INSIDE THE TOURNAMENT
RECORDS BY CONFERENCE
Tournament records of conferences this year, and overall--using current school membership:
THIS YEAR
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Conference QF* W-L Pct. Pacific 10 5 12-4 .750 Atlantic Coast 6 9-4 .692 West Coast 1 2-1 .667 Big Ten 7 10-6 .625 Conference USA 2 3-2 .600 Atlantic 10 3 4-3 .571 Big East 5 5-5 .500 Big West 1 1-1 .500 Mid-American 1 1-1 .500 Mid-Eastern Ath. 1 1-1 .500 Midwestern Col. 1 1-1 .500 Southland 1 1-1 .500 Trans America Ath. 1 1-1 .500 Southeastern 6 5-6 ..455 Big 12 6 3-6 .333 Missouri Valley 2 1-2 .333 Western Athletic 2 1-2 .333 America East 1 0-1 .000 Big Sky 1 0-1 .000 Big South 1 0-1 .000 Colonial 1 0-1 .000 Ivy League 1 0-1 .000 Metro Atlantic 1 0-1 .000 Mid-Continent 1 0-1 .000 Mountain West 1 0-1 .000 Northeast 1 0-1 .000 Ohio Valley 1 0-1 .000 Patriot League 1 0-1 .000 Southern 1 0-1 .000 Southwestern Ath. 1 0-1 .000 Sun Belt 1 0-1 .000
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*QF--number of tournament qualifiers
OVERALL
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Conference NC* W-L Pct. Atlantic Coast 7 281-146 .668 Big Ten 10 265-159 .634 Pacific 10 15 188-124 .602 Southeastern 8 212-154 .597 Big East 3 268-236 .532 Conference USA 5 181-159 .532 Big 12 4 198-185 .517 West Coast 2 50-55 .476 Mountain West 3 90-102 .469 Atlantic 10 1 101-118 .461 Midwestern 1 18-21 .461 Missouri Valley 0 42-56 .429 Western Athletic 1 43-62 .410 Ivy 0 38-68 .358 Colonial 0 15-29 .341 Mid-Continent 0 4-8 .333 Patriot 1 15-31 .326 Sun Belt 0 28-64 .304 Big Sky 0 15-37 .288 Mid-American 0 23-64 .264 Trans America 0 5-14 .263 Southern 0 15-43 .259 Big West 0 13-38 .255 Metro Atlantic 0 10-30 .250 Southland 0 6-20 .231 Ohio Valley 0 6-31 .194 America East 0 6-26 .188 Southwestern 0 4-21 .160 Mid-Eastern 0 2-20 .100 Northeast 0 1-17 .056 Big South 0 0-8 .000
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*NC--national champions
SEEDS IN THE FINAL FOUR
Regional seeding of teams to reach Final Four since 1979 (tournament winner in bold):
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Year Seedings Teams 1979 1, 2, 2, 9 Indiana State, Michigan State, DePaul, Pennsylvania 1980 2, 5, 6, 8 Louisville, Iowa, Purdue, UCLA 1981 1, 1, 2, 3 Virginia, Louisiana State, North Carolina, Indiana 1982 1, 1, 3, 6 North Carolina, Georgetown, Louisville, Houston 1983 1, 1, 4, 6 Houston, Louisville, Georgia, North Carolina State 1984 1, 1, 2, 7 Kentucky, Georgetown, Houston, Virginia 1985 1, 1, 2, 8 St. John’s, Georgetown, Memphis, Villanova 1986 1, 1, 2, 11 Duke, Kansas, Louisville, Louisiana State 1987 1, 1, 2, 6 Nevada Las Vegas, Indiana, Syracuse, Providence 1988 1, 1, 2, 6 Arizona, Oklahoma, Duke, Kansas 1989 1, 2, 3, 3 Illinois, Duke, Seton Hall, Michigan 1990 1, 3, 4, 4 Nevada Las Vegas, Duke, Georgia Tech, Arkansas 1991 1, 1, 2, 3 Nevada Las Vegas, North Carolina, Duke, Kansas 1992 1, 2, 4, 6 Duke, Indiana, Cincinnati, Michigan) 1993 1, 1, 1, 2 North Carolina, Kentucky, Michigan, Kansas 1994 1, 2, 2, 3 Arkansas, Arizona, Duke, Florida 1995 1, 2, 2, 4 UCLA, Arkansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma State 1996 1, 1, 4, 5 Kentucky, Massachusetts, Syracuse, Mississippi State 1997 1, 1, 1, 4 Kentucky, Minnesota, North Carolina, Arizona 1998 1, 2, 3, 3 North Carolina, Kentucky, Stanford, Utah 1999 1, 1, 1, 4 Connecticut, Duke, Michigan St., Ohio State 2000 1, 5, 8, 8 Michigan State, Florida, North Carolina, Wisconsin 2001 1, 3, 2, 1 Duke, Maryland, Arizona, Michigan State
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ROUND BY ROUND
Win-loss records of seeded teams in tournament since 1985. Records for 2001 (through the regional finals) are in bold-face type:
THE RPI FACTOR
The Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) of schools that made the 65-team field, grouped by rounds in which they last played. The RPI has been used by the NCAA since 1981 to supplement the selection of at-large teams and the seeding of all teams in the tournament:
FINAL FOUR
1. Duke
3. Michigan State
8. Arizona
22. Maryland
ROUND OF 8
2. Stanford
6. Illinois
21. USC
38. Temple
ROUND OF 16
7. Mississippi
10. Kentucky
11. UCLA
12. Kansas
24. Penn State
31. Cincinnati
42. Georgetown
75. Gonzaga
2ND ROUND
4. North Carolina
5. Boston College
17. Florida
18. Syracuse
20. Fresno State
25. Notre Dame
26. Iowa
29. Butler
32. Georgia State
36. St. Joseph’s
47. Missouri
48. Charlotte
59. Utah State
81. Indiana State
93. Kent State
132. Hampton
1ST ROUND
9. Texas
13. Iowa State
14. Tennessee
15. Oklahoma
16. Indiana
19. Wisconsin
23. Creighton
27. Georgia
28. Providence
30. Wake Forest
33. Virginia
34. Ohio State
35. California
37. Brigham Young
39. Georgia Tech
41. Arkansas
1ST ROUND
44. Xavier
46. Hofstra
49. Oklahoma St.
55. Hawaii
76. W. Kentucky
82. CS Northridge
85. Holy Cross
86. George Mason
87. Southern Utah
110. Iona
115. Eastern Illinois
127. Princeton
133. Monmouth
150. Alabama State
169. Northwestern St.
177. NC Greensboro
PLAY-IN
188. Winthrop