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1842:Andy Zimmer
1579:Blue bloods
1537:Elite Eight
1527:No. 1 seeds
1060:Tournaments
649:Springfield
565:Semifinals
459:Conference
447:Kansas City
404:Springfield
357:Conference
149:(39 points)
115:(1st title)
99:USC Trojans
46:Finals site
1928:Categories
1896:Head coach
1883:Bill Menke
1771:Gymnastics
1746:Basketball
1681:See also:
1597:Final Four
1592:Tournament
1542:Final four
1532:First Four
988:References
493:Phog Allen
473:Frosty Cox
230:Phog Allen
222:final game
197:Division I
141:Top scorer
133:Attendance
1786:Wrestling
1510:Structure
937:Colorado
692:Duquesne
533:Sam Barry
518:Southwest
427:Ed Diddle
409:Ed Hickox
268:Regionals
260:Locations
128:(Indiana)
73:Runner-up
60:Champions
1761:Football
1008:April 3,
971:See also
811:Colorado
706:Duquesne
468:Colorado
366:Duquesne
319:March 30
147:(Kansas)
1889:Bob Dro
772:Kansas
745:Indiana
665:Indiana
624:Indiana
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549:Bracket
498:Big Six
462:Record
453:School
394:Big Ten
384:Indiana
360:Record
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378:19–2
336:Teams
224:over
38:Teams
1766:Golf
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1010:2018
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508:Rice
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194:NCAA
184:The
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167:1939
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1876:MOP
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