03/14/2005
Kansas becomes the first team to finish #1 in the RPI to get a 3 seed. Only 2 other #1 RPI teams have gotten a 2 seed. They were North Carolina in 1995 and Cincinnati in 2000. All other teams that finished #1 in the RPI got a 1 seed.
Iowa State became only the fourth team to finish #60 in the RPI or worse to have a single digit seed. Here is the list:
|
Year |
Team |
RPI |
Seed |
|
1995 |
Minnesota |
66 |
8 |
|
1999 |
New Mexico |
74 |
9 |
|
2004 |
Washington |
60 |
8 |
|
2005 |
Iowa State |
62 |
9 |
John Chaney has the most tournament wins without a Final Four appearance with 23. Out of the coaches in this year’s tournament, Bill Self has the most tournament victories without a Final Four appearance with 13.
Eddie Sutton has the most tournament wins without a National Championship with 37. Roy Williams is second with 35. Here is the top Ten:
|
Coach |
Wins |
Losses |
|
Sutton, Eddie |
37 |
25 |
|
Williams, Roy |
35 |
15 |
|
Lewis, Guy |
26 |
18 |
|
Chaney, John |
23 |
17 |
|
Huggins, Bob |
19 |
14 |
|
Keady, Gene |
19 |
18 |
|
Henson, Lou |
19 |
20 |
|
Tubbs, Billy |
18 |
12 |
|
Davis, Tom |
18 |
11 |
|
Majerus, Rick |
18 |
11 |
NCAA Tournament Rematches – First Round
Texas-El Paso (then Texas Western) defeated Utah 85-78 in the National Semifinals in 1966
Louisville defeated Louisiana-Lafayette (then Southwestern Louisiana) 88-84 in the Sweet Sixteen in 1972
Wake Forest defeated Tennessee-Chattanooga 81-58 in the First Round in 1993
Most appearances by Seed
Seed All-Time This Year’s Seed
1 North Carolina (10) North Carolina (10), Duke (9), Illinois (3), Washington (1)
2 North Carolina (7) Connecticut (6), Kentucky (6), Oklahoma State (3), Wake Forest (3)
3 Duke, Michigan (5) Arizona (4), Kansas (3), Oklahoma (2), Gonzaga (1)
4 Louisville (6) Louisville (6), Syracuse (5), Boston College (2), Florida (1)
5 Alabama, Michigan State,
Mississippi State, Virginia (4) Alabama (4), Michigan State (4), Georgia Tech (2), Villanova (1)
6 Purdue (4) Texas Tech (3), Wisconsin (3), Louisiana State (2), Utah (1)
7 Charlotte, Temple, Virginia,
West Virginia (4) Charlotte (4), West Virginia (4), Cincinnati (2), Southern Illinois (1)
8 Tennessee (4) Minnesota (2), Stanford (2), Texas (2), Pacific, California (1)
9 Charlotte, Missouri (3) Pittsburgh (2), Iowa State (1), Mississippi State (1), Nevada (1)
10 Creighton (4) Creighton (4), Iowa (1), North Carolina State (1), St. Mary’s, California (1)
11 Pennsylvania (4) Texas-El Paso (3), UAB (2), Northern Iowa (1), UCLA (1)
12 Brigham Young (4) George Washington (2), Old Dominion (2), Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2), New Mexico (1)
13 Delaware, Louisiana-Lafayette (3) Louisiana-Lafayette (3), Pennsylvania (2), Ohio (1), Vermont (1)
14 Boise State, Murray State,
Pepperdine (3) Winthrop (2), Bucknell (1), Niagara (1), Utah State (1)
15 Louisiana-Monroe (4) Tennessee-Chattanooga (2), Central Florida (1), Eastern Kentucky (1), Southeastern Louisiana (1)
16 North Carolina A&T (4) Fairleigh Dickinson (3), Montana (3), Alabama A&M (1), Delaware State (1), Oakland (1)