to a Final Four. Coaches with names in bold italics are active in NCAA Division I, but are not currently coaching a team that they took to a Final Four. Years in bold indicate national championship.
Louisville: 126 games (123 regular-season and tournament wins and 3 tournament losses) vacated, covering four seasons (2011–2015). This includes the Cardinals' 2012 Final Four appearance and 2013 national title , making them the first Division I basketball program of either sex forced to vacate a national title.