1991 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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The 1991 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 14, 1991, and ended with the championship game on April 1 in Indianapolis, Indiana. A total of 63 games were played.

Duke, coached by Mike Krzyzewski, won a rematch of the previous year's national final matchup against UNLV 79-77 in the semifinal, then won the national title with a 72-65 victory in the final game over Kansas, coached by Roy Williams. This was the first National Championship game for Williams as a head coach. Kansas defeated Williams' mentor Dean Smith and North Carolina in the semifinal. Kansas made its first return trip to the National Championship game since 1988 when they defeated Oklahoma, making it the second time Kansas returned to the Championship in four seasons. Christian Laettner of Duke was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

1 Locations
2 Teams
3 Bracket
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	East Rutherford, New Jersey	College Park, Maryland, Syracuse, New York
Midwest	Pontiac, Michigan	Dayton, Ohio, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Southeast	Charlotte, North Carolina	Atlanta, Georgia, Louisville, Kentucky
West	Seattle, Washington	Salt Lake City, Utah, Tucson, Arizona
Finals	Indianapolis, Indiana

[edit] Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	1	North Carolina	Dean Smith	National Semifinals	3 Kansas	L 79-73
East	2	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	Round of 64	15 Richmond	L 73-69
East	3	Oklahoma State	Eddie Sutton	Sweet Sixteen	10 Temple	L 72-63
East	4	UCLA	Jim Harrick	Round of 64	13 Penn State	L 74-69
East	5	Mississippi State	Richard Williams	Round of 64	12 Eastern Michigan	L 76-56
East	6	North Carolina State	Les Robinson	Round of 32	3 Oklahoma State	L 73-64
East	7	Purdue	Gene Keady	Round of 64	10 Temple	L 80-63
East	8	Princeton	Pete Carril	Round of 64	9 Villanova	L 50-48
East	9	Villanova	Rollie Massimino	Round of 32	1 North Carolina	L 84-69
East	10	Temple	John Chaney	Elite Eight	1 North Carolina	L 75-72
East	11	Southern Miss	M.K. Turk	Round of 64	6 North Carolina State	L 114-85
East	12	Eastern Michigan	Ben Braun	Sweet Sixteen	1 North Carolina	L 93-67
East	13	Penn State	Bruce Parkhill	Round of 32	12 Eastern Michigan	L 71-68
East	14	New Mexico	Dave Bliss	Round of 64	3 Oklahoma State	L 67-54
East	15	Richmond	Dick Tarrant	Round of 32	10 Temple	L 77-64
East	16	Northeastern	Karl Fogel	Round of 64	1 North Carolina	L 101-66
Midwest
Midwest	1	Ohio State	Randy Ayers	Sweet Sixteen	4 St. John's	L 91-74
Midwest	2	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	Champion	3 Kansas	W 72-65
Midwest	3	Nebraska	Danny Nee	Round of 64	14 Xavier	L 89-84
Midwest	4	St. John's	Lou Carnesecca	Elite Eight	2 Duke	L 78-61
Midwest	5	Texas	Tom Penders	Round of 32	4 St. John's	L 84-76
Midwest	6	LSU	Dale Brown	Round of 64	11 Connecticut	L 79-62
Midwest	7	Iowa	Tom Davis	Round of 32	2 Duke	L 85-70
Midwest	8	Georgia Tech	Bobby Cremins	Round of 32	1 Ohio State	L 65-61
Midwest	9	DePaul	Joey Meyer	Round of 64	8 Georgia Tech	L 87-70
Midwest	10	East Tennessee State	Alan LeForce	Round of 64	7 Iowa	L 76-73
Midwest	11	Connecticut	Jim Calhoun	Sweet Sixteen	2 Duke	L 81-67
Midwest	12	Saint Peter's	Ted Fiore	Round of 64	5 Texas	L 73-65
Midwest	13	Northern Illinois	Jim Molinari	Round of 64	4 St. John's	L 75-68
Midwest	14	Xavier	Pete Gillen	Round of 32	11 Connecticut	L 66-50
Midwest	15	Northeastern Louisiana	Mike Vining	Round of 64	2 Duke	L 102-73
Midwest	16	Towson	Terry Truax	Round of 64	1 Ohio State	L 97-86
Southeast
Southeast	1	Arkansas	Nolan Richardson	Elite Eight	3 Kansas	L 93-81
Southeast	2	Indiana	Bob Knight	Sweet Sixteen	3 Kansas	L 83-65
Southeast	3	Kansas	Roy Williams	Runner Up	2 Duke	L 72-65
Southeast	4	Alabama	Wimp Sanderson	Sweet Sixteen	1 Arkansas	L 93-70
Southeast	5	Wake Forest	Dave Odom	Round of 32	4 Alabama	L 96-88
Southeast	6	Pittsburgh	Paul Evans	Round of 32	3 Kansas	L 77-66
Southeast	7	Florida State	Pat Kennedy	Round of 32	2 Indiana	L 82-60
Southeast	8	Arizona State	Bill Frieder	Round of 32	1 Arkansas	L 97-90
Southeast	9	Rutgers	Bob Wenzel	Round of 64	8 Arizona State	L 79-76
Southeast	10	USC	George Raveling	Round of 64	7 Florida State	L 75-72
Southeast	11	Georgia	Hugh Durham	Round of 64	6 Pittsburgh	L 76-68
Southeast	12	Louisiana Tech	Jerry Loyd	Round of 64	5 Wake Forest	L 71-65
Southeast	13	Murray State	Steve Newton	Round of 64	4 Alabama	L 89-79
Southeast	14	New Orleans	Tim Floyd	Round of 64	3 Kansas	L 55-49
Southeast	15	Coastal Carolina	Russ Bergman	Round of 64	2 Indiana	L 79-69
Southeast	16	Georgia State	Bob Reinhart	Round of 64	1 Arkansas	L 117-76
West
West	1	UNLV	Jerry Tarkanian	National Semifinals	2 Duke	L 79-77
West	2	Arizona	Lute Olson	Sweet Sixteen	3 Seton Hall	L 81-77
West	3	Seton Hall	P.J. Carlesimo	Elite Eight	1 UNLV	L 77-65
West	4	Utah	Rick Majerus	Sweet Sixteen	1 UNLV	L 83-66
West	5	Michigan State	Jud Heathcote	Round of 32	4 Utah	L 85-84
West	6	New Mexico State	Neil McCarthy	Round of 64	11 Creighton	L 64-56
West	7	Virginia	Jeff Jones	Round of 64	10 BYU	L 61-48
West	8	Georgetown	John Thompson	Round of 32	1 UNLV	L 62-54
West	9	Vanderbilt	Eddie Fogler	Round of 64	8 Georgetown	L 70-60
West	10	BYU	Roger Reid	Round of 32	2 Arizona	L 76-61
West	11	Creighton	Tony Barone	Round of 32	3 Seton Hall	L 81-69
West	12	Wisconsin-Green Bay	Dick Bennett	Round of 64	5 Michigan State	L 60-58
West	13	South Alabama	Ronnie Arrow	Round of 64	4 Utah	L 82-72
West	14	Pepperdine	Tom Asbury	Round of 64	3 Seton Hall	L 71-51
West	15	St. Francis, Pennsylvania	Jim Baron	Round of 64	2 Arizona	L 93-80
West	16	Montana	Stew Morrill	Round of 64	1 UNLV	L 99-65

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

First round			Second round			Sweet Sixteen			Elite Eight

1	North Carolina	101
16	Northeastern	66
			1	North Carolina	84

			9	Villanova	69
8	Princeton	48

9	Villanova	50
						1	North Carolina	93

						12	Eastern Michigan	67
5	Mississippi St	56

12	Eastern Michigan	76
			12	Eastern Michigan	71

			13	Penn St	68*
4	UCLA	69

13	Penn St	74
									1	North Carolina	75

									10	Temple	72
6	N.C. State	114

11	Southern Mississippi	85
			6	N.C. State	64

			3	Oklahoma St	73
3	Oklahoma St	67

14	New Mexico	54
						3	Oklahoma St	63*

						10	Temple	72
7	Purdue	63

10	Temple	80
			10	Temple	77

			15	Richmond	64
2	Syracuse	69

15	Richmond	73

[edit] Southeast region

First round			Second round			Sweet Sixteen			Elite Eight

1	Arkansas	117
16	Georgia St	76
			1	Arkansas	97

			8	Arizona St	90
8	Arizona St	79

9	Rutgers	76
						1	Arkansas	93

						4	Alabama	70
5	Wake Forest	71

12	Louisiana Tech	65
			5	Wake Forest	88

			4	Alabama	96
4	Alabama	89

13	Murray St	79
									1	Arkansas	81

									3	Kansas	93
6	Pittsburgh	76

11	Georgia	68*
			6	Pittsburgh	66

			3	Kansas	77
3	Kansas	55

14	New Orleans	49
						3	Kansas	83

						2	Indiana	65
7	Florida St	75

10	Southern California	72
			7	Florida St	60

			2	Indiana	82
2	Indiana	79

15	Coastal Carolina	69

[edit] Midwest region

First round			Second round			Sweet Sixteen			Elite Eight

1	Ohio St	97
16	Towson	86
			1	Ohio St	65

			8	Georgia Tech	61
8	Georgia Tech	87

9	DePaul	70
						1	Ohio St	74

						4	St Johns	91
5	Texas	73

12	St Peters	65
			5	Texas	76

			4	St Johns	84
4	St Johns	75

13	Northern Illinois	68
									4	St Johns	61

									2	Duke	78
6	LSU	62

11	Connecticut	79
			11	Connecticut	66

			14	Xavier	50
3	Nebraska	84

14	Xavier	89
						11	Connecticut	67

						2	Duke	81
7	Iowa	76

10	East Tennessee St	73
			7	Iowa	70

			2	Duke	85
2	Duke	102

15	Northeast Louisiana	73

[edit] West region

First round			Second round			Sweet Sixteen			Elite Eight

1	UNLV	99
16	Montana	65
			1	UNLV	62

			8	Georgetown	54
8	Georgetown	70

9	Vanderbilt	60
						1	UNLV	83

						4	Utah	66
5	Michigan St	60

12	Wisconsin-Green Bay	58
			5	Michigan St	84**)

			4	Utah	85
4	Utah	82

13	South Alabama	72
									1	UNLV	77

									3	Seton Hall	65
6	New Mexico St	56

11	Creighton	64
			11	Creighton	69

			3	Seton Hall	81
3	Seton Hall	71

14	Pepperdine	51
						3	Seton Hall	81

						2	Arizona	77
7	Virginia	48

10	BYU	61
			10	BYU	61

			2	Arizona	76
2	Arizona	93

15	St Francis-PA	80

[edit] Final Four

National Semifinals			National Finals

E1	North Carolina	73
S3	Kansas	79
			S3	Kansas	65
			M2	Duke	72
M2	Duke	79
W1	UNLV	77

[edit] Trivia

For the first time in tournament history a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed. Richmond defeated Syracuse 73-69. The feat has now happened four times in tournament history.
For bracketologists, this tournament is notable for several reasons. The first is the upset-heavy opening round, which led to every seed number except 16 being represented by at least one team in the second round. The East region, in particular, featured first round victories by seeds 9, 10, 12, 13, and 15. Two 11's and a 14-seed advanced in the other regions. The second round is equally remarkable because there were no upsets in this round whatsoever. The combination of these two anomalies led to an unprecedented occurrence in which a 10 (Temple), an 11 (Connecticut), and a 12-seed (Eastern Michigan) advanced to the Sweet Sixteen without any of the teams pulling off consecutive upsets. The reason for this was that the first round successes of 15-seed Richmond, 14-seed Xavier, and 13-seed Penn State led to Temple, Connecticut and Eastern Michigan (respectively) being considered favorites for their second round matchups.

[edit] External links

1991 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.

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