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In men's play, the Elite Eight exists intact for less than 24 hours between the second Friday evening and the following Saturday afternoon of the tournament. The Elite Eight also represents the halfway mark of the men's tournament since each qualifying team must win three rounds (games) to reach the national quarterfinals, with three rounds ...
This list includes sites which hosted preliminary games equivalent to the current First and Second Rounds. The 1951 tournament was the first tournament to have a game at a site other than the regional or national championship sites.
Midwest Region. Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana (Hosts: Butler University, Midwestern Collegiate Conference) ... (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) March 23 and 25
A major upset occurred on the first full day of the tournament, when 15-seed Saint Peter's upset 2-seed Kentucky, and subsequently became the third 15-seed to reach the Sweet 16 (the second consecutive year in which this occurred and third in the last nine years) and the first ever 15-seed to advance to the Elite Eight. [2]
With the No. 1 seed in the tournament’s Midwest region, Purdue’s games until the Final Four will take place within a quick drive of the school’s West Lafayette campus — Indianapolis for ...
8 Automatic 2023 3 Illinois: Big Ten: 26–8 12 Automatic 2023 4 Auburn: SEC: 27–7 15 Automatic 2023 5 San Diego State: Mountain West: 24–10 18 At Large 2023 6 BYU: Big 12: 23–10 21 At Large 2021 7 Washington State: Pac-12: 24–9 26 At Large 2008 8 Florida Atlantic: American: 25–8 31 At Large 2023 9 Northwestern: Big Ten: 21–11 36 At ...
The No. 8 seed Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team took home the NCAA Championship in 1985 and became the lowest seed ever to do so -- in the men's or women's tournament.
Even though the Final Four was contested 40 miles (64 km) from its campus in Lawrence, Kansas, Kansas was considered a long shot against the top rated Sooners because Oklahoma had previously defeated the Jayhawks twice by 8 points that season—at home in Norman, Oklahoma and on the road in Kansas' Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas's upset was the third ...