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2735:
2730:
2728:North Carolina
2725:
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2710:
2707:
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2703:
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2697:
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2398:
2395:
2392:
2389:
2388:
2386:
2383:
2381:
2379:
2376:
2374:
2372:
2371:Quarterfinals
2369:
2363:
2360:
2357:
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2354:
2351:
2348:
2345:
2342:
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2336:
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2258:
2255:
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2250:
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2237:
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2227:
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2222:
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2200:
2197:
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2178:
2175:
2174:
2172:
2169:
2166:
2163:
2161:
2159:
2156:
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2151:
2148:
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2138:
2133:
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2128:
2126:
2124:
2121:
2120:
2118:
2115:
2112:
2109:
2107:
2105:
2102:
2099:
2096:
2094:
2092:
2089:
2086:
2083:
2080:
2079:
2077:
2074:
2072:
2070:
2067:
2065:
2063:
2062:Quarterfinals
2060:
2054:
2053:Midwest region
2051:
2048:
2047:
2045:
2042:
2041:Bowling Green
2039:
2036:
2033:
2032:
2030:
2027:
2026:
2024:
2019:
2014:
2011:
2008:
2007:
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2002:
1999:
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1914:
1912:
1909:
1908:
1906:
1901:
1896:
1893:
1891:
1888:
1887:
1885:
1882:
1881:Florida State
1879:
1876:
1873:
1872:
1870:
1867:
1866:
1864:
1859:
1854:
1851:
1848:
1847:
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1762:
1759:
1756:
1753:
1752:
1750:
1747:
1745:
1743:
1740:
1738:
1736:
1735:Quarterfinals
1733:
1727:
1726:Mideast region
1724:
1721:
1720:
1718:
1715:
1712:
1709:
1706:
1705:
1703:
1700:
1699:
1697:
1692:
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1680:
1678:
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1669:
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1627:
1624:
1621:
1618:
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1612:
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1609:
1607:
1602:
1597:
1594:
1591:
1590:
1588:
1585:
1582:
1579:
1577:
1575:
1572:
1571:
1569:
1567:
1564:
1563:
1561:
1556:
1554:North Carolina
1551:
1548:
1546:
1543:
1542:
1540:
1537:
1534:
1531:
1528:
1527:
1525:
1522:
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1514:
1509:
1506:
1503:
1502:
1500:
1497:
1494:
1491:
1489:
1487:
1484:
1483:
1481:
1479:
1476:
1475:
1473:
1471:
1466:
1464:North Carolina
1461:
1458:
1456:
1454:
1452:
1449:
1448:
1446:
1443:
1440:
1437:
1435:
1433:
1430:
1427:
1424:
1422:
1420:
1417:
1414:
1411:
1408:
1407:
1405:
1402:
1400:
1398:
1395:
1393:
1391:
1390:Quarterfinals
1388:
1382:
1379:
1366:
1363:
1360:
1359:
1356:
1351:
1348:
1343:
1338:
1333:
1329:
1328:
1325:
1323:North Carolina
1320:
1315:
1310:
1305:
1300:
1296:
1295:
1292:
1287:
1284:
1279:
1277:Dick Garibaldi
1274:
1269:
1265:
1264:
1261:
1256:
1253:
1250:
1245:
1240:
1236:
1235:
1232:
1227:
1224:
1219:
1214:
1209:
1205:
1204:
1200:
1199:
1196:
1191:
1188:
1183:
1178:
1173:
1169:
1168:
1165:
1160:
1157:
1154:
1152:George Ireland
1149:
1147:LoyolaβChicago
1144:
1140:
1139:
1136:
1131:
1128:
1123:
1118:
1113:
1109:
1108:
1105:
1100:
1097:
1092:
1087:
1082:
1078:
1077:
1074:
1069:
1066:
1063:
1058:
1053:
1049:
1048:
1044:
1043:
1040:
1035:
1032:
1027:
1022:
1017:
1013:
1012:
1009:
1004:
1001:
998:
993:
988:
984:
983:
980:
975:
972:
967:
962:
957:
953:
952:
949:
944:
941:
938:
933:
928:
924:
923:
920:
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912:
907:
902:
897:
893:
892:
889:
884:
881:
876:
871:
866:
862:
861:
857:
856:
853:
848:
845:
842:
840:Lou Carnesecca
837:
832:
828:
827:
824:
819:
816:
813:
808:
803:
799:
798:
795:
790:
787:
785:Atlantic Coast
782:
777:
775:North Carolina
772:
768:
767:
764:
759:
756:
751:
746:
741:
737:
736:
733:
731:North Carolina
728:
725:
720:
718:Lefty Driesell
715:
710:
706:
705:
702:
697:
694:
689:
684:
679:
675:
674:
671:
666:
663:
660:
655:
653:Boston College
650:
646:
645:
641:
640:
637:
636:Final Opponent
634:
631:
628:
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622:
615:
612:
609:
608:
603:
598:
593:
589:
588:
583:
578:
573:
569:
568:
563:
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484:
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478:
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458:
453:
448:
444:
443:
438:
433:
428:
425:
421:
420:
417:
414:
411:
408:
401:
398:
331:North Carolina
289:
288:
285:
284:
278:
271:
270:
260:
259:
251:
247:
246:
243:
239:
238:
232:
226:
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183:
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138:
125:
124:
39:
37:
30:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
4309:
4298:
4295:
4293:
4290:
4288:
4285:
4283:
4280:
4278:
4275:
4274:
4272:
4257:
4254:
4249:
4248:
4245:
4242:
4237:
4236:
4233:
4229:
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4223:
4221:
4217:
4215:
4211:
4209:
4205:
4203:
4199:
4196:
4192:
4188:
4186:
4182:
4181:
4178:
4174:
4165:
4160:
4158:
4153:
4151:
4146:
4145:
4142:
4130:
4127:
4125:
4122:
4120:
4117:
4115:
4112:
4110:
4107:
4106:
4104:
4100:
4094:
4091:
4089:
4086:
4084:
4081:
4079:
4076:
4073:
4070:
4068:
4065:
4063:
4060:
4058:
4057:Cross country
4055:
4053:
4050:
4047:
4044:
4043:
4041:
4037:
4028:
4023:
4021:
4016:
4014:
4009:
4008:
4005:
3995:
3989:
3983:
3975:
3969:
3966:
3964:
3961:
3959:
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3931:
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3926:
3920:
3913:
3909:
3907:
3904:
3902:
3899:
3895:
3892:
3890:
3887:
3886:
3885:Broadcasting
3884:
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3879:
3877:
3874:
3873:
3871:
3867:
3861:
3858:
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3809:
3805:
3799:
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3779:
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3500:
3497:
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3487:
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3477:
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3472:
3470:
3467:
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3427:
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3417:
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3412:
3410:
3407:
3405:
3402:
3400:
3397:
3395:
3392:
3390:
3387:
3385:
3382:
3380:
3377:
3375:
3372:
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3367:
3365:
3362:
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3359:
3355:
3351:
3342:
3337:
3335:
3330:
3328:
3323:
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3319:
3300:
3296:
3292:
3285:
3277:
3262:
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3251:
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3235:
3231:
3228:
3224:
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3215:
3212:
3210:
3207:
3205:
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3201:
3190:
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3175:
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3171:
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3154:
3151:
3148:
3145:
3142:
3140:
3139:
3136:
3131:
3130:
3127:
3121:
3116:Kansas State
3113:
3112:
3109:
3108:
3103:
3098:
3093:
3092:
3089:
3086:
3083:
3080:
3078:
3077:
3074:
3069:
3068:
3065:
3064:
3055:
3048:
3040:
3039:
3036:
3035:
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3025:
3020:
3019:
3016:
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3010:
3007:
3005:
3004:
3001:
2996:
2995:
2992:
2986:
2978:
2977:
2974:
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2968:
2963:
2958:
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2895:
2890:
2882:
2881:
2878:
2875:
2872:
2869:
2867:
2866:
2863:
2858:
2857:
2845:
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2838:
2830:
2829:
2824:
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2809:
2808:
2803:
2798:
2788:
2786:
2785:
2782:
2778:
2777:
2761:
2760:
2746:
2745:
2742:
2741:
2734:
2729:
2721:
2720:
2717:
2714:
2711:
2708:
2706:
2704:
2701:
2698:
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2693:
2692:
2689:
2684:
2682:
2677:
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2664:
2653:
2652:
2647:
2646:
2641:
2636:
2628:
2627:
2611:
2609:
2608:
2605:
2601:
2600:
2595:
2590:
2580:
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2572:
2571:
2566:
2565:
2556:
2555:
2550:
2545:
2535:
2533:
2532:
2529:
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2508:
2507:
2500:
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2493:
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2469:
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2463:
2459:
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2422:
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2373:
2368:
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2355:
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2327:
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2308:
2298:
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2263:
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2257:
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2220:
2216:
2215:
2199:
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2190:
2185:
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2177:
2176:
2168:Kansas State
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2157:
2154:
2150:
2149:
2142:
2137:
2127:
2123:
2122:
2119:
2116:
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2110:
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2106:
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2100:
2097:
2095:
2093:
2090:
2087:
2084:
2082:
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2078:
2073:
2071:
2066:
2064:
2059:
2058:
2046:
2035:
2034:
2029:
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2023:
2018:
2010:
2009:
1993:
1991:
1990:
1987:
1983:
1982:
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1972:
1962:
1961:
1954:
1953:
1948:
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1911:
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1696:
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4256:Jerry Norman
4208:Lucius Allen
4191:Lew Alcindor
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3933:Team records
3881:Bracketology
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1181:Johnny Swaim
1134:Kansas State
1085:Kansas State
1068:Fourth Place
970:Southeastern
879:Mid-American
424:First Round
394:Jerry Norman
363:
347:Lucius Allen
339:Lew Alcindor
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258:(167 points)
235:Lew Alcindor
159:Sports Arena
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107:January 2022
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49:Please help
44:verification
41:
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4244:John Wooden
4214:Mike Warren
4185:Kenny Heitz
3876:Blue bloods
3834:Elite Eight
3824:No. 1 seeds
3357:Tournaments
3178:New Mexico
2752:Ohio State
2477:New Mexico
2445:Santa Clara
2378:Semifinals
2362:West region
2279:Louisville
2069:Semifinals
1742:Semifinals
1626:St. John's
1397:Semifinals
1381:East region
1350:First round
1336:Weber State
1308:John Wooden
1272:Santa Clara
1252:Independent
1159:First round
1156:Independent
1065:Independent
1034:Third Place
1025:Fred Taylor
1000:Independent
965:Adolph Rupp
943:First round
940:Independent
936:Hugh Durham
910:Ohio Valley
883:First round
847:First round
844:Independent
815:Independent
811:Larry Weise
758:First round
749:Jim Harding
665:First round
662:Independent
592:Final Four
489:& West
390:John Wooden
386:Elvin Hayes
370:UCLA Bruins
351:Mike Warren
327:John Wooden
254:Elvin Hayes
224:(4th title)
222:John Wooden
173:UCLA Bruins
155:Finals site
4271:Categories
4239:Head coach
4232:Edgar Lacy
4220:Bill Sweek
4114:Ice hockey
4074:(UD debut)
4072:Gymnastics
4052:Basketball
4048:(UD debut)
3978:See also:
3894:Final Four
3889:Tournament
3839:Final four
3829:First Four
3242:References
3097:Louisville
2889:Ohio State
2671:Final Four
2001:Marquette
1899:Ohio State
1809:Ohio State
1341:Dick Motta
1259:New Mexico
1248:Lou Henson
1212:New Mexico
1121:John Dromo
1116:Louisville
1103:Louisville
1090:Tex Winter
1072:Ohio State
1020:Ohio State
996:Al McGuire
978:Ohio State
874:Bill Fitch
835:St. John's
780:Dean Smith
692:Ivy League
687:John Rohan
630:Conference
586:New Mexico
509:Regionals
481:Kent State
471:Kent, Ohio
335:Dean Smith
306:Division I
250:Top scorer
242:Attendance
77:newspapers
19:See also:
4202:Mike Lynn
4093:Wrestling
3807:Structure
3024:Marquette
2017:Marquette
1929:Kentucky
1714:La Salle
1674:Columbia
1584:Davidson
1198:L 103β68
1186:Southwest
1095:Big Eight
1061:Guy Lewis
991:Marquette
918:Marquette
887:Marquette
789:Runner Up
673:L 102β93
658:Bob Cousy
400:Locations
378:Astrodome
359:Mike Lynn
256:(Houston)
182:Runner-up
169:Champions
4062:Football
4046:Baseball
3305:July 23,
3267:July 22,
3198:See also
2962:Columbia
2911:Houston
2815:Houston
1971:Kentucky
1690:Columbia
1644:Davidson
1600:Davidson
1358:L 68β57
1327:W 78β55
1318:Champion
1294:L 87β66
1263:W 62β58
1234:L 62β58
1217:Bob King
1167:L 94β76
1138:W 93β63
1107:L 93β63
1076:L 89β85
1047:Midwest
1042:W 89β85
1011:W 69β57
982:L 82β81
960:Kentucky
951:L 79β69
922:L 69β57
891:L 72β71
860:Mideast
855:L 79β70
851:Davidson
826:L 95β75
822:Columbia
797:L 78β55
766:L 83β69
762:Columbia
744:La Salle
735:L 70β66
723:Southern
713:Davidson
704:W 95β75
682:Columbia
633:Finished
552:Midwest
546:Kentucky
532:Mideast
467:Mideast
441:Maryland
4109:Fencing
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1365:Bracket
1346:Big Sky
1194:Houston
1172:Midwest
1163:Houston
1143:Midwest
1112:Midwest
1081:Midwest
1056:Houston
1052:Midwest
1038:Houston
1030:Big Ten
1016:Mideast
987:Mideast
956:Mideast
927:Mideast
896:Mideast
865:Mideast
487:Midwest
245:160,888
91:scholar
4124:Soccer
4119:Skiing
4078:Tennis
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3819:Venues
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621:Region
410:Region
349:, and
283:»
274:«
237:(UCLA)
137:Season
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3220:Notes
1203:West
644:East
627:Coach
614:Teams
572:West
512:East
447:East
427:East
419:Host
416:Venue
407:Round
147:Teams
98:JSTOR
84:books
4067:Golf
3797:2025
3791:2024
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3307:2015
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2837:UCLA
2797:UCLA
2589:UCLA
2544:UCLA
2207:TCU
1677:59*
1332:West
1313:AAWU
1303:UCLA
1299:West
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1268:West
1239:West
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802:East
793:UCLA
771:East
740:East
709:East
678:East
649:East
624:Team
503:Utah
413:Site
368:and
323:UCLA
303:NCAA
293:The
281:1969
276:1967
70:news
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4195:MOP
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