Official 2005 NCAA® Men’s Final Four® Records Book Individual and Team Records Records for All Rounds of the Tournament Coaching Records Includes Records of Every Head Coach in the Tournament Complete Tournament Brackets, Sites, Dates, Seeds and Scores Since 1939 Records THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 6222, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-6222 317/917-6222 http://www.ncaa.org January 2005 LSU Sports Information Researched and Compiled By: Gary K. Johnson, Associate Director of Statistics. Cover Photography By: Clarkson and Associates. Distributed to Division I men’s basketball sports information directors and confer- ence publicity directors. NCAA, NCAA logo and National Collegiate Athletic Association are registered marks of the Association and use in any manner is prohibited unless prior approval is obtained from the Association. Copyright, 2005, by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Printed in the United States of America. ISSN 0267-1017 NCAA 838-1/05 2 2005 NCAA FINAL FOUR Contents The Final Four...................................................... 5 The Early Rounds ................................................. 33 The Tournament ................................................... 47 The Coaches ........................................................ 87 Attendance and Sites ........................................... 107 The Tournament Field ........................................... 123 New to this Book Photo by Rich Clarkson/NCAA Photos List for Most Points in a Final Four Game by a Freshman.......................................................... 7 Championship Team Season Statistics................... 16 Opening-Round Records ...................................... 34 Re-arrangement of All-Regional Teams................. 40 CONTENTS 3 NAME CHANGE KEY (Listed throughout the book by the name on the left) PLAYER name changes College name was: Changed to: Lew Alcindor ............................................................Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Walt Hazzard..........................................................Mahdi Abdul-Rahmad Chris Jackson ...........................................................Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Akeem Olajuwon..........................................................Hakeem Olajuwon Keith Wilkes.......................................................................Jamaal Wilkes SCHOOL name changes Current name is: Changed from: Charlotte...........................................................................UNC Charlotte Chattanooga.........................................................Tennessee-Chattanooga Colorado St. .....................................................................Colorado A&M Detroit..............................................................Detroit Mercy; Detroit Tech La.-Lafayette ....................................................................Southwestern La. Photo by Brian Gadbery/NCAA Photos La.-Monroe ..........................................................................Northeast La. Loyola (La.)................................................................Loyola-New Orleans Memphis...............................................................................Memphis St. Oklahoma St. ..................................................................Oklahoma A&M UTEP.................................................................................Texas Western Towson...................................................................................Towson St. ARENA name changes Current name is: Changed from: The Arena...........................................................................Checkerdome Coleman Coliseum.......................................................Memorial Coliseum Continental Airlines Arena..........................................Meadowlands Arena Fogelman Arena ....................................................................Tulane Gym Hinkle Field House .........................................................Butler Field House Holt Arena .........................................................................ISU Minidome Jon M. Huntsman Center............................................Special Events Center The Joyce Center ..........................................Athletic & Convocation Center Pacific Exposition Center .....................Pacific International Livestock Pavilion RCA Dome .......................................Hoosier Dome; Indiana Hoosier Dome Reed Gym........................................................................ISU Gymnasium Tropicana Field ................................Thunder Dome; Florida Suncoast Dome Welsh-Ryan Arena/McGaw Hall ............................................McGaw Hall TOURNAMENT REGION name changes Name was: Changed from: East .............................................................................Eastern (1939-50) South ..................Midwest (1956), Mideast (1957-84), Southeast (1985-97) Midwest...............................................................................West (1956) West ................................................Western (1939-50), Far West (1956) 4 NAME CHANGE KEY The Final Four Championship Results ........................ 6 Final Four Game Records ................... 7 Championship Game Records ............10 Semifinals Game Records................... 12 Final Four Two-Game Records............14 Final Four Cumulative Records............16 6 CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS Championship Results Year Champion Score Runner-Up Third Place Fourth Place 1939 Oregon 46-33 Ohio St. † Oklahoma † Villanova 1940 Indiana 60-42 Kansas † Duquesne † Southern California 1941 Wisconsin 39-34 Washington St. †Pittsburgh † Arkansas 1942 Stanford 53-38 Dartmouth † Colorado † Kentucky 1943 Wyoming 46-34 Georgetown † Texas † DePaul 1944 Utah 42-40 + Dartmouth † Iowa St. † Ohio St. 1945 Oklahoma St. 49-45 New York U. † Arkansas † Ohio St. 1946 Oklahoma St. 43-40 North Carolina Ohio St. California 1947 Holy Cross 58-47 Oklahoma Texas CCNY 1948 Kentucky 58-42 Baylor Holy Cross Kansas St. 1949 Kentucky 46-36 Oklahoma St. Illinois Oregon St. 1950 CCNY 71-68 Bradley North Carolina St. Baylor 1951 Kentucky 68-58 Kansas St. Illinois Oklahoma St. 1952 Kansas 80-63 St. John’s (N.Y.) Illinois Santa Clara 1953 Indiana 69-68 Kansas Washington LSU 1954 La Salle 92-76 Bradley Penn St. Southern California 1955 San Francisco 77-63 La Salle Colorado Iowa 1956 San Francisco 83-71 Iowa Temple Southern Methodist 1957 North Carolina 54-53 ‡ Kansas San Francisco Michigan St. 1958 Kentucky 84-72 Seattle Temple Kansas St. 1959 California 71-70 West Virginia Cincinnati Louisville 1960 Ohio St. 75-55 California Cincinnati New York U. 1961 Cincinnati 70-65 + Ohio St. * St. Joseph’s Utah 1962 Cincinnati 71-59 Ohio St. Wake Forest UCLA 1963 Loyola (Ill.) 60-58 + Cincinnati Duke Oregon St. Photo by Ryan McKee/ NCAA Photos Jim Calhoun and Connecticut won their second 1964 UCLA 98-83 Duke Michigan Kansas St. 1965 UCLA 91-80 Michigan Princeton Wichita St. NCAA basketball championship in 2004. Their 1966 UTEP 72-65 Kentucky Duke Utah first title came in 1999. 1967 UCLA 79-64 Dayton Houston North Carolina 1968 UCLA 78-55 North Carolina Ohio St. Houston 1969 UCLA 92-72 Purdue Drake North Carolina 1970 UCLA 80-69 Jacksonville New Mexico St. St. Bonaventure 1971 UCLA 68-62 * Villanova *Western Ky. Kansas 1972 UCLA 81-76 Florida St. North Carolina Louisville 1973 UCLA 87-66 Memphis Indiana Providence 1974 North Carolina St. 76-64 Marquette UCLA Kansas 1975 UCLA 92-85 Kentucky Louisville Syracuse 1976 Indiana 86-68 Michigan UCLA Rutgers 1977 Marquette 67-59 North Carolina UNLV Charlotte 1978 Kentucky 94-88 Duke Arkansas Notre Dame 1979 Michigan St. 75-64 Indiana St. DePaul Pennsylvania 1980 Louisville 59-54 *UCLA Purdue Iowa 1981 Indiana 63-50 North Carolina Virginia LSU uestion... 1982 North Carolina 63-62 Georgetown † Houston † Louisville Q 1983 North Carolina St. 54-52 Houston † Georgia † Louisville Heading into the 2005 season, 1984 Georgetown 84-75 Houston † Kentucky † Virginia how many schools from the state 1985 Villanova 66-64 Georgetown † St. John’s (N.Y.) *† Memphis of Missouri have appeared in the 1986 Louisville 72-69 Duke † Kansas † LSU NCAA tournament? (Extra credit 1987 Indiana 74-73 Syracuse † UNLV † Providence 1988 Kansas 83-79 Oklahoma † Arizona † Duke if you can name them.) 1989 Michigan 80-79 + Seton Hall † Duke † Illinois 1990 UNLV 103-73 Duke † Arkansas † Georgia Tech 1991 Duke 72-65 Kansas † UNLV † North Carolina Answer... 1992 Duke 71-51 Michigan † Cincinnati † Indiana 1993 North Carolina 77-71 Michigan † Kansas † Kentucky Four: Missouri, St. Louis, 1994 Arkansas 76-72 Duke † Arizona † Florida Southeast Mo. St. and Southwest Tournament trivia Tournament 1995 UCLA 89-78 Arkansas † North Carolina † Oklahoma St. Mo. St. 1996 Kentucky 76-67 Syracuse *†Massachusetts † Mississippi St. 1997 Arizona 84-79 + Kentucky *†Minnesota † North Carolina 1998 Kentucky 78-69 Utah † North Carolina † Stanford 1999 Connecticut 77-74 Duke †Michigan St. †Ohio St. 2000 Michigan St. 89-76 Florida †North Carolina †Wisconsin 2001 Duke 82-72 Arizona †Maryland †Michigan St. 2002 Maryland 64-52 Indiana †Kansas †Oklahoma 2003 Syracuse 81-78 Kansas †Marquette †Texas 2004 Connecticut 82-73 Georgia Tech †Duke †Oklahoma St. †tied for third place; +overtime; ‡three overtimes; *later vacated FINAL FOUR GAME RECORDS 7 36, Rick Mount, Purdue vs. UCLA, CH, 3-22-1969 66.7% (6-9), Bobby Hurley, Duke vs. Indiana, NSF, 4- Final Four Game 36, Ernie DiGregorio, Providence vs. Memphis,