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1987 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The 1987 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 12, 1987, and ended with the championship game on March 30 in New Orleans, Louisiana. A total of 63 games were played.

1987 NCAA Division I
men's basketball tournament
Season1986–87
Teams64
Finals siteLouisiana Superdome
New Orleans, Louisiana
ChampionsIndiana Hoosiers (5th title, 5th title game,
6th Final Four)
Runner-upSyracuse Orangemen (1st title game,
2nd Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coachBob Knight (3rd title)
MOPKeith Smart (Indiana)
Attendance654,744
Top scorersSteve Alford (Indiana)
Rony Seikaly (Syracuse)
(138 points)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
«1986 1988»

Indiana, coached by Bob Knight, won the national title with a 74–73 victory in the final game over Syracuse, coached by Jim Boeheim. Keith Smart of Indiana, who hit the game-winner in the final seconds, and intercepted the full court pass at the last second, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

The tournament also featured a "Cinderella team" in the Final Four, as Providence College, led by a then-unknown Rick Pitino, made their first Final Four appearance since 1973.

One year after reaching the Final Four as a #11 seed, LSU made another deep run as a #10 seed in the Midwest region. The Tigers ousted #2 seed Temple in the second round and #3 seed DePaul in the Sweet 16 before losing 77–76 to top seeded Indiana in the Elite Eight.

This was the last tournament in which teams were allowed to have home court advantage: national runner-up Syracuse (2E), DePaul (3MW), Arizona (10W) and UAB (11SE) all opened the tournament playing on their home courts. UAB and Arizona each lost in the first round, while DePaul won twice at the Rosemont Horizon. Under rules adopted in 1988, teams cannot play in a facility in which they play four or more regular season games.

The 1987 NCAA men's basketball tournament was also the first tournament to use the three-point shot.

Schedule and venues

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Atlanta
 
Indianapolis
 
Charlotte
 
Syracuse
 
Rosemont
 
Birmingham
 
Tucson
 
Salt Lake City
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1987 first and second rounds
 
 
Seattle
 
Louisville
 
Cincinnati
 
E. Rutherford
 
New Orleans
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1987 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1987 tournament:

First and Second Rounds

Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

Teams

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Region Seed Team Coach Conference Finished Final Opponent Score
East
East 1 North Carolina Dean Smith Atlantic Coast Regional Runner-up 2 Syracuse L 79–75
East 2 Syracuse Jim Boeheim Big East Runner-up 1 Indiana L 74–73
East 3 Purdue Gene Keady Big Ten Round of 32 6 Florida L 85–66
East 4 TCU Jim Killingsworth Southwest Round of 32 5 Notre Dame L 58–57
East 5 Notre Dame Digger Phelps Independent Sweet Sixteen 1 North Carolina L 74–68
East 6 Florida Norm Sloan Southeastern Sweet Sixteen 2 Syracuse L 87–81
East 7 West Virginia Gale Catlett Atlantic 10 Round of 64 10 Western Kentucky L 64–62
East 8 Navy Pete Herrmann Colonial Round of 64 9 Michigan L 97–82
East 9 Michigan Bill Frieder Big Ten Round of 32 1 North Carolina L 109–97
East 10 Western Kentucky Murray Arnold Sun Belt Round of 32 2 Syracuse L 104–86
East 11 NC State Jim Valvano Atlantic Coast Round of 64 6 Florida L 82–70
East 12 Middle Tennessee State Bruce Stewart Ohio Valley Round of 64 5 Notre Dame L 84–71
East 13 Marshall Rick Huckabay Southern Round of 64 4 TCU L 76–60
East 14 Northeastern Karl Fogel ECAC North Round of 64 3 Purdue L 104–95
East 15 Georgia Southern Frank Kerns Trans America Round of 64 2 Syracuse L 79–73
East 16 Penn Tom Schneider Ivy League Round of 64 1 North Carolina L 113–82
Midwest
Midwest 1 Indiana Bob Knight Big Ten Champion 2 Syracuse W 74–73
Midwest 2 Temple John Chaney Atlantic 10 Round of 32 10 LSU L 72–62
Midwest 3 DePaul Joey Meyer Independent Sweet Sixteen 10 LSU L 63–58
Midwest 4 Missouri Norm Stewart Big Eight Round of 64 13 Xavier L 70–69
Midwest 5 Duke Mike Krzyzewski Atlantic Coast Sweet Sixteen 1 Indiana L 88–82
Midwest 6 St. John's Lou Carnesecca Big East Round of 32 3 DePaul L 83–75
Midwest 7 Georgia Tech Bobby Cremins Atlantic Coast Round of 64 10 LSU L 85–79
Midwest 8 Auburn Sonny Smith Southeastern Round of 32 1 Indiana L 107–90
Midwest 9 San Diego Hank Egan West Coast Round of 64 8 Auburn L 62–61
Midwest 10 LSU Dale Brown Southeastern Regional Runner-up 1 Indiana L 77–76
Midwest 11 Wichita State Eddie Fogler Missouri Valley Round of 64 6 St. John's L 57–55
Midwest 12 Texas A&M Shelby Metcalf Southwest Round of 64 5 Duke L 58–51
Midwest 13 Xavier Pete Gillen Midwestern Round of 32 5 Duke L 65–60
Midwest 14 Louisiana Tech Tommy Joe Eagles Southland Round of 64 3 DePaul L 76–62
Midwest 15 Southern Ben Jobe Southwest Athletic Round of 64 2 Temple L 75–56
Midwest 16 Fairfield Mitch Buonaguro Metro Atlantic Round of 64 1 Indiana L 92–58
Southeast
Southeast 1 Georgetown John Thompson Big East Regional Runner-up 6 Providence L 88–73
Southeast 2 Alabama Wimp Sanderson Southeastern Sweet Sixteen 6 Providence L 103–82
Southeast 3 Illinois Lou Henson Big Ten Round of 64 14 Austin Peay L 68–67
Southeast 4 Clemson Cliff Ellis Atlantic Coast Round of 64 13 Southwest Missouri State L 65–60
Southeast 5 Kansas Larry Brown Big Eight Sweet Sixteen 1 Georgetown L 70–57
Southeast 6 Providence Rick Pitino Big East National semifinals 2 Syracuse L 77–63
Southeast 7 New Orleans Benny Dees Independent Round of 32 2 Alabama L 101–76
Southeast 8 Kentucky Eddie Sutton Southeastern Round of 64 9 Ohio State L 91–77
Southeast 9 Ohio State Gary Williams Big Ten Round of 32 1 Georgetown L 82–79
Southeast 10 BYU LaDell Andersen Western Athletic Round of 64 7 New Orleans L 83–79
Southeast 11 UAB Gene Bartow Sun Belt Round of 64 6 Providence L 90–68
Southeast 12 Houston Pat Foster Southwest Round of 64 5 Kansas L 66–55
Southeast 13 Southwest Missouri State Charlie Spoonhour Mid-Continent Round of 32 5 Kansas L 67–63
Southeast 14 Austin Peay Lake Kelly Ohio Valley Round of 32 6 Providence L 90–87
Southeast 15 North Carolina A&T Don Corbett Mid-Eastern Round of 64 2 Alabama L 88–71
Southeast 16 Bucknell Charles Woollum East Coast Round of 64 1 Georgetown L 75–53
West
West 1 UNLV Jerry Tarkanian Pacific Coast National semifinals 1 Indiana L 97–93
West 2 Iowa Tom Davis Big Ten Regional Runner-up 1 UNLV L 84–81
West 3 Pittsburgh Paul Evans Big East Round of 32 6 Oklahoma L 96–93
West 4 UCLA Walt Hazzard Pacific-10 Round of 32 12 Wyoming L 78–68
West 5 Virginia Terry Holland Atlantic Coast Round of 64 12 Wyoming L 64–60
West 6 Oklahoma Billy Tubbs Big Eight Sweet Sixteen 2 Iowa L 93–91
West 7 UTEP Don Haskins Western Athletic Round of 32 2 Iowa L 84–82
West 8 Georgia Hugh Durham Southeastern Round of 64 9 Kansas State L 82–79
West 9 Kansas State Lon Kruger Big Eight Round of 32 1 UNLV L 80–61
West 10 Arizona Lute Olson Pacific-10 Round of 64 7 UTEP L 98–91
West 11 Tulsa J. D. Barnett Missouri Valley Round of 64 6 Oklahoma L 74–69
West 12 Wyoming Jim Brandenburg Western Athletic Sweet Sixteen 1 UNLV L 92–78
West 13 Central Michigan Charlie Coles Mid-American Round of 64 4 UCLA L 92–73
West 14 Marist Dave Magarity ECAC Metro Round of 64 3 Pittsburgh L 93–68
West 15 Santa Clara Carroll Williams West Coast Round of 64 2 Iowa L 99–76
West 16 Idaho State Jim Boutin Big Sky Round of 64 1 UNLV L 95–70

Bracket

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East Regional – East Rutherford, New Jersey

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First round Quarter-finals Regional semifinals Regional Finals
            
1 North Carolina 113
16 Penn 82
1 North Carolina 109
Charlotte
9 Michigan 97
8 Navy 82
9 Michigan 97
1 North Carolina 74
5 Notre Dame 68
5 Notre Dame 84
12 Middle Tennessee State 71
5 Notre Dame 58
Charlotte
4 TCU 57
4 TCU 76
13 Marshall 60
1 North Carolina 75
2 Syracuse 79
6 Florida 82
11 NC State 70
6 Florida 85
Syracuse
3 Purdue 66
3 Purdue 104
14 Northeastern 95
6 Florida 81
2 Syracuse 87
7 West Virginia 62
10 Western Kentucky 64
10 Western Kentucky 86
Syracuse
2 Syracuse 104
2 Syracuse 79
15 Georgia Southern 73

Regional Final Summary

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CBS
Saturday, March 21
#2 Syracuse Orangemen 79, #1 North Carolina Tar Heels 75
Pts: R. Seikaly – 26
Rebs: D. Coleman – 14
Asts: S. Douglas – 9		 Pts: K. Smith – 25
Rebs: J. Wolf – 10
Asts: K. Smith – 7
Halftime Score: Syracuse, 41-30
Brendan Byrne Arena – East Rutherford, New Jersey
Referees: Tyler Honsen

Southeast Regional – Louisville, Kentucky

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First round Quarter-finals Regional semifinals Regional Finals
            
1 Georgetown 75
16 Bucknell 53
1 Georgetown 82
Atlanta
9 Ohio State 79
8 Kentucky 77
9 Ohio State 91
1 Georgetown 70
5 Kansas 57
5 Kansas 66
12 Houston 55
5 Kansas 67
Atlanta
13 Southwest Missouri State 63
4 Clemson 60
13 Southwest Missouri State 65
1 Georgetown 73
6 Providence 88
6 Providence 90
11 UAB 68
6 Providence 90OT
Birmingham
14 Austin Peay 87
3 Illinois 67
14 Austin Peay 68
6 Providence 103
2 Alabama 82
7 New Orleans 83
10 BYU 79
7 New Orleans 76
Birmingham
2 Alabama 101
2 Alabama 88
15 North Carolina A&T 71

Regional Final Summary

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CBS
Saturday, March 21
#6 Providence Friars 88, #1 Georgetown Hoyas 73
Pts: B. Donovan – 20
Rebs: D. Kipfer – 5
Asts: B. Donovan – 6		 Pts: R. Williams – 25
Rebs: P. McDonald – 10
Asts: B. Winston – 4
Halftime Score: Providence, 54-37
Freedom Hall – Louisville, Kentucky

Midwest Regional – Cincinnati, Ohio

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First round Quarter-finals Regional semifinals Regional Finals
            
1 Indiana 92
16 Fairfield 58
1 Indiana 107
Indianapolis
8 Auburn 90
8 Auburn 62
9 San Diego 61
1 Indiana 88
5 Duke 82
5 Duke 58
12 Texas A&M 51
5 Duke 65
Indianapolis
13 Xavier 60
4 Missouri 69
13 Xavier 70
1 Indiana 77
10 LSU 76
6 St. John's 57
11 Wichita State 55
6 St. John's 75
Rosemont
3 DePaul 83OT
3 DePaul 76
14 Louisiana Tech 62
3 DePaul 58
10 LSU 63
7 Georgia Tech 79
10 LSU 85
10 LSU 72
Rosemont
2 Temple 62
2 Temple 75
15 Southern 56
CBS
Sunday, March 22
#1 Indiana Hoosiers 77, #10 LSU Tigers 76
Pts: S. Alford – 20
Rebs: D. Garrett – 15
Asts: S. Alford – 7		 Pts: N. Wilson – 20
Rebs: O. Brown, B. Woodside – 7
Asts: O. Brown – 8
Halftime Score: Indiana, 47-46
Riverfront Coliseum – Cincinnati, Ohio
Referees: Jim Burr, Tom Frahm, Paul Housman

West Regional – Seattle, Washington

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First round Quarter-finals Regional semifinals Regional Finals
            
1 UNLV 95
16 Idaho State 70
1 UNLV 80
Salt Lake City
9 Kansas State 61
8 Georgia 79
9 Kansas State 82OT
1 UNLV 92
12 Wyoming 78
5 Virginia 60
12 Wyoming 64
12 Wyoming 78
Salt Lake City
4 UCLA 68
4 UCLA 92
13 Central Michigan 73
1 UNLV 84
2 Iowa 81
6 Oklahoma 74
11 Tulsa 69
6 Oklahoma 96
Tucson
3 Pittsburgh 93
3 Pittsburgh 93
14 Marist 68
6 Oklahoma 91
2 Iowa 93OT
7 UTEP 98OT
10 Arizona 91
7 UTEP 82
Tucson
2 Iowa 84
2 Iowa 99
15 Santa Clara 76
CBS
Sunday, March 22
#1 UNLV Runnin' Rebels 84, #2 Iowa Hawkeyes 81
Pts: A. Gilliam – 27
Rebs: A. Gilliam – 10
Asts: M. Wade – 12		 Pts: K. Gamble, B. J. Armstrong – 18
Rebs: B. Lohaus – 7
Asts: R. Marble – 5
Halftime Score: Iowa, 58-42
Kingdome – Seattle

Final Four – New Orleans, Louisiana

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National semifinals National Championship Game
      
E2 Syracuse 77
SE6 Providence 63
E2 Syracuse 73
MW1 Indiana 74
MW1 Indiana 97
W1 UNLV 93

Game summaries

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CBS
Saturday, March 28
#MW1 Indiana Hoosiers 97, #W1 UNLV Runnin' Rebels 93
Pts: S. Alford – 33
Rebs: D. Garrett – 10
Asts: R. Calloway – 6		 Pts: F. Banks – 38
Rebs: A. Gilliam – 10
Asts: M. Wade – 18
Halftime Score: Indiana, 53-47
Louisiana Superdome – New Orleans
Referees: John Clougherty, Dick Paparo, Rusty Herring
CBS
Saturday, March, 28
#E2 Syracuse Orangemen 77, #SE6 Providence Friars 63
Pts: G. Monroe – 20
Rebs: D. Coleman – 12
Asts: S. Douglas – 6		 Pts: C. Screen – 18
Rebs: J. Duda – 7
Asts: B. Donovan – 7
Halftime Score: Syracuse, 36-26
Louisiana Superdome – New Orleans
Referees: Paul Galvan, Luis Grillo, Don Rutledge

National Championship

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Main article: 1987 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game
CBS
Monday, March, 30
#MW1 Indiana Hoosiers 74, #E2 Syracuse Orangemen 73
Pts: S. Alford – 23
Rebs: D. Garrett – 10
Asts: J. Hillman, K. Smart – 6		 Pts: S. Douglas – 20
Rebs: D. Coleman – 19
Asts: S. Douglas – 7
Halftime Score: Indiana, 34-33
Louisiana Superdome – New Orleans
Referees: Joe Forte, Nolan Fine, Jody Sylvester

Trivia

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  • The 59th Academy Awards show was broadcast on the ABC network at the same time as CBS network broadcast of the championship game between Indiana and Syracuse. Oscars show host Chevy Chase quipped later in the evening, "Is the game over yet?" The Oscars show would subsequently be scheduled around the tournament broadcast by moving it later in April for two years.
  • Tenth seeded LSU reached the Elite Eight for the second straight year without being favored to win a game. This time, the Tigers did not have the advantage of playing their first- and second-round games on their home court. They had previously reached the Final Four as an 11-seed in 1986, losing to eventual national champion Louisville Cardinals. The Tigers missed a shot at the buzzer and fell short of another trip to the Final Four, losing 77–76 to eventual national champion Indiana. It marked the fifth time in seven tournament appearances between 1979 and 1987 LSU was eliminated by the eventual national champion. The Tigers did not reach the Elite Eight again until 2006.
  • Years after the end of the tournament, Alabama, DePaul, Florida, Marshall, and North Carolina State all had their tournament spots vacated by the NCAA retroactively.[1]
  • This marked the first time that CBS Sports used "One Shining Moment" during their tournament epilogue. Initially, the song was supposed to have been played after Super Bowl XXI (which was also aired on CBS), but due to time constraints, its debut was delayed until the national championship game. The opening words for the football version were "The ball is kicked"; in the reworked version, the word "kicked" was changed to "tipped" to suit the tournament.
  • The three losing coaches in the Final Four all eventually won national titles. Jerry Tarkanian was the first to do so, winning in 1990 with UNLV defeating Duke 103–73. Rick Pitino followed in 1996 with Kentucky, defeating Jim Boeheim's Syracuse in the final. Boeheim would win in 2003 with Syracuse by defeating Kansas.
  • There were no teams from the Metro Conference, Big South Conference or Gulf Star Conference in the tournament. The Metro Conference allowed Memphis State, which was serving an NCAA tournament ban that year, to compete in its conference tournament, which it won by defeating the defending 1986 National Champion Louisville Cardinals by the lopsided score 75 to 52 on the Cardinals' home court, Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. The NCAA basketball tournament committee said as the conference had committed its automatic berth would go to its conference tournament winner, the conference lost its automatic berth that year, and no other schools received an at-large entry. Most conferences now prohibit teams on postseason bans from participating in conference tournaments as a result, or have provisional automatic bids awarded to the eligible team that advanced the most. The Gulf Star and Big South did not have automatic bids to the tournament because many of the schools in these conferences were transitioning from other divisions.
  • During the selection show, there was a spot left open for the #12 seed in the Southeast Region. Kansas, the 5th seed in the region, was due to face either Washington or Houston in the first round. Washington was facing UCLA in the finals of the Pac-10 tournament at the time the selections were announced. UCLA held on to defeat Washington 76–62, putting Houston into the field of 64.
  • Florida made the NCAA Tournament for the first time, making it to the Sweet Sixteen. Coincidentally, Providence was led to the Final Four by Billy Donovan, who would go on to coach the Gators to multiple Final Fours and 2 national titles.
  • For the second time in 5 years, a rule involving how the clock would run after a made basket played a massive role at the end of a title game. In 1983, N.C. State won the title on a dunk with 1 second left, as the clock ran through the dunk and ran out before Houston could do anything. In 1987, Syracuse players (either unaware of the clock-running post basket or freezing under pressure) let 4 seconds run off the clock after Keith Smart's made jumper; only 1 second was left when a timeout was called, and the Orangemen's last shot was missed to give Indiana the national title. For the 1993–94 season, the rules were permanently changed, so with 1 minute or less in a half or overtime the clock stops when a basket is made and doesn't start again until the ball is inbounded by the other team (regardless of whether they use a timeout first or not).

Announcers

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CBS Studio Hosts:

ESPN studio hosts:

  • John Saunders (daytime), Bob Ley (primetime) and Dick Vitale
  • Brent Musburger and Billy Packer – first round (Virginia–Wyoming) at Salt Lake City, Utah; Second Round at Indianapolis, Indiana and Rosemont, Illinois; East Regional at East Rutherford, New Jersey; Midwest Regional Final at Cincinnati, Ohio; Final Four at New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Dick Stockton and Tom Heinsohn – First (Oklahoma–Tulsa) and Second Rounds at Tucson, Arizona; Southeast Regional semifinal (Georgetown–Kansas) and Regional Final at Louisville, Kentucky
  • Verne Lundquist and Billy Cunningham – second round at Charlotte, North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia; Midwest Regional semifinal (Duke-Indiana) at Cincinnati, Ohio; West Regional Final at Seattle, Washington
  • Tom Hammond and Larry Conley – Southeast Regional semifinal (Alabama–Providence) at Louisville, Kentucky
  • Mike Patrick and Jack Givens - Midwest Regional semifinal (LSU-DePaul) at Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Tim Brant and Bill Raftery – second round at Syracuse, New York; West Regional semifinals at Seattle, Washington
  • Mike Patrick and Larry Conley – first (Alabama–North Carolina A&T, Providence–UAB) and second rounds at Birmingham, Alabama
  • Gary Bender and Hubie Brown – second round at Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Jim Thacker and Jack Givens – first round (North Carolina–Pennsylvania, TCU–Marshall) at Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Frank Herzog and Bucky Waters – first round (Notre Dame–Middle Tennessee State, Navy–Michigan) at Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Mike Gorman and Ron Perry – first round (Syracuse–Georgia Southern, Purdue–Northeastern) at Syracuse, New York
  • Phil Stone and Bill Raftery – first round (Florida–N.C. State, West Virginia–Western Kentucky) at Syracuse, New York
  • John Sanders and Joe Dean – first round (Georgetown–Bucknell) at Atlanta, Georgia
  • John Sanders and Dave Gavitt – first round (Kentucky–Ohio State) at Atlanta, Georgia
  • Fred White and Joe Dean – first round (Kansas–Houston) at Atlanta, Georgia
  • Fred White and Dave Gavitt – first round (Clemson–SW Missouri State) at Atlanta, Georgia
  • Bob Rathbun and Dan Bonner – first round (Illinois–Austin Peay, New Orleans–Brigham Young) at Birmingham, Alabama
  • Tom Hammond and Jim Gibbons – first round (Indiana–Fairfield, Missouri–Xavier) at Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Ralph Hacker and John Laskowski – first round (Duke–Texas A&M, Auburn–San Diego) at Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Mick Hubert and Gary Thompson – first round (Temple–Southern, DePaul–Louisiana Tech) at Rosemont, Illinois
  • Wayne Larrivee and Bob Ortegel – first round (St. John's–Wichita State, Georgia Tech–LSU) at Rosemont, Illinois
  • Frank Fallon and Lynn Shackelford – first round (UNLV–Idaho State) at Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Bob Carpenter and Irv Brown – first round (UCLA–Central Michigan, Georgia–Kansas State) at Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Pete Solomon and Bruce Larson – first round (Iowa–Santa Clara) at Tucson, Arizona
  • Ted Robinson and Dan Belluomini – first round (Pittsburgh–Marist, UTEP–Arizona) at Tucson, Arizona

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2015 MEN'S FINAL FOUR RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). Retrieved June 5, 2024.
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