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On average, three of the four No. 1 seeds make it to the Elite Eight each year. There has only been one occurrence in history in which no No. 1 seeds made the Elite Eight (2023). 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.
This year’s Elite Eight field features some widely-unexpected teams. With that in mind, it’s fair to say that not many people picked this combination of teams in their brackets this year ...
Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) March 16 and 18 Mideast Regional, University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton) West Regional, University Arena ("The Pit"), Albuquerque, New Mexico (Host: University of New Mexico) March 17 and 19
Jim Harrick (8), Steve Lavin (6) Bold Indicates an active streak as of the 2024 tournament Kansas has appeared in 34 consecutive NCAA tournaments from 1990-2024, but its 2018 appearance, which ended in the Final Four, was vacated five years later due to use of a player, Silvio De Sousa, who was ruled ineligible retroactively.
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).
History has already been made during this year's NCAA Tournament with the first instance of a No. 16 seed ever knocking out a No. 1, as well as improbable runs by low-seeded Kansas State, Loyola ...
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.
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 ...