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2024 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball national champion for the 2023–24 season. The 85th annual edition of the tournament began on March 19, 2024, and concluded with the UConn Huskies successfully defending their title to become the first repeat champion since Florida in 2007, defeating the Purdue Boilermakers, 75–60, in the championship game on April 8, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. ASUN champion Stetson and SWAC champion Grambling State made their NCAA tournament debuts. Additionally, Duquesne made its first appearance since 1977, Samford made its first appearance since 2000, McNeese made its first appearance since 2002, and Wagner made its second-ever appearance, its first since 2003. The first round of the tournament saw the Southeastern Conference (SEC) struggle, with only three out of ...
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State Farm Stadium
State Farm Stadium is a multi-purpose retractable roof stadium in Glendale, Arizona, United States, west of Phoenix. It is the home of the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) and the annual Fiesta Bowl. It replaced Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe as the home of the Cardinals, and is adjacent to Desert Diamond Arena, former home of the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League. The stadium has been the host of the Fiesta Bowl since 2007. It hosted two BCS National Championship games in 2007 and 2011 respectively. It hosted the College Football Playoff National Championship in 2016, three Super Bowls (2008, 2015, and 2023), as well as the Pro Bowl in 2015. It also hosted the final game of the 2025 NFL Wild Card weekend for the Los Angeles Rams against the Minnesota Vikings due to the Southern California Wildfires going on at the time. For soccer, it was one of the stadiums for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup also the first semi-final of the 2019 CONCACAF Gold ...
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2024 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game
The 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the final game of the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. It determined the national champion for the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and was contested by the Purdue Boilermakers from the Big Ten Conference and the UConn Huskies from the Big East Conference. The game was played on April 8, 2024, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The game began with each team holding the lead for short periods of time. After the score was tied at eleven points apiece, UConn took the lead on a shot by Tristen Newton, though later shots by Zach Edey and Braden Smith gave Purdue the lead with eight minutes left in the first half. Field goals afterwards by Newton, Donovan Clingan, and Stephon Castle resulted in a six-point UConn lead at halftime. The lead grew to nine points a short time into the second half and soon expanded to thirteen, though two shots by Edey brought it back to nine for a ...
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Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central United States, South Central and Southeastern United States. Its 16 members include the Flagship university, flagship public universities of 12 states, 3 additional public Land-grant university, land-grant universities, and 1 private research university. The conference is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. The SEC participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I in sports competitions. In College football, football, it is part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A. The SEC was established in 1932 by 13 members of the Southern Conference. Three charter members left by the late 1960s, but additions in 1990 and 2012 grew the conference to 14 member institutions. The conference expanded to 16 mem ...
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2003 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 65 schools playing in Single-elimination tournament, single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 18, 2003, and ended with the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game, championship game on April 7 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Superdome. A total of 64 games were played. The Final Four consisted of Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball, Kansas, making its second straight appearance; Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball, Marquette, making its first appearance since they won the national championship in 1977; Syracuse Orange men's basketball, Syracuse, making its first appearance since 1996; and Texas Longhorns men's basketball, Texas, making its first appearance since 1947. Texas was the only top seed to advance to the Final Four; the other three (Arizona, Kentucky, and Oklahoma) advanced as far as the ...
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2023–24 Wagner Seahawks Men's Basketball Team
The 2023–24 Wagner Seahawks men's basketball team represented Wagner College during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seahawks, led by second-year head coach Donald Copeland, played their home games at the Spiro Sports Center in Staten Island, Staten Island, New York as members of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 17–16, 7–9 in 2023–24 Northeast Conference men's basketball season, NEC play to finish in sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the 2024 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament, NEC Tournament, they defeated 2023–24 Sacred Heart Pioneers men's basketball team, Sacred Heart, 2023–24 Central Connecticut Blue Devils men's basketball team, Central Connecticut, and 2023–24 Merrimack Warriors men's basketball team, Merrimack to win the NEC tournament championship, as a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, NCAA tournament for the second time in s ...
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2002 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 12, 2002, and ended with the championship game on April 1 in Atlanta at the Georgia Dome. A total of 64 games were played. This was the first year that the tournament used the so-called "pod" system, in which the eight first- and second-round sites are distributed around the four regionals. Teams were assigned to first round spots in order to minimize travel for as many teams as possible. The top seeds at each site were: *Sacramento: Oregon (M2), USC (S4) * Albuquerque: Arizona (W3), Ohio State (W4) *Dallas: Oklahoma (W2), Mississippi State (M3) * St. Louis: Kansas (M1), Kentucky (E4) *Chicago: Georgia (E3), Illinois (M4) *Pittsburgh: Cincinnati (W1), Pittsburgh (S3) * Washington, D.C.: Maryland (E1), Connecticut (E2) * Greenville: Duke (S1), Alabama (S2) The Final Four ...
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2023–24 McNeese Cowboys Basketball Team
The 2023–24 McNeese Cowboys basketball team represented McNeese State University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cowboys, led by first-year head coach Will Wade, played their home games on-campus at The Legacy Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana as members of the Southland Conference. The Cowboys finished the season 30–4, 17–1 in Southland play, to finish as Southland regular-season champions. They defeated 2023–24 Lamar Cardinals basketball team, Lamar and 2023–24 Nicholls Colonels men's basketball team, Nicholls to win the 2024 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament, Southland tournament title, earning their first trip to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, NCAA tournament since 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 2002. In the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, NCAA tournament, they received the #12 seed in the Midwest Region, where they fell to 2023–24 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball ...
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2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in Single-elimination tournament, single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 16, 2000, and ended with the 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game, championship game on April 3 in Indianapolis, Indiana at the RCA Dome. A total of 63 games were played. Due to a string of upsets throughout the tournament, only one top-four seed advanced to the Final Four. That was 1999–2000 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Michigan State, 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 1999–2000 Florida Gators men's basketball team, Florida, who won the East Region as the fifth seed. Two eight-seeds made the Final Four, with 1999–2000 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team, Wisconsin and 1999 ...
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2023–24 Samford Bulldogs Men's Basketball Team
The 2023–24 Samford Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Samford University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by fourth-year head coach Bucky McMillan, played their home games at the Pete Hanna Center in Homewood, Alabama as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They finished the season 29–6, 15–3 in SoCon play, to win the regular-season championship. As No. 1 seed in the 2024 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, SoCon tournament, they defeated 2023–24 Mercer Bears men's basketball team, Mercer, 2023–24 Furman Paladins men's basketball team, Furman and 2023–24 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball team, East Tennessee State to win the conference championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, NCAA tournament for the third time in school history and first since 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 200 ...
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1977 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
The 1977 NCAA Division I basketball tournament involved 32 American schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the National Champion of Men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on Saturday, March 12, 1977, and ended with the championship game on Monday, March 28 in Atlanta. A total of 32 games were played, including a national third-place game. This was the final tournament in which teams were not seeded. Marquette, coached by Al McGuire, won the national title with a 67–59 victory in the final game over North Carolina, coached by Dean Smith. Butch Lee of Marquette was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Publicly announcing his retirement during the middle of the season, McGuire retired as head coach immediately after the game. UNLV and UNC Charlotte were third and fourth place, respectively. Marquette's seven losses were a record at the time for the most losses in a season by a national champion, exceeded four years later in 1981 by Ind ...
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2023–24 Duquesne Dukes Men's Basketball Team
The 2023–24 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team represented Duquesne University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by seventh-year head coach Keith Dambrot in his final season as head coach, and played their home games at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10). They finished the season 25–12, 10–8 in 2023–24 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, A-10 play, to finish in sixth place. As the 6 seed, they defeated 2023–24 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team, Saint Louis, 2023–24 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team, Dayton, 2023–24 St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball team, St. Bonaventure and 2023–24 VCU Rams men's basketball team, VCU to be champions of the 2024 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament, A-10 tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, NCAA t ...
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2023–24 Grambling State Tigers Men's Basketball Team
The 2023–24 Grambling State Tigers men's basketball team represented Grambling State University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by seventh-year head coach Donte Jackson, played their home games at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center in Grambling, Louisiana as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). They finished the season 21–15, 14–4 in SWAC play, to win the regular-season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the SWAC tournament, they defeated Alabama State, Bethune–Cookman and Texas Southern to win the SWAC tournament championship; as a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history. As a No. 16 seed in the Midwest region, they defeated Montana State in the First Four, before losing to Purdue in the first round. Previous season The Tigers finished the 2022–23 season 24–9, 15–3 in SWAC play, to finish regular-season co-champions with A ...
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