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03/28/2005

Final Four Team Summary

Team	Last Final Four	Appearances
Louisville	1986	8
Illinois	1989	5
North Carolina	2000	16
Michigan State	2001	6

Final Four Rematches:

Illinois is 1-0 vs. Louisville (1989 Sweet Sixteen)

North Carolina is 2-0 vs. Michigan State

This is the 7^th consecutive year in which the Final Four had a conference with two teams.

Year	Actual	Team	Team
1999	Big Ten	Michigan State	Ohio State
2000	Big Ten	Michigan State	Wisconsin
2001	Atlantic Coast	Duke	Maryland
2002	Big Twelve	Kansas	Oklahoma
2003	Big Twelve	Kansas	Texas
2004	Atlantic Coast	Duke	Georgia Tech
2005	Big Ten	Illinois	Michigan State

The last time that the AP#1 and #2 teams met in the National Championship game was 1965.  The last time (before this year) that both teams were in opposite brackets of the Final Four was 1972.

Kentucky loses to a lower seeded team for the 3^rd straight tournament.  The record is 5.

Team	Years
Arizona	1989-1993
Cincinnati	1996-2000
Florida	2001-2005
Illinois	1986-1990
Purdue	1984-1988

The last time that 2 teams from the same state made the final four was 1991 when Duke and North Carolina made the Final Four.