The 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a

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that determined the

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(NCAA) Division I men's

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national champion for the 2012–13 season. The 75th annual edition of the tournament (dating to 1939) began on March 19, 2013, and concluded with the championship game on April 8, at the

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. This was the final men's Final Four to be held at the

, as it was demolished in 2017. The Final Four consisted of

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(tenth overall appearance, eighth official appearance),

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(second appearance), Syracuse (first appearance since their 2003 national championship), and

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, returning for the first time since the Fab Five's second appearance in 1993 (later vacated). By winning the West Region,

became the first #9 seed and first

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(MVC) team to reach the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in

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. The last #9 seed to reach the Final Four was Penn, and the last MVC team to do so was Indiana State, both in

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. Louisville defeated Michigan in the championship game by a final score of 82–76, winning their first national title since 1986. On February 20, 2018, the NCAA automatically vacated Louisville's entire tournament run, including its national title, due to a 2015 sex scandal. Although none of the other teams had their runs vacated by NCAA staff, this meant that in effect, the entire tournament was deemed null and void, with no national champion team crowned for the year. This would not happen again until 2020, when the competition, which ironically would have seen the Final Four held in Atlanta that year, was cancelled outright due to the

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. The tournament featured several notable upsets. For the first time since

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, at least one team seeded #9 through #15 won at least once in the tournament. The most notable was Florida Gulf Coast University of the

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, who made their tournament debut in only their second year of Division I eligibility. They upset Georgetown and

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in their first two games, becoming the first #15 seed to advance to the regional semifinals (where they were defeated by

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). For the first time since 2010, a #14 seed won as

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defeated

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in the West Region. The same region saw #13 La Salle, who won in the opening round, defeat #4 Kansas State and #12

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defeat #5

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. In addition to that, the region's top seed, Gonzaga, was defeated in the round of 32 by eventual region winner Wichita State, who defeated La Salle in the Sweet Sixteen. Two other teams also earned their first ever NCAA Tournament victory:

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champion

and

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(MEAC) champion North Carolina A&T. Another school,

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, won the Big South tournament to become the second 20-loss team to make the field, after Coppin State did that in 2008.

Tournament procedure

A total of 68 teams entered the 2013 tournament. A total of 32 automatic bids are awarded to each program that won a

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tournament. The remaining 36 bids are issued "at-large", with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. The Selection Committee also seeds the entire field from 1 to 68. Eight teams—the four lowest-seeded automatic qualifiers and the four lowest-seeded at-large teams—played in the First Four (the successor to what had been popularly known as " play-in games" through the 2010 tournament). The winners of these games advanced to the main tournament

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Schedule and venues

The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 2013 tournament: First Four *March 19 and 20 **

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(Host:

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) First and Second rounds *March 21 and 23 ** The Palace of Auburn Hills,

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(Host:

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) ** Rupp Arena,

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(Host:

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) **

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(Host:

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) ** HP Pavilion,

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(Host:

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) *March 22 and 24 **

(Host:

) **

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(Host:

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) **

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(Host:

) ** Wells Fargo Center,

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(Host:

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) Regional semifinals and Finals *March 28 and 30 **East Regional *** Verizon Center,

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(Host:

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) **West Regional ***

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) *March 29 and 31 **Midwest Regional ***

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(Hosts: IUPUI,

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) **South Regional ***

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(Host:

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) National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship) *April 6 and 8 **

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) Atlanta hosted the Final Four for the sixth time, having previously hosted in

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. As of 2024, this is the most recent Final Four to be held in Atlanta (The 2020 edition, which was to be held in Atlanta, was canceled due to the

Qualified teams

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2013 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's tournament (except for the Ivy League, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).

Tournament seeds

*See First Four.

Bracket

''Unless otherwise noted, all times listed are Eastern ''Daylight'' Time ( UTC−04)''

First Four – Dayton, Ohio

The First Four games involved eight teams: the four overall lowest-ranked teams, and the four lowest-ranked at-large teams.

Midwest Regional – Indianapolis, Indiana

Midwest Regional all-tournament team

Regional all-tournament team: Seth Curry, Duke; Gorgui Dieng, Louisville;

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, Duke; Peyton Siva, Louisville Regional most outstanding player: Russ Smith, Louisville

West Regional – Los Angeles, California

West Regional all-tournament team

Regional all-tournament team: Carl Hall, Wichita State; Mark Lyons, Arizona; LaQuinton Ross, Ohio State;

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, Ohio State Regional most outstanding player: Malcolm Armstead, Wichita State

South Regional – Arlington, Texas

South Regional all-tournament team

Regional all-tournament team: Mitch McGary, Michigan; Ben McLemore, Kansas; Mike Rosario, Florida;

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, Michigan Regional most outstanding player: Trey Burke, Michigan

East Regional – Washington, D.C.

East Regional all-tournament team

Regional all-tournament team: Vander Blue, Marquette; C. J. Fair, Syracuse; Davante Gardner, Marquette; James Southerland, Syracuse Regional most outstanding player:

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, Syracuse

Final Four – Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia

During the Final Four round, the champion of the top overall top seed's region was to play against the champion of the fourth-ranked top seed's region, and the champion of the second overall top seed's region was to play against the champion of the third-ranked top seed's region.

(placed in the Midwest Regional) was selected as the top overall seed, and Gonzaga (in the West Regional) was named as the final top seed. Thus, the Midwest champion played the West Champion in one semifinal game, and the South Champion faced the East Champion in the other semifinal game. Wichita State surprised the college basketball world by reaching the Final Four from the West region. They lost to Louisville in the first semifinal game, 72–68. Michigan defeated Syracuse 61–56 in the second semifinal. On February 20, 2018, the NCAA announced that the wins and records for Louisville's 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, and 2014–15 seasons were officially vacated due to the sex scandal at Louisville, and a failed appeal by Louisville. Unlike forfeiture, a vacated game does not result in the other school being credited with a win, only with Louisville removing the wins from its own record.

Final Four all-tournament team

Final Four all-tournament team: Spike Albrecht, Michigan; Trey Burke, Michigan; Mitch McGary, Michigan; Cleanthony Early, Wichita State; Peyton Siva, Louisville; Luke Hancock, Louisville; Chane Behanan, Louisville Final Four most outstanding player: Luke Hancock, Louisville (the first non-starter to earn this title)

Game summaries

Elite Eight

Final Four

National Championship

Louisville defeated Michigan 82–76 in the championship game. The win gave Louisville its first championship since 1986, and third overall. It became the eighth school to win at least three championships until vacated by the NCAA on February 20, 2018, due to a 2015 sex scandal. Until the 2018 announcement of no winner, head coach

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became the first coach to win an NCAA championship with two different schools. Michigan fell to 1–5 all time in championship games (including two losses vacated because of sanctions against the university, but officially 1–3). Michigan's Trey Burke scored seven quick points to get Michigan out to a 7–3 lead, but also picked up two quick fouls and sat during much of the first half. With Burke on the bench, Michigan got a spark from freshman Spike Albrecht, a minor role player during the regular season. Albrecht hit four straight 3-pointers en route to a 17-point first half performance, easily surpassing his previous single game best of 7. Louisville trailed Michigan 35–23 late in the first half, before going on a run fueled by four straight three-pointers by Luke Hancock. At halftime, Michigan led 38–37. The second half featured several lead changes before Louisville pushed the margin to 10 on a three-pointer by Hancock with 3:20 remaining in the game. Michigan fought back, closing the gap to four points in the last minute, but ran out of time in its comeback effort. Hancock hit all five

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s he attempted in the game and led Louisville with 22 points, while teammate Peyton Siva scored 18 and had a game high 4 steals. Chane Behanan pulled down 12 rebounds to go with 15 points. Burke led Michigan with 24 points. Russ Smith, Louisville's leading scorer on the season, struggled in the game, shooting 3-for-16. Hancock was named as the game's most outstanding player.

Record by conference

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each had one representative, eliminated in the first round with a record of 0–1. *The

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, Big Sky, Big West,

, MAAC, MAC, OVC,

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, SWAC, and WAC each had one representative, eliminated in the second round with a record of 0–1. *The

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had two representatives, one eliminated in the first round and the other in the second round, with a record of 0–2.

Other events surrounding the tournament

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on April 7, the day between the Division I semifinals and final. In addition, Atlanta-based tournament broadcaster TBS announced that

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would tape his '' Conan'' talk show at the

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, located a few blocks from the Georgia Dome and Philips Arena, in the week leading up to the Final Four. March Madness studio analyst

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and

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were among the guests who appeared.

Media

U.S. television

The year 2013 marked the third year of a 14-year partnership between CBS and

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cable networks TBS, TNT and

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to cover the entire tournament under the '' NCAA March Madness'' banner. CBS aired the Final Four and championship rounds for the 32nd consecutive year. The tournament was considered a ratings success. Tournament games averaged 10.7 million viewers, and the championship game garnered an average of 23.4 million viewers and a peak viewership of 27.1 million.

Studio hosts

* Greg Gumbel (New York City and Atlanta) – second round, third round, regionals, Final Four and national championship game *

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(New York City and Atlanta) – First Four, second round, third round and Regional Semi-Finals * Matt Winer (Atlanta) – First Four, second round and third round

Studio analysts

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(New York City and Atlanta) – First Four, second round, third round, regionals, Final Four and national championship game *

(New York City and Atlanta) – First Four, second round, third round, regionals, Final Four and national championship game * Rex Chapman (Atlanta) – First Four and Second Round *

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(Atlanta) – First Four, second round, third round and Regional Semi-Finals * Jamie Dixon (Atlanta) – third round * Doug Gottlieb (New York City and Atlanta) – Regionals, Final Four and national championship game * Kenny Smith (New York City and Atlanta) – second round, third round, regionals, Final Four and national championship game * Steve Smith (Atlanta) – First Four, second round, third round and regional semi-finals * Jay Wright (Atlanta) – Regional semi-finals

Commentary teams

* Jim Nantz/ Clark Kellogg/

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/ Tracy Wolfson – First Four at Dayton, Ohio; Second and third round at Dayton, Ohio; Midwest Regional at Indianapolis, Indiana; Final Four at Atlanta, Georgia
''Kerr joined Nantz and Kellogg during the Final Four and national championship games'' *

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/ Craig Sager – First Four at Dayton, Ohio; Second and third round at Kansas City, Missouri; South Regional at Arlington, Texas * Verne Lundquist/ Bill Raftery/ Rachel Nichols – Second and third round at Auburn Hills, Michigan; East Regional at Washington, D.C. *

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/ Lewis Johnson – Second and third round at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; West Regional at Los Angeles, California * Ian Eagle/

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/ Allie LaForce – Second and third round at Lexington, Kentucky * Brian Anderson/ Dan Bonner/Marty Snider – Second and third round at San Jose, California * Tim Brando/

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– Second and third round at Austin, Texas * Spero Dedes/ Doug Gottlieb/Jaime Maggio – Second and third round at Salt Lake City, Utah

Radio

Dial Global Sports (formerly Westwood One) and

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have live broadcasts of all 67 games.

First four

* Brad Sham and Kyle Macy – at Dayton, Ohio

Second and third rounds

* Tom McCarthy and

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– Second and third round at Auburn Hills, Michigan * Kevin Kugler and Jamal Mashburn – Second and third round at Lexington, Kentucky * Dave Sims and Kevin Grevey – Second and third round at Salt Lake City, Utah * Ted Robinson and Bill Frieder – Second and third round at San Jose, California * Gary Cohen and Pete Gillen – Second and third round at Dayton, Ohio * Wayne Larrivee and Reid Gettys – Second and third round at Austin, Texas * Kevin Calabro and Will Perdue – Second and third round at Kansas City, Missouri * Scott Graham and John Thompson – Second and third round at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Regionals

* Ian Eagle and John Thompson – East Regional at Washington, D.C. *Kevin Kugler and Pete Gillen – Midwest Regional at Indianapolis, Indiana *Brad Sham and Fran Fraschilla – South Regional at Arlington, Texas *Wayne Larrivee and Bill Frieder – West Regional at Los Angeles, California

Final Four

*Kevin Kugler, John Thompson and Bill Raftery – Atlanta, Georgia

Local radio

*Matt Shephard and David Merritt – (

), ( WWJ), (

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) & ( WWWW), (

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) *Paul Rogers and Bob Valvano – (

), ( WHAS), (

) & ( WWRW), ( Lexington)

International

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held broadcast rights to the tournament outside of the United States: it produced its own broadcasts of the semi-final and championship game, called by '' ESPN College Basketball'' personalities Brad Nessler (play-by-play),

(analyst for the final and one semi-final), and Jay Bilas (analyst for the other semi-final). For the initial rounds, they use CBS/Turner coverage with an additional host to transition between games, with whiparound coverage similar to the CBS-only era. ESPN also has exclusive digital rights to the NCAA tournament outside of North America.

Canada

In Canada, the TSN family of media outlets (including TSN2, RDS, and TSN Radio), which are part-owned by ESPN, own broadcast rights to the tournament. TSN produces separate studio coverage with Kate Beirness, Jack Armstrong,

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and Sam Mitchell, but simulcasts CBS/Turner game coverage for the first five rounds (and ESPN International coverage for the Final Four). As in past years, TSN and TSN2 carry whiparound coverage (often in parallel) during the second, third and fourth rounds, in 2013 focusing when possible on games not being broadcast on CBS (as that network, but not the Turner channels, is also widely available in Canada).

Notes

References

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Tournament procedure

Schedule and venues

Qualified teams

Automatic qualifiers

Tournament seeds

Bracket

First Four – Dayton, Ohio

Midwest Regional – Indianapolis, Indiana

Midwest Regional all-tournament team

West Regional – Los Angeles, California

West Regional all-tournament team

South Regional – Arlington, Texas

South Regional all-tournament team

East Regional – Washington, D.C.

East Regional all-tournament team

Final Four – Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia

Final Four all-tournament team

Game summaries

Elite Eight

Final Four

National Championship

Record by conference

Other events surrounding the tournament

Media

U.S. television

Studio hosts

Studio analysts

Commentary teams

Radio

First four

Second and third rounds

Regionals

Final Four

Local radio

International

Canada

See also

Notes

References