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width="200" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2b/2000FinalFour.png/300px-2000FinalFour.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2b/2000FinalFour.png 2x" data-file-width="307" data-file-height="325" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Season</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%9300_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1999–00 NCAA Division I men's basketball season">1999–00</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Teams</th><td class="infobox-data">64</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Finals site</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/RCA_Dome" title="RCA Dome">RCA Dome</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis,_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Indianapolis, Indiana">Indianapolis, Indiana</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team">Michigan State Spartans</a> (2nd title, 2nd title game,<br />4th Final Four)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Runner-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Florida_Gators_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Florida Gators men's basketball team">Florida Gators</a> (1st title game,<br />2nd Final Four)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Semifinalists</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team">North Carolina Tar Heels</a> (15th Final Four)</li><li><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Wisconsin_Badgers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team">Wisconsin Badgers</a> (2nd Final Four)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Winning coach</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Izzo" title="Tom Izzo">Tom Izzo</a> (1st title)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_basketball_tournament_Most_Outstanding_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player">MOP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mateen_Cleaves" title="Mateen Cleaves">Mateen Cleaves</a> (Michigan State)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Attendance</th><td class="infobox-data">624,777</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Top scorer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Morris_Peterson" title="Morris Peterson">Morris Peterson</a> (Michigan State)<br />(105 points)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="background:#eee;"><table style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse; margin:0"> <tbody><tr><th style="text-align:center" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">NCAA Division I men's tournaments</a></th></tr><tr style="line-height:90%;"> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; padding-right:1em">«<a href="/wiki/1999_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1999</a></td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/2001_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2001</a>»</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2000 <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament</a></b> involved 64 schools playing in <a href="/wiki/Single-elimination_tournament" title="Single-elimination tournament">single-elimination</a> play to determine the national champion of men's <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">NCAA Division I</a> <a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">college basketball</a>. It began on March 16, 2000, and ended with the <a href="/wiki/2000_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game">championship game</a> on April 3 in <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis,_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Indianapolis, Indiana">Indianapolis, Indiana</a> at the <a href="/wiki/RCA_Dome" title="RCA Dome">RCA Dome</a>. A total of 63 games were played. </p><p>Due to a string of upsets throughout the tournament, only one top-four seed advanced to the Final Four. That was <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team">Michigan State</a>, who finished the season as the #2 team in the nation and was given the top seed in the Midwest Region. The highest seeded of the other three Final Four teams was <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Florida_Gators_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Florida Gators men's basketball team">Florida</a>, who won the East Region as the fifth seed. Two eight-seeds made the Final Four, with <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Wisconsin_Badgers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team">Wisconsin</a> and <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team">North Carolina</a> rounding the bracket out. Wisconsin won the West Region while North Carolina won the South Region, with both regions seeing their top three seeds eliminated during the first weekend of play. </p><p>Michigan State won their first national championship since 1979 by defeating Florida 89–76 in the final game. <a href="/wiki/Mateen_Cleaves" title="Mateen Cleaves">Mateen Cleaves</a> of Michigan State was named the tournament's <a href="/wiki/NCAA_basketball_tournament_Most_Outstanding_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player">Most Outstanding Player</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Morris_Peterson" title="Morris Peterson">Morris Peterson</a> was its leading scorer. </p><p>Despite the string of upsets, no seed lower than 11 won a game in the tournament. The only 11 seed to win was <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_Waves_men%27s_basketball" title="Pepperdine Waves men's basketball">Pepperdine</a>, which defeated <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Indiana_Hoosiers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team">Indiana</a> in the East Region's first round in what turned out to be <a href="/wiki/Bob_Knight" title="Bob Knight">Bob Knight</a>'s last game coaching the Hoosiers before his firing that offseason. Also, two teams that qualified as 10 seeds advanced to the Sweet Sixteen as <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Seton_Hall_Pirates_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team">Seton Hall</a> in the East and <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Gonzaga_Bulldogs_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team">Gonzaga</a> in the West both advanced. </p><p>Because of the upsets, the Elite Eight consisted of one top seed (Michigan State), one second seed (<a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Iowa_State_Cyclones_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team">Iowa State</a>), one third seed (<a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Oklahoma_State_Cowboys_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team">Oklahoma State</a>), one fifth seed (Florida), one sixth seed (<a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Purdue_Boilermakers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team">Purdue</a>), one seventh seed (<a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Tulsa_Golden_Hurricane_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team">Tulsa</a>), and two eighth seeds (Wisconsin and North Carolina). 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style="background-color:#FFFFFF">Syracuse</div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:44.194%;left:66.303%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/RCA_Dome" title="Indianapolis"><img alt="Indianapolis" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div style="background-color:#FFFFFF">Indianapolis</div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Usa_edcp_location_map.svg" title="File:Usa edcp location map.svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div>2000 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)</div></div></div> <p>The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 2000 tournament: </p><p><b>First and Second Rounds</b> </p> <ul><li>March 16 and 18 <ul><li><b>Midwest Region</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CSU_Convocation_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="CSU Convocation Center">CSU Convocation Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland, Ohio</a> (Host: <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_State_University" title="Cleveland State University">Cleveland State University</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubert_H._Humphrey_Metrodome" title="Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome">Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis, Minnesota</a> (Host: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota" title="University of Minnesota">University of Minnesota</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><b>West Region</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jon_M._Huntsman_Center" title="Jon M. Huntsman Center">Jon M. Huntsman Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City, Utah</a> (Host: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Utah" title="University of Utah">University of Utah</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McKale_Center" title="McKale Center">McKale Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tucson,_Arizona" title="Tucson, Arizona">Tucson, Arizona</a> (Host: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Arizona" title="University of Arizona">University of Arizona</a>)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>March 17 and 19 <ul><li><b>East Region</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KeyBank_Center" title="KeyBank Center">HSBC Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a> (Hosts: <a href="/wiki/Canisius_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Canisius College">Canisius College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niagara_University" title="Niagara University">Niagara University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metro_Atlantic_Athletic_Conference" title="Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference">Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Joel_Veterans_Memorial_Coliseum" title="Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum">Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem,_North_Carolina" title="Winston-Salem, North Carolina">Winston-Salem, North Carolina</a> (Host: <a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest_University" title="Wake Forest University">Wake Forest University</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><b>South Region</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BJCC_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="BJCC Arena">BJCC Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a> (Host: <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Entertainment_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaylord Entertainment Center">Gaylord Entertainment Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a> (Host: <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Conference" title="Ohio Valley Conference">Ohio Valley Conference</a>)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <p><b>Regional semifinals and finals</b> (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) </p> <ul><li>March 23 and 25 <ul><li><b>Midwest Regional</b>, <a href="/wiki/The_Palace_of_Auburn_Hills" title="The Palace of Auburn Hills">The Palace of Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auburn_Hills,_Michigan" title="Auburn Hills, Michigan">Auburn Hills, Michigan</a> (Host: <a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference" title="Mid-American Conference">Mid-American Conference</a>)</li> <li><b>West Regional</b>, <a href="/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)" title="The Pit (arena)">University Arena ("The Pit")</a>, <a href="/wiki/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico" title="Albuquerque, New Mexico">Albuquerque, New Mexico</a> (Host: <a href="/wiki/University_of_New_Mexico" title="University of New Mexico">University of New Mexico</a>)</li></ul></li> <li>March 24 and 26 <ul><li><b>East Regional</b>, <a href="/wiki/Carrier_Dome" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier Dome">Carrier Dome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York" title="Syracuse, New York">Syracuse, New York</a> (Host: <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_University" title="Syracuse University">Syracuse University</a>)</li> <li><b>South Regional</b>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Erwin_Center" title="Frank Erwin Center">Frank Erwin Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin, Texas</a> (Host: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Austin" title="University of Texas at Austin">University of Texas at Austin</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <p><b>National semifinals and championship</b> (Final Four and championship) </p> <ul><li>April 1 and 3 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RCA_Dome" title="RCA Dome">RCA Dome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis, Indiana</a> (Hosts: <a href="/wiki/Butler_University" title="Butler University">Butler University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University%E2%80%93Purdue_University_Indianapolis" title="Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis">IUPUI</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teams">Teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There were 30 automatic bids awarded to the tournament - of these, 28 were given to the winners of their conference's tournament, while two were awarded to the team with the best regular-season record in their conference (<a href="/wiki/Ivy_League" title="Ivy League">Ivy League</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pac-12_Conference" title="Pac-12 Conference">Pac-10</a>). </p><p>Three conference champions made their first NCAA tournament appearances: <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_UNC_Wilmington_Seahawks_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team">UNC Wilmington</a> (<a href="/wiki/Colonial_Athletic_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial Athletic Association">CAA</a>), <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Central_Connecticut_Blue_Devils_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Central Connecticut Blue Devils men's basketball team">Central Connecticut State</a> (<a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">NEC</a>), and <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Southeast_Missouri_State_Redhawks_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men's basketball team">Southeast Missouri State</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Conference" title="Ohio Valley Conference">Ohio Valley</a>). </p><p>While the <a href="/wiki/Mountain_West_Conference" title="Mountain West Conference">Mountain West Conference</a> held a <a href="/wiki/2000_Mountain_West_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament">conference tournament</a>, the conference was not granted an automatic bid to the tournament until the 2000–01 season.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Automatic_qualifiers">Automatic qualifiers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Automatic qualifiers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Automatic qualifiers </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Conference </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number">Appearance </th> <th scope="col">Last bid </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_ACC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 ACC men's basketball tournament">ACC</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Duke_Blue_Devils_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team">Duke</a> </th> <td align="center">24th </td> <td align="center">1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_America_East_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 America East men's basketball tournament">America East</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Hofstra_Flying_Dutchmen_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen basketball team">Hofstra</a> </th> <td align="center">3rd </td> <td align="center">1977 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Atlantic_10_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament">Atlantic 10</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Temple_Owls_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Temple Owls men's basketball team">Temple</a> </th> <td align="center">24th </td> <td align="center">1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Big_12_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 Big 12 men's basketball tournament">Big 12</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Iowa_State_Cyclones_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team">Iowa State</a> </th> <td align="center">11th </td> <td align="center">1997 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Big_East_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 Big East men's basketball tournament">Big East</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_St._John%27s_Red_Storm_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team">St. John's</a> </th> <td align="center">26th </td> <td align="center">1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Big_Sky_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament">Big Sky</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Northern_Arizona_Lumberjacks_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team">Northern Arizona</a> </th> <td align="center">2nd </td> <td align="center">1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Big_South_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament">Big South</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Winthrop_Eagles_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team">Winthrop</a> </th> <td align="center">2nd </td> <td align="center">1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Big_Ten_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 Big Ten men's basketball tournament">Big Ten</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team">Michigan State</a> </th> <td align="center">14th </td> <td align="center">1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Big_West_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament">Big West</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Utah_State_Aggies_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team">Utah State</a> </th> <td align="center">13th </td> <td align="center">1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_CAA_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 CAA men's basketball tournament">CAA</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_UNC_Wilmington_Seahawks_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team">UNC Wilmington</a> </th> <td align="center">1st </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="0 !">Never</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Conference_USA_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 Conference USA men's basketball tournament">Conference USA</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Saint_Louis_Billikens_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team">Saint Louis</a> </th> <td align="center">6th </td> <td align="center">1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ivy_League_men%27s_basketball" title="Ivy League men's basketball">Ivy League</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Penn_Quakers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Penn Quakers men's basketball team">Penn</a> </th> <td align="center">18th </td> <td align="center">1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_MAAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 MAAC men's basketball tournament">MAAC</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Iona_Gaels_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Iona Gaels men's basketball team">Iona</a> </th> <td align="center">5th </td> <td align="center">1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_MAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 MAC men's basketball tournament">MAC</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Ball_State_Cardinals_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team">Ball State</a> </th> <td align="center">7th </td> <td align="center">1995 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Midwestern_Collegiate_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament">MCC</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Butler_Bulldogs_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team">Butler</a> </th> <td align="center">4th </td> <td align="center">1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_MEAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 MEAC men's basketball tournament">MEAC</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 South Carolina State Bulldogs basketball team">South Carolina State</a> </th> <td align="center">4th </td> <td align="center">1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Mid-Continent_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 Mid-Continent Conference men's basketball tournament">Mid-Continent</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Valparaiso_Crusaders_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team">Valparaiso</a> </th> <td align="center">5th </td> <td align="center">1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Missouri_Valley_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament">Missouri Valley</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Creighton_Bluejays_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team">Creighton</a> </th> <td align="center">11th </td> <td align="center">1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Northeast_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament">NEC</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Central_Connecticut_Blue_Devils_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Central Connecticut Blue Devils men's basketball team">Central Connecticut State</a> </th> <td align="center">1st </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="0 !">Never</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Ohio_Valley_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament">Ohio Valley</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Southeast_Missouri_State_Redhawks_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men's basketball team">Southeast Missouri State</a> </th> <td align="center">1st </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="0 !">Never</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pac-12_Conference_men%27s_basketball" title="Pac-12 Conference men's basketball">Pac-10</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Arizona_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team">Arizona</a> </th> <td align="center">18th </td> <td align="center">1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Patriot_League_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 Patriot League men's basketball tournament">Patriot</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Lafayette_Leopards_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Lafayette Leopards men's basketball team">Lafayette</a> </th> <td align="center">3rd </td> <td align="center">1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_SEC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 SEC men's basketball tournament">SEC</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Arkansas_Razorbacks_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team">Arkansas</a> </th> <td align="center">25th </td> <td align="center">1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Southern_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament">Southern</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Appalachian_State_Mountaineers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team">Appalachian State</a> </th> <td align="center">2nd </td> <td align="center">1979 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Southland_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament">Southland</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Lamar_Cardinals_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Lamar Cardinals basketball team">Lamar</a> </th> <td align="center">5th </td> <td align="center">1983 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_SWAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 SWAC men's basketball tournament">SWAC</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Jackson_State_Tigers_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Jackson State Tigers basketball team">Jackson State</a> </th> <td align="center">2nd </td> <td align="center">1997 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Sun_Belt_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament">Sun Belt</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Louisiana%E2%80%93Lafayette_Ragin%27_Cajuns_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team">Louisiana–Lafayette</a> </th> <td align="center">5th </td> <td align="center">1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_TAAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 TAAC men's basketball tournament">TAAC</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Samford_Bulldogs_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Samford Bulldogs basketball team">Samford</a> </th> <td align="center">2nd </td> <td align="center">1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_WAC_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 WAC men's basketball tournament">WAC</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Fresno_State_Bulldogs_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team">Fresno State</a> <small>(vacated)</small> </th> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">1984 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_West_Coast_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament">West Coast</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Gonzaga_Bulldogs_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team">Gonzaga</a> </th> <td align="center">3rd </td> <td align="center">1999 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Listed_by_region_and_seeding"><span class="RegionSeeds">Listed by region and seeding</span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Listed by region and seeding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top"> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5" style="background:#ffdead;">East Regional – <a href="/wiki/JMA_Wireless_Dome" title="JMA Wireless Dome">Carrier Dome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York" title="Syracuse, New York">Syracuse, New York</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col">Seed </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 160px;">School </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 85px;">Conference </th> <th scope="col">Record </th> <th scope="col">Berth type </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Duke_Blue_Devils_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team">Duke</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">ACC</a> </td> <td align="center">28–4 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Temple_Owls_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Temple Owls men's basketball team">Temple</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a> </td> <td align="center">26–5 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Oklahoma_State_Cowboys_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team">Oklahoma State</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a> </td> <td align="center">24–6 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team">Illinois</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten</a> </td> <td align="center">21–9 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Florida_Gators_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Florida Gators men's basketball team">Florida</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> </td> <td align="center">24–7 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Indiana_Hoosiers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team">Indiana</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten</a> </td> <td align="center">20–8 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Oregon_Ducks_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team">Oregon</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Pac-12_Conference" title="Pac-12 Conference">Pac-10</a> </td> <td align="center">22–7 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">8 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Kansas_Jayhawks_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team">Kansas</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a> </td> <td align="center">23–9 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_DePaul_Blue_Demons_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team">DePaul</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a> </td> <td align="center">21–10 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">10 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Seton_Hall_Pirates_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team">Seton Hall</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East</a> </td> <td align="center">20–9 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">11 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Pepperdine_Waves_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team">Pepperdine</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Conference" title="West Coast Conference">West Coast</a> </td> <td align="center">24–8 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">12 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Butler_Bulldogs_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team">Butler</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Horizon_League" title="Horizon League">MCC</a> </td> <td align="center">23–7 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">13 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Penn_Quakers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Penn Quakers men's basketball team">Penn</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ivy_League" title="Ivy League">Ivy League</a> </td> <td align="center">21–7 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">14 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Hofstra_Flying_Dutchmen_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen basketball team">Hofstra</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/America_East_Conference" title="America East Conference">America East</a> </td> <td align="center">24–6 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">15 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Lafayette_Leopards_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Lafayette Leopards men's basketball team">Lafayette</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Patriot_League" title="Patriot League">Patriot</a> </td> <td align="center">24–6 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">16 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Lamar_Cardinals_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Lamar Cardinals basketball team">Lamar</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Southland_Conference" title="Southland Conference">Southland</a> </td> <td align="center">15–15 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td valign="top"> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5" style="background:#ffdead;">Midwest Regional – <a href="/wiki/The_Palace_of_Auburn_Hills" title="The Palace of Auburn Hills">The Palace of Auburn Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auburn_Hills,_Michigan" title="Auburn Hills, Michigan">Auburn Hills, Michigan</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col">Seed </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 160px;">School </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 85px;">Conference </th> <th scope="col">Record </th> <th scope="col">Berth type </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team">Michigan State</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten</a> </td> <td align="center">26–7 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Iowa_State_Cyclones_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team">Iowa State</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a> </td> <td align="center">29–4 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Maryland_Terrapins_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team">Maryland</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">ACC</a> </td> <td align="center">24–9 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Syracuse_Orangemen_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team">Syracuse</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East</a> </td> <td align="center">24–5 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Kentucky_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team">Kentucky</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> </td> <td align="center">22–9 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team">UCLA</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Pac-12_Conference" title="Pac-12 Conference">Pac-10</a> </td> <td align="center">19–11 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Auburn_Tigers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team">Auburn</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> </td> <td align="center">23–9 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">8 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Utah_Utes_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Utah Utes men's basketball team">Utah</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mountain_West_Conference" title="Mountain West Conference">Mountain West</a> </td> <td align="center">22–8 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Saint_Louis_Billikens_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team">Saint Louis</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a> </td> <td align="center">19–13 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">10 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Creighton_Bluejays_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team">Creighton</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley</a> </td> <td align="center">23–9 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">11 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Ball_State_Cardinals_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team">Ball State</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference" title="Mid-American Conference">MAC</a> </td> <td align="center">22–8 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">12 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_St._Bonaventure_Bonnies_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball team">St. Bonaventure</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a> </td> <td align="center">21–9 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">13 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Samford_Bulldogs_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Samford Bulldogs basketball team">Samford</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/ASUN_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="ASUN Conference">TAAC</a> </td> <td align="center">21–10 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">14 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Iona_Gaels_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Iona Gaels men's basketball team">Iona</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Metro_Atlantic_Athletic_Conference" title="Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference">MAAC</a> </td> <td align="center">20–10 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">15 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Central_Connecticut_Blue_Devils_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Central Connecticut Blue Devils men's basketball team">Central Connecticut State</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">Northeast</a> </td> <td align="center">25–5 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">16 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Valparaiso_Crusaders_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team">Valparaiso</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Summit_League" title="Summit League">Mid-Continent</a> </td> <td align="center">19–12 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5" style="background:#ffdead;">South Regional – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Erwin_Center" title="Frank Erwin Center">Frank Erwin Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin, Texas</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col">Seed </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 160px;">School </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 85px;">Conference </th> <th scope="col">Record </th> <th scope="col">Berth type </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Stanford_Cardinal_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team">Stanford</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Pac-12_Conference" title="Pac-12 Conference">Pac-10</a> </td> <td align="center">26–3 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Cincinnati_Bearcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team">Cincinnati</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a> </td> <td align="center">28–3 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team">Ohio State</a> <small>(vacated)</small> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten</a> </td> <td align="center">22–6 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Tennessee_Volunteers_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team">Tennessee</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> </td> <td align="center">24–6 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Connecticut_Huskies_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team">Connecticut</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East</a> </td> <td align="center">24–9 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Miami_Hurricanes_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team">Miami (FL)</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East</a> </td> <td align="center">21–10 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Tulsa_Golden_Hurricane_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team">Tulsa</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Athletic_Conference" title="Western Athletic Conference">WAC</a> </td> <td align="center">29–4 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">8 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team">North Carolina</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">ACC</a> </td> <td align="center">18–13 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Missouri_Tigers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team">Missouri</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a> </td> <td align="center">18–12 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">10 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_UNLV_Runnin%27_Rebels_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team">UNLV</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mountain_West_Conference" title="Mountain West Conference">Mountain West</a> </td> <td align="center">20–9 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">11 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Arkansas_Razorbacks_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team">Arkansas</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> </td> <td align="center">19–14 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">12 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Utah_State_Aggies_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team">Utah State</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_West_Conference" title="Big West Conference">Big West</a> </td> <td align="center">28–5 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">13 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Louisiana%E2%80%93Lafayette_Ragin%27_Cajuns_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team">Louisiana-Lafayette</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> </td> <td align="center">25–8 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">14 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Appalachian_State_Mountaineers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team">Appalachian State</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Conference" title="Southern Conference">Southern</a> </td> <td align="center">23–8 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">15 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_UNC_Wilmington_Seahawks_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team">UNC Wilmington</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Athletic_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial Athletic Association">CAA</a> </td> <td align="center">18–12 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">16 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 South Carolina State Bulldogs basketball team">South Carolina State</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference" title="Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference">MEAC</a> </td> <td align="center">20–13 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td valign="top"> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5" style="background:#ffdead;">West Regional – <a href="/wiki/The_Pit_(arena)" title="The Pit (arena)">The Pit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico" title="Albuquerque, New Mexico">Albuquerque, New Mexico</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col">Seed </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 160px;">School </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 85px;">Conference </th> <th scope="col">Record </th> <th scope="col">Berth type </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Arizona_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team">Arizona</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Pac-12_Conference" title="Pac-12 Conference">Pac-10</a> </td> <td align="center">26–6 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_St._John%27s_Red_Storm_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team">St. John's</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East</a> </td> <td align="center">24–7 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Oklahoma_Sooners_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team">Oklahoma</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a> </td> <td align="center">26–6 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_LSU_Tigers_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 LSU Tigers basketball team">LSU</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> </td> <td align="center">26–5 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Texas_Longhorns_men%27s_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="1999–2000 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team">Texas</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a> </td> <td align="center">23–8 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Purdue_Boilermakers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team">Purdue</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten</a> </td> <td align="center">21–9 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Louisville_Cardinals_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team">Louisville</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a> </td> <td align="center">19–11 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">8 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Wisconsin_Badgers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team">Wisconsin</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten</a> </td> <td align="center">18–13 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Fresno_State_Bulldogs_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team">Fresno State</a> <small>(vacated)</small> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Athletic_Conference" title="Western Athletic Conference">WAC</a> </td> <td align="center">24–9 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">10 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Gonzaga_Bulldogs_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team">Gonzaga</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Conference" title="West Coast Conference">West Coast</a> </td> <td align="center">24–8 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">11 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Dayton_Flyers_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team">Dayton</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a> </td> <td align="center">22–8 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">12 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Indiana_State_Sycamores_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team">Indiana State</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley</a> </td> <td align="center">22–9 </td> <td align="center">At-Large </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">13 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Southeast_Missouri_State_Redhawks_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men's basketball team">Southeast Missouri State</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Conference" title="Ohio Valley Conference">Ohio Valley</a> </td> <td align="center">22–6 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">14 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Winthrop_Eagles_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team">Winthrop</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South</a> </td> <td align="center">21–8 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">15 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Northern_Arizona_Lumberjacks_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team">Northern Arizona</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Sky_Conference" title="Big Sky Conference">Big Sky</a> </td> <td align="center">20–10 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">16 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Jackson_State_Tigers_basketball_team" title="1999–2000 Jackson State Tigers basketball team">Jackson State</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Athletic_Conference" title="Southwestern Athletic Conference">SWAC</a> </td> <td align="center">17–15 </td> <td align="center">Automatic </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bids_by_conference">Bids by conference</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Bids by conference"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5" style="background:#ffdead;">Bids by Conference </th></tr> <tr> <th>Bids </th> <th>Conference(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Ten">Big Ten</a>, <a href="/wiki/Big_12" class="mw-redirect" title="Big 12">Big 12</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">C-USA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pac-10" class="mw-redirect" title="Pac-10">Pac-10</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">ACC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic 10">Atlantic 10</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mountain_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Mountain West">Mountain West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Conference">Missouri Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Western_Athletic_Conference" title="Western Athletic Conference">WAC</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Conference" title="West Coast Conference">WCC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>19 others </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Final_Four">Final Four</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Final Four"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At <a href="/wiki/RCA_Dome" title="RCA Dome">RCA Dome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis,_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Indianapolis, Indiana">Indianapolis, Indiana</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_semifinals">National semifinals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: National semifinals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 1, <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University" title="Michigan State University">Michigan State</a> (M1) 53, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison" title="University of Wisconsin–Madison">Wisconsin</a> (W8) 41 <dl><dd>In the first half it appeared that the Cinderella run of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison" title="University of Wisconsin–Madison">Wisconsin Badgers</a> had a great chance of continuing. Wisconsin's slow down offense, smothering defense tempo held the game to a <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University" title="Michigan State University">Michigan State Spartans</a> 19–17 lead. However, the only number one seed left in the tournament opened the second half with a 13–2 run, including 10 points from senior <a href="/wiki/Morris_Peterson" title="Morris Peterson">Morris Peterson</a>. After the run, Michigan State coasted home against Wisconsin's limited offense.<sup id="cite_ref-CNNSI4.1-1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNNSI4.1-1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Florida" title="University of Florida">Florida</a> (E5) 71, <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">North Carolina</a> (S8) 59</li></ul> <dl><dd>Despite being behind 18–3 to start the game and trailing at halftime, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">North Carolina Tar Heels</a> took control of the early minutes of the second half, and managed to sneak ahead 48–42 on standout freshman guard <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Forte" title="Joseph Forte">Joseph Forte</a>'s second consecutive three-pointer with 15:44 to play. However, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Florida" title="University of Florida">Florida Gators</a> answered back with a 9–0 run to give them the lead for good. The Gators held the Tar Heels to just six points over a 9<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214402035">.mw-parser-output .sfrac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .sfrac.tion,.mw-parser-output .sfrac .tion{display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.5em;font-size:85%;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .sfrac .num{display:block;line-height:1em;margin:0.0em 0.1em;border-bottom:1px solid}.mw-parser-output .sfrac .den{display:block;line-height:1em;margin:0.1em 0.1em}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="sfrac">⁠<span class="tion"><span class="num">1</span><span class="sr-only">/</span><span class="den">2</span></span>⁠</span> minute span to put them in great shape. Foul trouble ultimately doomed the Tar Heels, and the Gators advanced to their first ever National Championship game.<sup id="cite_ref-CNNSI4.1-2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNNSI4.1-2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Championship_game">Championship game</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Championship game"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2000_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game">2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game</a></div> <ul><li>April 3, 2000 <ul><li>Michigan State (M1) 89, Florida (E5) 76</li></ul> <dl><dd>Michigan State senior <a href="/wiki/Mateen_Cleaves" title="Mateen Cleaves">Mateen Cleaves</a> limped his way to the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_basketball_tournament_Most_Outstanding_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player">Most Outstanding Player</a> (MOP) of the 2000 NCAA Tournament. Cleaves sprained his ankle with 16:18 to play in the 2nd half, and this was after Florida had trimmed Michigan State's double digit halftime lead to 50–44. Cleaves returned about four minutes later, and immediately helped lead the Spartans on a 16–6 run to put the game out of reach. The lone top-seed remaining would bring order to a tournament filled with upsets as they salted away the victory for the school's second national championship (<a href="/wiki/1979_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1979 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1979</a>). Michigan State coach <a href="/wiki/Tom_Izzo" title="Tom Izzo">Tom Izzo</a> earned his first and only title, from his second straight final four appearance. Morris Peterson led the Spartans with 21 points.<sup id="cite_ref-CNNSI4.3_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNNSI4.3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bracket">Bracket</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Bracket"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="East_Regional_–_Syracuse,_New_York"><span id="East_Regional_.E2.80.93_Syracuse.2C_New_York"></span>East Regional – Syracuse, New York</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: East Regional – Syracuse, New York"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">First round </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Quarter-finals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Regional semifinals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Regional Finals </td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Duke</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>82</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="21" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">16 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Lamar </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">55 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Duke</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>69</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Joel_Veterans_Memorial_Coliseum" title="Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum">Winston-Salem</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Kansas </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">64 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Kansas</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>81<sup>OT</sup></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">9 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">DePaul </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">77 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Duke </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">78 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">5 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Florida</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>87</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">5 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Florida</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>69<sup>OT</sup></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">12 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Butler </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">68 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">5 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Florida</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>93</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Joel_Veterans_Memorial_Coliseum" title="Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum">Winston-Salem</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Illinois </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">76 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Illinois</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>68</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">13 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Pennsylvania </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">58 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">5 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Florida</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>77</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="13" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Oklahoma State </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">65 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">6 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Indiana </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">57 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="20" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">11 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Pepperdine</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>77</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">11 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Pepperdine </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">67 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Niagara_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="First Niagara Center">Buffalo</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Oklahoma State</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>75</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Oklahoma State</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>86</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">14 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Hofstra </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">66 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Oklahoma State</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>68</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">10 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Seton Hall </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">66 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">7 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Oregon </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">71 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">10 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Seton Hall</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>72<sup>OT</sup></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">10 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Seton Hall</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>67<sup>OT</sup></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Niagara_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="First Niagara Center">Buffalo</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Temple </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">65 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Temple</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>73</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">15 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Lafayette </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">47 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Regional_–_Austin,_Texas"><span id="South_Regional_.E2.80.93_Austin.2C_Texas"></span>South Regional – Austin, Texas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: South Regional – Austin, Texas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">First round </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Quarter-finals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Regional semifinals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Regional Finals </td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Stanford</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>84</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="21" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">16 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">South Carolina State </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">65 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Stanford </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">53 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Birmingham%E2%80%93Jefferson_Convention_Complex" title="Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex">Birmingham</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>North Carolina</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>60</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>North Carolina</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>84</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">9 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Missouri </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">70 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>North Carolina</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>74</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Tennessee </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">69 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">5 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Connecticut</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>75</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">12 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Utah State </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">67 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">5 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Connecticut </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">51 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Birmingham%E2%80%93Jefferson_Convention_Complex" title="Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex">Birmingham</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Tennessee</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>65</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Tennessee</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>63</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">13 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Louisiana-Lafayette </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">58 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>North Carolina</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>59</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="13" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">7 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Tulsa </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">55 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">6 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Miami (FL)</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>75</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="20" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">11 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Arkansas </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">71 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">6 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Miami (FL)</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>75</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Bridgestone_Arena" title="Bridgestone Arena">Nashville</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Ohio State# </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">62 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Ohio State#</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>87</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">14 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Appalachian State </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">61 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">6 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Miami (FL) </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">71 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">7 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Tulsa</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>80</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">7 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Tulsa</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>89</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">10 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">UNLV </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">62 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">7 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Tulsa</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>69</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Bridgestone_Arena" title="Bridgestone Arena">Nashville</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Cincinnati </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">61 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Cincinnati</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>64</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">15 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">UNC Wilmington </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">47 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>#</b> — Ohio State vacated 16 games including all NCAA Tournament wins from the 1999–00 season due to the <a href="/wiki/Jim_O%27Brien_(basketball,_born_1950)#Firing_controversy" title="Jim O'Brien (basketball, born 1950)">Jim O’Brien scandal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike forfeiture, a vacated game does not result in the other school being credited with a win, only with Ohio State removing the wins from its own record. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Midwest_Regional_–_Auburn_Hills,_Michigan"><span id="Midwest_Regional_.E2.80.93_Auburn_Hills.2C_Michigan"></span>Midwest Regional – Auburn Hills, Michigan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Midwest Regional – Auburn Hills, Michigan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">First round </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Quarter-finals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Regional semifinals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Regional Finals </td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Michigan State</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>65</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="21" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">16 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Valparaiso </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">38 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Michigan State</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>73</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Wolstein_Center" title="Wolstein Center">Cleveland</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Utah </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">61 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Utah</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>48</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">9 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">St. Louis </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">45 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Michigan State</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>75</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Syracuse </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">58 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">5 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Kentucky</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>85<sup>2OT</sup></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">12 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">St. Bonaventure </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">80 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">5 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Kentucky </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">50 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Wolstein_Center" title="Wolstein Center">Cleveland</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Syracuse</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>52</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Syracuse</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>79</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">13 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Samford </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">65 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Michigan State</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>75</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="13" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Iowa State </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">64 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">6 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>UCLA</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>65</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="20" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">11 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Ball State </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">57 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">6 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>UCLA</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>105</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Hubert_H._Humphrey_Metrodome" title="Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome">Minneapolis</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Maryland </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">70 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Maryland</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>74</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">14 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Iona </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">59 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">6 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">UCLA </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">56 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Iowa State</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>80</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">7 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Auburn</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>72</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">10 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Creighton </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">69 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">7 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Auburn </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">60 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Hubert_H._Humphrey_Metrodome" title="Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome">Minneapolis</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Iowa State</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>79</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Iowa State</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>88</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">15 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Central Connecticut St </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">78 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="West_Regional_–_Albuquerque,_New_Mexico"><span id="West_Regional_.E2.80.93_Albuquerque.2C_New_Mexico"></span>West Regional – Albuquerque, New Mexico</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: West Regional – Albuquerque, New Mexico"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">First round </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Quarter-finals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Regional semifinals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Regional Finals </td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Arizona</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>71</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="21" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">16 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Jackson St. </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">47 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Arizona </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">59 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_M._Huntsman_Center" title="Jon M. Huntsman Center">Salt Lake City</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Wisconsin</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>66</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Wisconsin</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>66</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">9 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Fresno St. </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">56 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Wisconsin</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>61</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">LSU </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">48 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">5 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Texas</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>77</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">12 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Indiana St. </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">61 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">5 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Texas </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">67 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Jon_M._Huntsman_Center" title="Jon M. Huntsman Center">Salt Lake City</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>LSU</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>72</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>LSU</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>64</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">13 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Southeast Missouri St. </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">61 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Wisconsin</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>64</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="13" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">6 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Purdue </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">60 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">6 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Purdue</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>62</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="20" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">11 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Dayton </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">61 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">6 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Purdue</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>66</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/McKale_Center" title="McKale Center">Tucson</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Oklahoma </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">62 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Oklahoma</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>74</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">14 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Winthrop </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">50 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">6 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Purdue</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>75</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">10 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Gonzaga </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">66 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">7 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Louisville </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">66 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">10 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Gonzaga</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>77</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">10 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Gonzaga</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>82</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/McKale_Center" title="McKale Center">Tucson</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">St John's </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">76 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>St John's</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>61</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">15 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Northern Arizona </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">56 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_Four_at_Indianapolis,_Indiana"><span id="Final_Four_at_Indianapolis.2C_Indiana"></span>Final Four at Indianapolis, Indiana</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Final Four at Indianapolis, Indiana"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">National semifinals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">National championship game </td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E5</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Florida</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>71</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">S8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">North Carolina </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">59 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E5 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Florida </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">76 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>M1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Michigan State</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>89</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>M1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>Michigan State</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>53</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Wisconsin </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">41 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcast_information">Broadcast information</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Broadcast information"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/CBS_Sports" title="CBS Sports">CBS Sports</a> had exclusive TV coverage. They were carried on a regional basis until the "Elite Eight", at which point all games were shown nationally. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Nantz" title="Jim Nantz">Jim Nantz</a>/<a href="/wiki/Billy_Packer" title="Billy Packer">Billy Packer</a>/<a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Bernstein" title="Bonnie Bernstein">Bonnie Bernstein</a> – First and Second Rounds at Winston-Salem, North Carolina; East Regional at Syracuse, New York; Final Four and National Championship at Indianapolis, Indiana</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verne_Lundquist" title="Verne Lundquist">Verne Lundquist</a>/<a href="/wiki/Bill_Raftery" title="Bill Raftery">Bill Raftery</a>/<a href="/wiki/Armen_Keteyian" title="Armen Keteyian">Armen Keteyian</a> – First and Second Rounds at Minneapolis, Minnesota; Midwest Regional at Auburn Hills, Michigan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Enberg" title="Dick Enberg">Dick Enberg</a>/<a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a>/<a href="/wiki/Spencer_Tillman" title="Spencer Tillman">Spencer Tillman</a> – First and Second Rounds at Birmingham, Alabama; South Regional at Austin, Texas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Johnson_(sportscaster)" title="Gus Johnson (sportscaster)">Gus Johnson</a>/<a href="/wiki/Dan_Bonner" title="Dan Bonner">Dan Bonner</a>/<a href="/wiki/Beth_Mowins" title="Beth Mowins">Beth Mowins</a> – First and Second Rounds at Tucson, Arizona; West Regional at Albuquerque, New Mexico</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Harlan" title="Kevin Harlan">Kevin Harlan</a>/<a href="/wiki/Jon_Sundvold" title="Jon Sundvold">Jon Sundvold</a>/<a href="/wiki/Debbie_Antonelli" title="Debbie Antonelli">Debbie Antonelli</a> – First and Second Rounds at Cleveland, Ohio</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Eagle" title="Ian Eagle">Ian Eagle</a>/<a href="/wiki/Jim_Spanarkel" title="Jim Spanarkel">Jim Spanarkel</a>/Dwayne Ballen – First and Second Rounds at Buffalo, New York</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Brando" title="Tim Brando">Tim Brando</a>/<a href="/wiki/Rolando_Blackman" title="Rolando Blackman">Rolando Blackman</a>/<a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Dykes_(basketball)" title="Jimmy Dykes (basketball)">Jimmy Dykes</a> – First and Second Rounds at Nashville, Tennessee</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Bolerjack" title="Craig Bolerjack">Craig Bolerjack</a>/<a href="/w/index.php?title=Barry_Booker&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Barry Booker (page does not exist)">Barry Booker</a>/Mike Harris – First and Second Rounds at Salt Lake City, Utah</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Greg_Gumbel" title="Greg Gumbel">Greg Gumbel</a> once again served as the studio host, joined by analyst <a href="/wiki/Clark_Kellogg" title="Clark Kellogg">Clark Kellogg</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Westwood_One_(1976%E2%80%932011)" title="Westwood One (1976–2011)">Westwood One</a> had exclusive radio coverage. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Play-by-play announcer </th> <th>Color analyst(s) </th> <th>Round(s) </th> <th>Site(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Rooney_(sportscaster)" title="John Rooney (sportscaster)">John Rooney</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Midwest 1st/2nd rounds </td> <td>Cleveland </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Larrivee" title="Wayne Larrivee">Wayne Larrivee</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Midwest 1st/2nd rounds </td> <td>Minneapolis </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Harlan" title="Kevin Harlan">Kevin Harlan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jon_Sundvold" title="Jon Sundvold">Jon Sundvold</a> </td> <td>Midwest Regional </td> <td>Michigan </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Rooney_(sportscaster)" title="John Rooney (sportscaster)">John Rooney</a> (Michigan State games) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Raftery" title="Bill Raftery">Bill Raftery</a> (Michigan State games) </td> <td rowspan="2">Final Four </td> <td rowspan="2">Indiana </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Marty_Brennaman" title="Marty Brennaman">Marty Brennaman</a> (Florida –  North Carolina) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Gavitt" title="Dave Gavitt">Dave Gavitt</a> (Florida –  North Carolina) </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Tighe" title="Tommy Tighe">Tommy Tighe</a> once again served as studio host. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_radio">Local radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Local radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Region </th> <th>Seed </th> <th>Teams </th> <th>Flagship station </th> <th>Play-by-play announcer </th> <th>Color analyst(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td>E </td> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida_Gators" title="Florida Gators">Florida</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WRUF_(AM)" title="WRUF (AM)">WRUF–AM</a> (<a href="/wiki/Florida_Gators" title="Florida Gators">Florida</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mick_Hubert" title="Mick Hubert">Mick Hubert</a> </td> <td>Mark Wise </td></tr> <tr> <td>E </td> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kansas_Jayhawks_men%27s_basketball" title="Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball">Kansas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/KLWN" title="KLWN">KLWN-AM</a> </td> <td>Bob Davis </td> <td>Max Falkenstein </td></tr> <tr> <td>S </td> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels" title="North Carolina Tar Heels">North Carolina</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WCHL_(AM)" title="WCHL (AM)">WCHL–AM</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels" title="North Carolina Tar Heels">North Carolina</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Woody_Durham" title="Woody Durham">Woody Durham</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mick_Mixon" title="Mick Mixon">Mick Mixon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MW </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University" title="Michigan State University">Michigan State</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WJIM_(AM)" title="WJIM (AM)">WJIM–AM</a>/<a href="/wiki/WJIM-FM" title="WJIM-FM">WJIM-FM</a> (<a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University" title="Michigan State University">Michigan State</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Champion" title="Mark Champion">Mark Champion</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gus_Ganakas" title="Gus Ganakas">Gus Ganakas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MW </td> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Syracuse_University" title="Syracuse University">Syracuse</a> </td> <td>(<a href="/wiki/Syracuse_University" title="Syracuse University">Syracuse</a>) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MW </td> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Kentucky" title="University of Kentucky">Kentucky</a> </td> <td>(<a href="/wiki/University_of_Kentucky" title="University of Kentucky">Kentucky</a>) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MW </td> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Utah" title="University of Utah">Utah</a> </td> <td>(<a href="/wiki/University_of_Utah" title="University of Utah">Utah</a>) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MW </td> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Louis_University" title="Saint Louis University">Saint Louis</a> </td> <td>(<a href="/wiki/Saint_Louis_University" title="Saint Louis University">Saint Louis</a>) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MW </td> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Bonaventure_University" title="St. Bonaventure University">St. Bonaventure</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WOLY_(AM)" title="WOLY (AM)">WHDL</a>–AM 1450/<a href="/wiki/WPIG" title="WPIG">WPIG</a>–FM 95.7 (<a href="/wiki/St._Bonaventure_University" title="St. Bonaventure University">St. Bonaventure</a>) </td> <td>Gary Nease </td> <td>John Watson </td></tr> <tr> <td>MW </td> <td>13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samford_University" title="Samford University">Samford</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WAJH" title="WAJH">WVSU–FM</a> 91.1 (<a href="/wiki/Samford_University" title="Samford University">Samford</a>) </td> <td>Scott Griffin </td> <td>Mike Royer </td></tr> <tr> <td>MW </td> <td>16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valparaiso_University" title="Valparaiso University">Valparaiso</a> </td> <td>(<a href="/wiki/Valparaiso_University" title="Valparaiso University">Valparaiso</a>) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>W </td> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LSU_Tigers_men%27s_basketball" title="LSU Tigers men's basketball">LSU</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WDGL" title="WDGL">WDGL</a>-FM 98.1, <a href="/wiki/WWL-AM" class="mw-redirect" title="WWL-AM">WWL-AM</a> 870 </td> <td>Jim Hawthorne </td> <td>Kevin Ford </td></tr> <tr> <td>W </td> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Badgers" title="Wisconsin Badgers">Wisconsin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WIBA_(AM)" title="WIBA (AM)">WIBA–AM</a>/<a href="/wiki/WOLX-FM" title="WOLX-FM">WOLX-FM</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Badgers" title="Wisconsin Badgers">Wisconsin</a>) </td> <td>Matt Lepay </td> <td>Mike Lucas </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_NCAA_Division_II_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament">2000 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_NCAA_Division_III_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament">2000 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament">2000 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament">2000 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament">2000 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="2000 National Invitation Tournament">2000 National Invitation Tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_National_Invitation_Tournament" title="Women's National Invitation Tournament">2000 Women's National Invitation Tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_NAIA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2000 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament">2000 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Men%27s_Basketball_Championships#Division_II" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Men's Basketball Championships">2000 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Women%27s_Basketball_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Women's Basketball Championships">2000 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Women%27s_Basketball_Championships#Division_II" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Women's Basketball Championships">2000 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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href="/wiki/1963_NCAA_University_Division_basketball_tournament" title="1963 NCAA University Division basketball tournament">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_NCAA_University_Division_basketball_tournament" title="1964 NCAA University Division basketball tournament">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_NCAA_University_Division_basketball_tournament" title="1965 NCAA University Division basketball tournament">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_NCAA_University_Division_basketball_tournament" title="1966 NCAA University Division basketball tournament">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_NCAA_University_Division_basketball_tournament" title="1967 NCAA University Division basketball tournament">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_NCAA_University_Division_basketball_tournament" title="1968 NCAA University Division basketball tournament">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_NCAA_University_Division_basketball_tournament" title="1969 NCAA University Division basketball tournament">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_NCAA_University_Division_basketball_tournament" title="1970 NCAA University Division basketball tournament">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_NCAA_University_Division_basketball_tournament" title="1971 NCAA University Division basketball tournament">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_NCAA_University_Division_basketball_tournament" title="1972 NCAA University Division basketball tournament">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_NCAA_University_Division_basketball_tournament" title="1973 NCAA University Division basketball tournament">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_NCAA_Division_I_basketball_tournament" title="1974 NCAA Division I basketball tournament">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_NCAA_Division_I_basketball_tournament" title="1975 NCAA Division I basketball tournament">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_NCAA_Division_I_basketball_tournament" title="1976 NCAA Division I basketball tournament">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_NCAA_Division_I_basketball_tournament" title="1977 NCAA Division I basketball tournament">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_NCAA_Division_I_basketball_tournament" title="1978 NCAA Division I basketball tournament">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_NCAA_Division_I_basketball_tournament" title="1979 NCAA Division I basketball tournament">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_NCAA_Division_I_basketball_tournament" title="1980 NCAA Division I basketball tournament">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_NCAA_Division_I_basketball_tournament" title="1981 NCAA Division I basketball tournament">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1986 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1987 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1992 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1994 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1995 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1997 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1999</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: grey; text-decoration: inherit;">2020</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2024</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2025_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2025</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2026_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">2026</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#009CDE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Structure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_basketball_tournament_selection_process" title="NCAA basketball tournament selection process">Selection process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament_venues" title="List of NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament venues">Venues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament#No._1_seeds" title="NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">No. 1 seeds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Four" title="First Four">First Four</a></li> <li><a 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culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blue_bloods_in_college_basketball" title="Blue bloods in college basketball">Blue bloods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bracketology" title="Bracketology">Bracketology</a></li> <li>Broadcasting <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_March_Madness_(TV_program)" title="NCAA March Madness (TV program)">Tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Final_Four_broadcasters" title="List of NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four broadcasters">Final Four</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cutting_down_the_nets" title="Cutting down the nets">Cutting down the nets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_Madness_pools" title="March Madness pools">March Madness pools</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/One_Shining_Moment" title="One Shining Moment">One Shining Moment</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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consecutive appearances">Consecutive appearances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Final_Four_participants" title="List of NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four participants">Final Four participants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament_Final_Four_appearances_by_coach" title="List of NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four appearances by coach">Final Four appearances by coach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament_records" title="NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament records">Overall records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament_upsets" title="NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament upsets">Upsets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament_appearances_by_seed" title="NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament appearances by seed">Team appearances by seed</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#009CDE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;"><div>See also: <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Division I Women's Tournament</span></a>, <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Division II Tournament</span></a>, <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Division III Tournament</span></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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